Curiosity of the day:

Starting from block 139690 (05/08/2011) a miner named Eligius started to inscribe a Catholic Prayer in Latin in some coinbase messages.

Block 139690

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(see the hexdump at the bottom of the post).

"Eligius/Benedictus Deus. Benedictum Nomen Sanctum eius." -> block 139690

"Benedictus Iesus Christus, verus Deus et verus homo." -> block 139792

"Benedictum Nomen Iesu." -> block 139831

"Benedictum Cor eius sacratissimum." -> block 139898

"Benedictus Sanguis eius pretiosissimus." -> block 139904

"Benedictus Iesus in sanctissimo altaris Sacramento." -> block 139921

"Benedictus Sanctus Spiritus, Paraclitus." -> block 139942

"Benedicta excelsa Mater Dei, Maria sanctissima." -> block 139977

"Benedicta sancta eius et immaculata Conceptio." -> block 139990

"In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti. Amen." -> block 140181

This is a Catholic prayer composed in 1797 in Latin by the Italian Luigi Felici for the purpose of making reparation after saying or hearing sacrilege or blasphemy.