Sabbath a synonym of midnight-to-midnight "Saturday" (literally, Saturn's day in at least a dozen languages): this is a simplification of the use of "Sabbath" in other religious contexts, where the two do not coincide. (Using midnight instead of sundown as delimiter dates back to the Roman Empire.) In over thirty other languages, the common name for this day in the seven-day week is a cognate of "Sabbath". "Sabbatini", originally "Sabbadini", often "Sabatini", etc., is a very frequent Italian name form ("Sabbatos" is the Greek form), indicating a family whose ancestor was born on Saturday, Italian "sabato"; "Domenico" indicated birth on Sunday.
Ernesto Sabato in Santos Lugares, on April 30, 2011, two months short of his 100th birthday. His death was as a result of bronchitis according to his companion and collaborator Elvira González Fraga. World reaction to his death said he had "surpassed the world of literature to gain a more iconic status". "El Mundo" of Spain said he was "the last survivor of Argentine writers with a capital letter". Ernesto Sabato Ernesto Sabato (June 24, 1911 – April 30, 2011) was an Argentine writer, painter and physicist. According to the BBC he "won some of the most prestigious prizes in Hispanic literature"