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.
Larry Sabato a member of the faculty at the University of Virginia. Since then he has engaged in research and taught more than 14,000 students. He is a University Professor and the Robert Kent Gooch Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia. In 2005, Sabato made a $1 million contribution to UVA, the largest gift ever given by a faculty member. Sabato is the author of over twenty books on politics, including "Feeding Frenzy: Attack Journalism and American Politics" and "The Rise of Political Consultants: New Ways of Winning Elections." He is the co-author of "Dirty Little Secrets: The Persistence of