" The phrase "God bless you" is attributed to Pope Gregory the Great, who uttered it in the sixth century during a bubonic plague epidemic (sneezing is an obvious symptom of one form of the plague).

人们普遍认为“God 卧bless you”这一短语起源于六世纪黑死病泛滥时期，出自罗马教皇格雷戈里之口。 （打喷嚏是这种瘟疫的一种明显征兆）。

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