In Italy during a grain shortage when finely ground almond and sugar were kneaded together to fold an unbaked sweet "bread" Even the word "Marzipan" itself is open to conjecture. Marzipan or Massepain an old term for it in French, may be derived from the Italian word Marzapane, which originally meant "Sweet Box" and later what it contained or perhaps it comes from marcipanis, Latin for St. Mark's bread, which is what marzipan is called in Venice the city whose patron saint is St. Mark.
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