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Heortology

Part 3 — INDEX

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Abbo of Fleury, 160

Abdias [pseudo-Abdias], 298

Acta, The, of Martyrs, 208 seq.

Ado, see Martyrology

Adolf III. (Archbishop of Cologne), 199

⸺ of Essen (Carthusian), 270 n.

Adrian I. (Pope), 344

Agde, Synod of, 68

d’Ailly, Peter, 274

Aix-la-Chapelle, Council of, enumeration of festivals, 22, 188, 194, 348

Alacoque, Marg. Mary, Bl., 126

Alanus de Rupe, 269

Albero II. (Bishop of Liège), 258

Alcuin, 72, 78, 116 seq., 222

Alexander II. (Pope), 116, 118

⸺ III. ” on rest from labour, 12

⸺ Severus (Emperor), 317 seq.

Alfanus (Abbot of Monte Cassino), 322

Altfrid, his use of the word Missa, 436

Alvarus Pelagius, 260

Amadeus of Lausanne, 272

Amalarius, 67, 98, 160, 193

Ambarvalia, The, 190

Ambrose, St, on the date of Easter, 53 n., 73, 92, 93, 148 seqq., 196, 283, 334, 436 seq.

Amburbalia, The, 190

Anastasius (Emperor), 286

Andrew of Crete, 236

Anne, St, festival of the Conception of, 242

Anselm of Canterbury, St, 248 seqq., 255, 445

⸺ the younger, 248 seqq., 255, 445

Antioch, the Lenten fast at, 99, 108;

Christmas at, 131 seq.

Antony of Grenoble, 125.

Apostles, The, on the date of Easter, 54

Apostolic Canons, The, 41, 92, 96 seq.

⸺ Constitutions, The, on observance of Sunday and Saturday, 12;

list of feasts in, 20;

on fasts, 91, 94 seq., 97, 106, 112, 114

Arabic Canons, The, 40

Arator, 284

Arcadius (Emperor), forbids races on Sunday, 19, 131, 135

Arian Martyrology, The, 282, 294, 349, 360;

see Calendars

Arius (heretic), 360 seq.

Arles, Synods of, 118, 436

Artemius, St (Martyr), 290

Athanasius, St, 55, 92, 149, 220

Augsburg, Corpus Christi procession at, 124

Augustine, St, 57, 72;

said to have composed the Exsultet, 81, 97, 100, 106, 113, 146, 156, 159, 168, 172, 217 seq., 223, 229, 283 seq., 303

Aurelian (Bishop of Arles), 210

Austria, see Festivals of obligation

Autpert (Abbot of Monte Cassino), 278

Auxerre, Synods of, 61, 164, 171

Avignon, Synod of (A.D. 1457), 260

Avitus (Bishop of Vienne), 70, 192;

on the word Missa, 432

⸺ (priest of Braga), 223

Bacchylus of Corinth, 39

Baillet, Adrien, on the Lenten fast, 97, 210, 216 n., 320, 420

Baldwin (Archbishop of Treves), 124, 199;

statutes of, 423

Bardenhewer, O., 265

Baronius (Cardinal), see Martyrology

Basel, Council of, 259 seq., 267

Basil II. (Emperor), see Menology

Basilidians, The, 146, 167

Bäumer, Dom. (O.S.B.), 210

Bavaria, festivals for, 32, 201;

see Festivals of obligation: German States

Bede, The Ven., on date of Easter, 58 seq., 231 n., 289 n., 297;

see Calendars; Martyrology

Beleth (liturgist), 256, 280, 304

Belgium, see Festivals of obligation

Belgrade, Victory over the Turks at, 105

Benedict IX. (Pope), 315

⸺ XIII. ” 31, 275

⸺ XIV. ” 32, 287, 302 n., 410, 420

⸺ Canon, the Ordo of, 222

Benedictines, The, and the Immaculate Conception, 250 seq., 255, 261

Benevento, Council of (A.D. 1091), 102

Bernard, St., 255 seq., 272, 274

⸺ (Bishop of St Davids), 250, 255

Bernardine de Bustis, 274

⸺ of Siena, St., 166, 274

Berno of Reichenau, 115, 160, 189 n.

Bethlehem, Christmas at, 153

Binterim, Ant., 62, 327, 420

Bolsena, The miracle of, 122

Bonaventure, St., on the Immaculate Conception, 258

Boniface, St., on festivals, 22, 80 n., 116 seq., 160, 164, 188, 238;

see Lectionary

⸺ IV. (Pope), 324

⸺ VIII. ” 16, 280

⸺ IX. ” 267

Bonn, The Martyrs of, 373

Borromeo, Charles, St., 186, 327

Boucher [Bucherius] Ægidius (S.J.), 137

Braun, J. (S.J.), 430 n.

Brazil, see Festivals of obligation

Brigid, St. (of Sweden), 274

Burchard of Worms, Canons of, 24

Byzantine Empire, festivals in the, 26 seqq.

Cecilia, St., 315 seqq.

Caius (Pope), 206

Cajetan, James (Cardinal), the Ordo Romanus of, 85

Calcasendi, Abulaibsan Achmed, see Calendars

Calendars:—

Alt-Corbie, 412

Anglo-Saxon (Winchester), 413

Arian, 352 seq.

Armenian, 283

Bede, 218, 230, 287;

see Martyrology

Besançon (S. Protadii), 414

Bologna, 411

Calcasendi, 26, 218, 225, 300 n., 331, 383

Carthage, 206, 286, 294, 316, 350

Charlemagne, 165, 282, 292, 300, 306, 412

Cologne, 307, 327, 332 n., 412, 416

Coptic, 168, 211, 218, 224 seq., 273, 299 seq., 312, 332, 338;

description of the, 381 seq.

English (Church of England), 36

Floriac, 414

Freising, 416

Fronteau (of St Geneviève), 165, 170, 175, 179 seq., 293, 300 seq., 306;

description of the, 400

“Germanicum pervetustum sæc. X.,” 416

Gotho-Gallican, 230, 306, 413

Gregorian, 46, 211, 299

Jewish (Semitic), 15, 44, 46, 47 seq., 49, 51

Julian, 45, 46, 50 seq., 57

Luxeuil, 230

Mainz, 414

Mantua, 414

Mozarabic, 218, 230, 254

Neapolitan, 218, 245, 275, 282, 290, 293 seq., 300, 306;

description of the, 394 seqq.

Nestorian, 283

Philocalian, 136 seqq., 151, 217, 350 seq.;

see Chronograph

Polemius Silvius, 69, 119, 169, 191, 217, 283, 351

Roman (of the 7th century), 411

⸺ (Modern), 421

Silos, 218

Stablo, 332 n., 417

Syro-Macedonian, 45, 46, 50, 211, 218

Toledo, 230

Tours, 412;

see Perpetuus

Treves, 417

Vallombrosa, 414

Werden (Verdinense), 414

See Ideler; Mai; Maimonides; Selden; Sonnatius; Tondini

Calendars, Early, 206 seq., 316, 345, 347 seqq., 410 seq.

Calixtus I. (Pope), 185

⸺ III. ” 105

Calvinism, the festivals retained by, 35, 75

Campeggio (Cardinal-legate), 30

Capistran, John, St, 105

Capocci, Peter (Cardinal), 121

Carthage, fasts of the stations at, 97;

dedication of churches at, 195, 206;

see Calendars

Cassian, John, 110, 128, 434

Cassiodorus, 141, 364

Catulfus, on the Holy Trinity, 117 n.

Charistia, The (or Cara Cognatio), 302 seq.

Charlemagne, 84;

Homilarium of, 165, 179;

Capitulary of, 188, 344;

see Calendars

Charles II. (King of Spain), 275

Chosroes (King of Persia), 338 seq.

Chrodegang, Canons of, 100, 188

Chronograph, The (A.D. 354), 140 seq., 295 n., 306, 350 n.

Chrysologus, Peter, St, 163, 218, 230, 233, 265, 284

Chrysostom, John, St, 99, 108, 131 seqq., 143, 168, 170, 284, 324

Ciofani (Prussian agent in Rome), 33

Clemangiis, Nicholas de, 30

Clement of Alexandria, 39, 89, 141, 167, 437

⸺ I. (Pope), 205

⸺ V. ” 122

⸺ VII. ” 166

⸺ VIII. ” 16, 262, 266

⸺ IX. ” 262, 333

⸺ X. ” 270, 333

⸺ XI. ” 262, 271, 274

⸺ XIII. ” 127

⸺ XIV. ” 32 seq., 200

Cloveshove, Council of, 188, 403

Codinus, George, the de officiis of, 27, 224

Cologne, Synod of, 123 n., 199, 258;

feasts for archdiocese of, 422;

the Three Kings at, 441 seq.;

see Calendars; Lectionary; Sacramentary.

Compostela, relics of St James at, 292

Constance, Council of, 24, 115, 125 n.

Constantine (Emperor), on the observance of Sunday, 9 seq., 17, 41, 74, 81, 136, 196, 281, 297, 328, 333

Constantinople, festival of the Ascension at, 108;

see Menology

Constantius (Emperor), 149, 196, 281, 290, 318

Copts, festivals observed by the, 26 seq., 70;

Synaxaria of the, 105, 159, 238, 291;

see Calendars

Cosmas Indicopleustes, 153

Cuspinianus, John, 137

Cyprian, St, 40, 72, 138, 146, 151, 206, 431

Cyril, St, of Alexandria, 128

⸺ of Jerusalem, 92, 135, 154 seq.

Delahaye, Hipp. (S.J.), 320 n.

Depositio Episcoporum, The, 137 seq., 149 n., 318, 349

⸺ Martyrum, 137 seq., 149 n., 320 n., 349, 356, 375, 417

De Rossi, J. B., 138, 319, 365

De Waal, 289

Diocletian (Emperor), 205

Dionysius of Alexandria, 91

⸺ the Areopagite, 235

Dominic, St, and the Rosary, 269 seq.

⸺ of Prussia (Carthusian), 270 n.

Dominicans, The, and the Immaculate Conception, 259 seq.

Duchesne, L., Mgr., 315, 365, 368

Durandus, on Lent, 104;

on the Immaculate Conception, 256, 322

Eadmer, 271, 446

Easter, the centre of the Church’s year, 3;

history of, 37 seqq.;

see Martin; Nilles; Passover

Ebner, 322

Eccard, 137

Eligius of Noyon, 70

Elsinus, see Helsinus

Elvira, Synod of, 110 n.

England, Feasts of the B.V.M. in, 271 n.;

Christmas in, 439 seq.;

The Immac. Concept. in, 445 seq.;

see Calendars; Festivals of obligation

Ennodius (Bishop of Pavia), 81

Ephesus, Death of St John at, 297 seq.

Ephrem Syrus, 129, 197

Epiphanius, 56, 128

Erfurt, Council of, 280

Erwig (Spanish King), 164

Essen, The Liber Ordinarius of, 125;

see Sacramentary

Ethelred (King), and the feast of St Michael, 331

Eucherius (Bishop of Lyons), 304

Eudocia (Empress), 224, 287

Eugenius IV. (Pope), 124

Eusebius (Eccl. historian), 9 seq.;

on Easter, 41, 55, 90;

on Lent, 92 seq., 106, 149, 195 seq., 206, 211, 296, 308, 335, 359 seqq.

Eustorgius (Bishop of Milan), 441

Euthymius, on the Assumption, B.V.M., 236

Eve (recluse at Liège), 120 seq.

Exeter, Synod of, 252

Fabian, Pope, 205

Felicitas, St (Martyr), 138

Felix (anti-Pope), 149, 318

⸺ II. (Pope), 343

Feralia (concluding day of the Parentalia), 302 seq.

Ferdinand III. (Emperor), 275

Feriæ, origin of the name, 2, 7;

as distinguished from festivals, 14

Festivals, their two chief divisions, 3;

Jewish, 5 seq.;

their classification, 13 seq.;

increase in number of, 19;

first lists of, 20 seq.;

in Canon law, 24;

large number of, 25 seq.;

rights of bishops in respect of, 28 seq., 31;

their reduction, 31 seq.;

of the Greek eccl. year, 442 seqq.;

see Feriæ; Paleologi

Festivals of obligation in:—

Austria, 424;

Belgium, 424;

Brazil, 428;

England, 426;

France, 424;

German States, 424 seq.;

Holland, 426;

Italy, 424;

Poland, 32, 427;

Portugal, 427 seq.;

Prussia, 32 seqq., 424;

Rome, 423 seq.;

Russia, 428;

Spain, 427;

Switzerland, 426;

United States, 428.

Festus (Senator), 286

Flavian (Bishop of Antioch), 132

Forty Hours Prayer, The, see Plantanida

France, alteration in festivals in, 34 seq.;

Holy Saturday in, 83;

see Festivals of obligation

Franchi di Cavalieri, 210

Francis of Assisi, St, introduces the Crib, 156

Franciscans, The, influence on the Liturgy, 15 seq.;

and the Immac. Conc., 257 seqq.;

and Visit. B.V.M., 267;

and cultus of St Joseph, 274

Frederick William II. (King of Prussia), 33

Fronteau, see Calendars

Formosus (Pope), 308

Fulbert (Bishop of Chartres), 231

Fulgentius, 166, 168, 230

Gabriel the Archangel, 332.

Gallic pilgrim, The, see Silvia

Gamaliel (Rabbi), on the Jewish Calendar, 49

Gelasius I. (Pope), 175, 343;

see Sacramentary

Gellonense, see Martyrology

George (Bishop of Nicomedia), 243

Georgius Hamartolus, 174

Gereon, St (Martyr), 373, 414 seq.

Germanus (Patr. of Constantinople), 236

Germany, see Festivals of obligation

Gerson, John (the Chancellor), 30, 274

Gertrude, St, 126, 274

Gerunda, Synod of, 61, 193

Glycas, on St Mary Magdalen, 314

Gorman (Abbot), see Martyrology

Grammont, Peter de (Bishop of Besançon), 126

Gratian, decretal of, 24, 100

Gregory the Great (Pope), 76, 96, 102, 151, 159, 179, 192, 229, 343, 363, 407, 435;

see Calendars; Sacramentary

⸺ II. (Pope), 343, 400

⸺ III. (Pope), 324 seq., 400

⸺ IV. ” 325

⸺ VII. ” 16, 186, 189

⸺ IX. ” decretal of, 24 seq., 199

⸺ XI. ” 266

⸺ XII. ” 276

⸺ XIII. ” 270, 276, 409

⸺ XV. ” 275

Gregory of Nazianzus, 130 seq., 151

⸺ of Nyssa, 131

⸺ of Tours, 192, 211, 237, 284, 314, 435

⸺ Thaumaturgus, 207

Gretser, Jacobus (S.J.), 419

Guyard (Bishop of Cambrai), 121

Heinrich II. (Archbishop of Cologne), 199

Helena (Empress), 107, 196, 333 seq.

Helperich (Monk of St Gall), 74

Helsinus (or Elsinus), 248

Henry of Ghent, 253

Henschen (Bollandist), 137, 210, 403

Heraclius (Emperor), 232, 338 seq.

Hermas, on fasting, 89

Hetto (Bishop of Basel), statute of, 23, 198

Hilduin (Abbot), on the Martyrology, 365

Hippolytus (Bishop of Porto), canons and cycle of, 40 seq., 57, 91, 97, 99, 112, 141 seq., 146, 167 seq.;

on the date of Christmas, 437 seq.

Holland, see Festivals of obligation

Honorius (Emperor), forbids races on Sunday, 19, 131

Hugh (Abbot of Reading), and the Immac. Conc., 248

Hugo (Cardinal-legate), approves feast of Corpus Christi, 121

Hunyadi, George, 105

Hydatius, on the date of Christ’s birth, 141

Ibsung, Katharina, her legacy for feast of Corpus Christi, 124

Ideler, on the Jewish Calendar, 49

Ignatius, St (of Antioch), 39, 209, 212

Ildefonsus, St (Bishop of Toledo), 227

Ingelheim, Council of, 24

Innocent I. (Pope), 76, 98, 292 n., 434

⸺ III. ” on liturgical colours, 429

⸺ VIII. ” 261 n.

⸺ IX. ” 272

⸺ X. ” 262

⸺ XI. ” 264

⸺ XIII. ” 166

Irenæus, St, 39, 55, 90 seq., 111, 141, 431, 437

Isaias, his prophecy on the Messias, 43

Isidore of Seville, 54, 67, 73, 254

Italy, see Festivals of obligation

Ivo (Bishop of Chartres), Canons of, 24

Jacobites, The, 297

James of Landsberg (Carthusian), 126

James of Nisibis (Bishop), 355

James Pantaleon (afterwards Pope Urban IV.), 121

Januarius (Bishop), his inquiries from St Augustine, 57, 72

Jerome, St, 145, 153, 182, 273, 294, 300, 308, 364 seq., 431;

see Lectionary; Martyrology

Jerusalem, practices observed at, 9, 62 seq., 99, 107, 112 seq., 152 seq., 171, 173 seqq., 194 seq.

Joachim, St, in the Greek Breviary, 246

John, St (Apostle and Evangelist), 43

⸺ Damascene, St, 235 seq., 242, 265, 390, 448

⸺ (Bishop of Eubœa), 242, 246

⸺ of Hildesheim (Carmelite), 442

⸺ (Bishop of Jerusalem), 223

⸺ of Lausanne, 121

⸺ (Bishop of Nicea), 131 n., 135 seq., 154, 167

⸺ III. (Pope), 296

⸺ XXII. ” 118, 124

⸺ II. (Archbishop of Prague), 268

⸺ (Bishop of Strassburg), 124

Josephus, 143, 145 n., 155

Juliana of Retinne, 120

Julius I. (Pope), 135, 150, 154 seq.

⸺ II. ” 276

Justin (Emperor), 174

Justin, Martyr, on Easter, 39, 44

Justinian (Emperor), legislation about Sunday, 18, 173 seq., 275, 281, 328

Juvenal (Bishop of Jerusalem), 153, 236

Kings, The Three, 441 seq.

Lacordaire, Père (O.P.), 315

Lambeck, 137

Lanfranc (Archbishop of Canterbury), statutes of, 198 seq., 421 seq., 445

Laodicea, Synod of, decree on celebration of Saturday, 11 seq., 73

Launoi, 210

Lazarus, St, 310 seqq.

⸺ (Bishop of Aix), 314

Lectionary:—

of St Boniface, 160

of Cologne, 161 n.

“Comes Albini,” The, 161 n., 306

of St Jerome, 182 seq.

of Luxeuil, 67, 159, 180, 232, 238, 281, 397

of Münster, 161 n.

of Silos, 67, 101, 159, 166, 175, 340;

description of, 378 seqq., 397

of Spires, 306

Syrian, The, 225, 291, 294, 299, 331;

description of, 393

of Treves, 161 n.

of Victor of Capua, 160

Leo I. (Emperor), 267

⸺ VI. ” on the observance of Sunday, 10, 242 n., 312, 314

Leo the Great, St (Pope), 76;

on fasting, 94, 97, 100, 103, 106, 151, 159, 166, 183, 185 seq., 229, 306, 435;

see Sacramentary

⸺ III. (Pope), 193, 275, 400

⸺ IV. ” 80 n., 237

⸺ XII. ” 33

⸺ XIII. ” 263, 276, 333

Leopold I. (Emperor), 275

Leslæus (S.J.), on feast of the Immac. Conc., 254

Liberius (Pope), 142, 147 seqq., 191, 207, 271 n., 318

Liège, Synod of, 258

Liturgy, The, in time of Tertullian, 9

Loménie, C. F. de (Bishop of Coutances), 126

Loreto, the Holy House of, 271 n.

Louis the Pious (Emperor), 325 seq.

Lucianus (priest of Jerusalem), 223

Luther, on observance of festivals, 35

Lyons, Second Council of, 193

Mabillon (O.S.B.), 78, 159, 207, 237, 297, 340, 350, 397

Macarius (Bishop of Jerusalem), 335 seq.

Maçon, Synod of, 21, 61, 158

Mai (Cardinal), Calendars published by, 322, 384, 396

Maimonides, on the Jewish Calendars, 49

Mainz, Council of, directions about festivals, 23, 194, 198, 238, 331;

see Calendars

Maizières, Philip de, and feast of Present. B.V.M., 266

Mamertus (Bishop of Vienne), and Rogation processions, 191

Mandatum, The, 73

Manuel Comnenus (Emperor), reduces number of holidays, 26, 242, 245, 266, 288, 312, 329

Marcellina (sister of St Ambrose), 148 seq.

Marcellus, his discovery of head of St John Baptist, 221

“Maria,” explanation of the name, 264

Maria Teresa (Empress), 32

Martène, on the blessing of Palms, 62

Martin (Bishop of Dumio), on date of Easter, 58

⸺ V. (Pope), 124

Martyrologies, 214, 273, 292, 297, 345 seq.

Martyrology:—

of Ado, 288, 307, 312, 316, 319, 335;

description of the, 405 seq.

of Bede, 293, 307, 312, 335, 341;

description of the, 401 seq.

of Besançon, 327

of Corbie, 57, 306

of Florus, description of the, 401 seq.

the Gellonense, 57, 413

of Gorman, 404

of St Jerome, 57, 288, 290, 293, 295, 297 seqq., 307, 312, 316, 332, 335, 340, 359 seq., 363 seq.

of Notker Balbulus, description of the, 405 seq.

of Œngus, description of the, 401 seq.

of Rabanus Maurus, 312, 316;

description of the, 405 seq.

the Roman (of Baronius), 409

of Toledo, 299

of Usuardus, 288, 307, 312 seq., 316, 319, 335;

description of the, 405 seq.

of Wandlebert, 306;

description of the, 401 seq.

Mary, the Blessed Virgin, position of her festivals, 3

Mass [Missa], explanation of the word, 430 seqq.

Maurice (Emperor), 237

⸺ de Sully (Bishop of Paris), 256

Maximinus (Bishop of Aix), 311

Maximus of Turin, 151 n., 169, 207, 218, 230, 283

Melito of Sardis, 39

Menology:—

of Basil, 156, 218, 242, 273, 291, 296, 299 seq., 312, 322, 331, 370, 390 seqq.

of Constantinople, 105, 218, 225, 273, 300, 322, 338, 339 n., 387 seqq.

Metaphrastes, Simeon, 266 n., 321, 329

Metrophanes (Bishop of Constantinople), 289

Michael of Atriba, Synaxarium of, 238, 386

Micrologus, The, 116 seq., 161, 186

Missa, see Mass

Missal:—

Gallican, 197, 232

Gotho-Gallican, 67, 69, 76, 83, 101, 159, 237, 297, 397

Leonine, 114, 397

Roman, 103, 188, 399

Trani, 322

See Sacramentary

Missals, The earliest, 214, 343, 345

Modestus (Patr. of Jerusalem), 236, 314

Mommsen, T., 137, 320 n., 350

Montanists, Xerophagiæ of the, 99, 110 n.

Monte Gargano, 332

Morcelli, S. A., 298, 390

Morin, G. (O.S.B.), 186

Naogeorgius, 200 n.

Napoleon I. (Emperor), his regulations for holy days, 34 seq.

Narcissus (Bishop of Jerusalem), 39

Neuching, Synod of, 61

Nicæa, 1st Council of, 92, 106

Nicephorus (historian), 174, 328

Nicolas I. (Pope), 100

Nilles, on the date of Easter, 52 n.

Nisan, the 15th day of, 41;

Jewish celebrations on, 42, 53 n.

Nogaroli, Leonardo, composes office of the Immac. Conc., 261

Noris (Cardinal), 137

Normandy, Feast of the Immac. Conc. in, 251 seqq.

Notker Balbulus, 292, 332 n.;

see Martyrology

⸺ of Liège, 327

Octave, origin of the, 15

Odilo, St (of Cluny), 233, 326

Odo de Sully (Bishop of Paris), 164, 268

Œngus, see Martyrology

Ordos [Ordinaria, Ordines], description of, 347

Origen, festivals known to, 17, 106, 112, 127, 167, 172, 306, 308

Orleans, Synods of, 95, 98, 101, 171, 192

Orosius, on the date of Christ’s birth, 141

Osbert de Clare (O.S.B.), and the Immac. Conc., 248, 250, 252

Otgar, (Archbishop of Mainz), 165, 180

Otho I. (Emperor), 288

Otricus, (Bishop of Milan), 327

Oxford, Synod of (A.D. 1222), 252

Paleologi, The (Emperors of Constantinople), festivals under, 27

Palms, blessing of, 62, 67 seq.;

figures carried in the procession of, 69

Panvinius Onuphrius, 137

Parentalia, The (heathen festival of the dead), 302

Paschal I. (Pope), 316

Passaglia, on the Immac. Conc., 240 seqq.

Passiones, of Martyrs, 209, 317

Passover, The, its connection with Easter, 38, 40, 41 seqq., 57

Paul, St (the Apostle), on the Passover, 44;

in Rome, 138

⸺ (the Deacon), 84, 165

⸺ (Bishop of Emesa), 128

⸺ IV. (Pope), 308

⸺ V. ” 263, 333

Paulinus of Nola, 169, 290, 319, 334

Peckham, John (Archbishop of Canterbury), 118

Pelagius I. (Pope), 296

⸺ II. ” 192

Perpetua, St (Martyr), 138

Perpetuus of Tours, his list of festivals, 20;

calendar of, 57;

on fasts, 98, 158 seq., 218, 286

Peter St (the Apostle), date of arrival and death in Rome, 138

⸺ (Cardinal-legate), 164

⸺ of Celle (Bishop of Chartres), 256

⸺ Damian, St, 322

⸺ (Bishop of Edessa), 62

Philastrius, on Christmas, 169 n.

Philip IV. (King of Spain), 262

Philocalus, Furius, 136;

see Calendars

Philogonius (Martyr), 132

Philoponus, Joannes, on the date of Easter, 53 n.

Philostorgius (historian), 290, 352

Phocas (Emperor), 324

Pilate, The spurious Acts of, 57

Pius V. (Pope), 16, 119, 264, 266, 270, 431

⸺ VI. (Pope), 32 seq., 200

⸺ IX. ” 239, 262 seq., 275

Plantanida, Joseph (O.S.F.C.), and the Forty Hours Prayer, 125

Pliny, letters of, 8

Poland, see Festivals of obligation

Polemius Silvius, 304, 305;

see Calendars

Polycrates of Ephesus, 39, 55, 281

Porphyrius (Bishop of Antioch), 353

Portugal, see Festivals of obligation

Potho of Prüm, on feast of the H. Trinity, 118 n.;

on the Immac. Conc., 256

Preller, 137

Processions, 189 seqq.

Proclus (Patr. of Constantinople), 233, 234

Prosper (of Aquitaine), on date of Christ’s birth, 141

Protadius (Bishop of Besançon), his Calendar, 327

Proto-evangelium of James, The, 246

Protonika, legend of, and the Holy Cross, 337

Prudentius, 98, 285

Prussia, Good Friday in, 74 n.;

see Festivals of obligation

Pulcheria (Empress), 236

Quartodecimans, The, 39, 40, 50, 54

Quedlinburg, Council of, 100

Rabanus Maurus, 77, 87, 311;

see Martyrology

Rainald of Dassel (Archbishop of Cologne), 441

Raphael, The Archangel, 332

Ravenna, The New Year at, 163

Recceswinth (Spanish King), 164

Reims, Synod of, 30

Remigius (Monk and Bishop of Lyons), 202 n., 406

Richardis (Empress), 315

Rietsch, J., on St Mary Magdalen, 315

Robert de Thorete (Bishop of Liège), 120 seq.

Robigalia, The, 191

Roger II. (of Naples), 244

⸺ (Bishop of Salisbury), 250, 255

Romanesia, Feast of the Ascension at, 108

Rome, method of fixing Easter in, 51, 54;

Synod of, 61;

see Calendars; Festivals of obligation; Martyrology

Roncalli, on the Calendar, 137

Rosary, The, 268 seqq.;

Confraternities of the, 270 n.

Rotricus (Bishop of Rouen), 252

Rouen, Council of (A.D. 650), 164

Rudolph (Bishop of Bourges), 23

Rufinus, 319

Russia, see Festivals of obligation

Sabas, St, see Typicum

Sabbath, The, its position in the Church, 6

Sacramentaries, description of the, 342 seqq.

Sacramentary:—

Cologne, in Cathedral library at, 415

Düsseldorf, in library at, 415

Essen, 84

Gallican, 110

Gelasian, 67 seq., 76, 78, 83, 102 seq., 114, 116, 156, 160, 163, 169, 175, 178, 180, 184 n., 187, 198, 219, 222, 229, 280, 285, 288, 292, 306, 330, 340;

description of, 343, 398

Gregorian, 62, 69, 72, 78, 83, 87, 101 seqq., 114, 116 seq., 163, 165, 170, 175 n., 178 seqq., 187, 198, 222, 228, 288, 292, 299, 306, 330, 340;

description of, 344, 398 seq.

Leonine, 156, 178, 184 n., 198, 219, 222, 280, 285, 330;

description of, 343

Mozarabic, 101, 156

Salbarus (Persian General), 339

Saturday, its liturgical observance, 12

Saxony, festivals in, 35

Schrader, Clemens (S.J.,), on the Immac. Conc., 240 seqq.

Schulting, Cornelius, 419

Scotus, Jo. Duns, 259

Sedatus (Bishop of Béziers), 169

Selden, John, Calendars published by, 218, 225, 238, 273, 286 n., 299, 322, 381

Seligenstadt, Synod of, 223

Serapion (Abbot of Thmuis), 92

Sergius I. (Pope), 175, 229, 237, 344

Servilius Paulus (proconsul), 39

Severus, Sulpicius, 141

Sicardus (Bishop of Cremona), 255 seq.

Siculus Peter, 247

Sidonius Apollinaris, 191

Siena, The Liber Ordinarius of, 322

Silos, see Calendars; Lectionary

Silvia (The Gallic pilgrim), on Christian worship, 8, 62 seqq., 86;

on Fasts, 93, 99, 107, 112 seq., 129, 152, 154 seq., 171, 173, 175, 196, 338, 433 seq.

Simchah Thorah, festival of the, 111

Simplicius (Pope), 224

Sirleto (Cardinal), 308, 409

Siroes (King of Persia), 339

Sixtus I. (Pope), 51, 55

⸺ III. ” 271 n.

⸺ IV. ” 261 seq., 266, 274, 276, 326

⸺ V. (Pope), 264, 266

Socrates (Eccl. historian), 96, 106, 336

Sonnatius (Bishop of Reims), statutes of, 21;

Calendar of, 229 n., 238

Sophronius (Patriarch), 448

Sozomen (Eccl. historian), 9 seq., 207, 336

Spain, reduction of festivals in, 31;

Advent in, 159;

Feasts of B.V.M. in, 227, 254, 262;

St James in, 292 seqq.;

see Festivals of obligation

Sprenger, Jacob (O.P.), 270 n.

Stachys (Bishop of Constantinople), 289

Stephen (Bishop of Liège), 116 seq.

Sunday, origin of the name, 7;

laws for its observance, 9 seq.;

law-courts cease to sit on, 18;

races forbidden on, 19

Switzerland, see Festivals of obligation

Symmachus (Pope), 208, 318 n., 331

Synagogue, The, its influence on the Church’s year, 5

Synaxis [Synaxaria], of St John Baptist, 219, 345, 349;

see Copts, Michael of Atriba

Szabolcs, Council of, 198

Tarragona, Synod of, 31

Tenebræ, The Office of, 71

Tertullian, 5;

his enumeration of feasts, 17;

on Easter, 40, 44, 56, 89 seqq., 99, 106;

on Pentecost, 111 seq., 127, 141, 172, 184;

on Christian burial, 213, 310, 431, 437

Theodore, on Feasts of B.V.M., 227

Theodorus Lector, 286

Theodosius II. (Emperor), his legislation about holy days, 19, 130, 220, 224

Theodulf, on Ember days, 188

Theophanes (historian), 328, 337 n.

Theophilus of Alexandria, 220

Theophilus of Cæsarea, on Easter, 40, 59

Thomas Aquinas, St, 122, 258

Thomassin, Louis, 419

Tillemont (historian), 210, 220, 320, 420

Toledo, 4th Synod of, 74, 80, 100, 164

6th ”, 193

8th ”, 100

10th ”, 232

See Calendars, Martyrology

Tondini, Cæsar (Barnabite), on the Calendar, 52 n.

Tours, festivals celebrated at, 20;

second council of, 164, 331;

see Calendars

Trani, see Missal

Translation, of relics, 220, 267, 281, 292

Trent, Council of, 31, 263

Treves, Synod of, 268;

see Calendars, Lectionary

Tribonianus, 134

Trithemius (Abbot), 274, 276 n., 403

Trullan Synod, the, 73, 100, 105, 232, 387

Turcius Almachius (Prefect of Rome), 317 seqq.

Typicum, The, of St Sabas, 243, 447 seq.

Tyre, Synod at, 195

Uranius (Bishop of Emesa), 221

Urban I. (Pope), 317

⸺ IV. ” see James Pantaleon

⸺ VI. ” 267, 276

Urban VIII. (Pope), his constitution Universa per orbem, 29, 30, 200

Usuardus, see Martyrology

Valens (Emperor), 130, 220

Valentia, council of, 213 n.

Valentinian II. (Emperor), law on Sunday rest, 10;

regulation of legal vacations, 17 seq., 134

Valesius, on the Lenten fast, 97

Veil, the Lenten [Hunger Veil], 104

Venantius Fortunatus, 316

Vestments, Liturgical, 428 seqq.

Victor (Bishop of Capua), see Lectionary

⸺ (Pope), 39, 55, 59, 90

Vienne, Council of, 124

Vigilius (Bishop of Trent), 191

Vincent Ferrer, St, 274

Walter (Bishop of Orleans), 23

⸺ (Bishop of Rouen), 252 n.

Wandelbert of Prüm, 57;

see Martyrology

Warinus of Worcester, 248

Willibald, St (Bishop of Eichstätt), 314

Worcester, Synod of, 252

Wüstenfeld, F., 381 seq.

Xerophagiæ, The, 99

Zacharias (Patr. of Jerusalem), 339

⸺ (Pope), 80 n., 164

Zeno of Verona, 151, 155, 165

Zosimus (Pope), 81

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Notes in this chapter

Note 30 · Nilles (p. 286) expressly declares himself opposed to the feast of Easter being fixed on a stated Sunday in April. According to information Note 32 · Among the Fathers, St Ambrose, more especially, deals with the question of the day of the week and day of the month on which the Last SupperNote 77 · This is also the custom in the Russian Church. “The priests wear black vestments during the whole service on Good Friday, as a sign of griefNote 89 · This view is maintained by Thomassin, 330 seq. Against this Binterim (Denkw., v. 214) rightly defends the opinion that the blessing of the nNote 31 · The aim of the forty-third canon of Elvira seems to be the abolition of this custom. A later addition to the canon adds: “post pascha quinquNote 52 · Binterim (Denkw., v. 270) rejects the view that Alcuin had anything to do with the matter, and considers that the festival was introduced noNote 54 · Potho of Prüm (1152) has an interesting remark to which Hospinian draws attention: “Miramur satis, quod visum fuerit hoc tempore quibusdam mNote 63 · Binterim, Denkw., vii. 3, 367 et seqq.; J. Gretser, De Processionibus, 2, 19; Binterim, Geschichte der Konzilien, etc., v. 368. The synod ofNote 69 · The oldest pictorial representation of the Corpus Christi procession is probably that contained in the chronicle of the Council of ConstanceNote 80 · John, Bishop of Nicea, in Combefis, Hist. Hær. Monoth., Paris, 1648, 306. Baumstark (Oriens Christ., 1902, 441-446) is in favour of the dateNote 102 · Jos., Bell. Jud., 4, 8, 5; 4, 5. According to Ideler (i. 400, 433) Josephus employs the Syro-Macedonian names of the months, not with the inNote 112 · Usener (272 seqq.) starts with the preconceived opinion that Liberius delivered his address on the 6th Jan. 353, and so is of opinion that CNote 115 · Hospinian (fol. iii.) and others held that the 25th December was chosen purposely in order to supplant the Saturnalia. But the Saturnalia diNote 7 · Thus the Comes Pamelii in Ranke’s supplement and the old lectionaries of Cologne, Treves, and Münster. See Schue, Die bibl. Lesungen, etc., Note 30 · This also appears from the fact that some, as Philastrius (De Hær., c. 140) informs us, omitted Epiphany and kept Christmas alone.Note 42 · Sacr. Gelasianum, 2, 8, among the Natalitia Sanctorum. Migne, Patr. Lat., lxxiv. 1158. There is no mention of a procession in the Gregorian Note 52 · Morin (op. cit. 345) quotes passages from the Leonine and Gelasian sacramentaries. See Migne, lv. 153 et seqq.Note 67 · The disagreement arose from the fact that the ancient missals (Sacramentorum libri), only mentioned the month without specifying the week whNote 92 · Amongst others, Naogeorgius (Kirchmair aus Straubing) poured contempt on the observance of these feasts and the abuses to which they gave riNote 94 · Remigius, a monk of St Germain, a diligent exegete who lived at the end of the ninth century, attempted to give an allegorical interpretatioNote 22 · See the fourth canon of the Council of Valentia in A.D. 524.Note 24 · This branch of hagiography has been carefully dealt with by Baillet. The entire first volume of his great work, Les Vies des Saints, is devoNote 54 · In the calendar of Sonnatius of Reims (quoted on p. 21), dating from ten or twenty years after Gregory the Great, these three feasts are alrNote 58 · So in the passage from the Liber Pontificalis quoted above and in the Kalend. Fronteau. Bede calls it the “Annuntiatio Dominica.” The Greek Note 78 · The Emperor Leo VI., the Philosopher (896-903), spread the observance of the feast. Passaglia relied (iii. 1750) on a speech of his preserveNote 94 · This appears from a decree of Bishop Walter of Rouen in 1207, printed in the collection of Bigot in Migne, Patr. Lat., ccvii. 1179. Walter hNote 117 · The feast was kept with special devotion by the Carmelite nuns in their church in Rome. Under Innocent VIII. the order of the Conceptio B.M.Note 6 · Morcelli, i. 287. The title runs, τὰ εἰς τὸν ναὸν εἰσοδὶα τῆς Θεομητέρος. J. B. Kraus (Kirchenlex., vi., 1st ed., 884) states it was observeNote 13 · The originators of this form of prayer were Dominic of Prussia and Adolf of Essen, two monks of the Charterhouse in Treves in the fifteenth Note 14 · There is historical proof for the existence of confraternities of the Holy Rosary in the second half of the fifteenth century. That founded Note 15 · Kirchenlexikon, viii. 2nd ed. 818; Brev. Rom. Dom i., Oct. lectio 7-9. On the 5th August takes place the local feast of Our Lady of the SnowNote 28 · See the article “Anna” by Schegg, and “Joachim” by Jocham in the Kirchenlexikon, 2nd ed., i. and vi. Trithemius wrote a tract on the worshipNote 47 · Among the Calendars published by Seldenius (De Synedriis III., c. 15) one contains it, another on 27th June has “Planctus Pauli” (see p. 212Note 53 · Römische Quartalschrift, 1901, 244 seqq. Ranke is much mistaken in thinking that Bede celebrated the conversion of St Paul “in the ancient mNote 61 · Pope Innocent I. flatly denies that any apostle had founded the Church of Spain. Epist. ad Decentium, 25, c. 2: “Aut legant, si in his proviNote 69 · So the Chronographer of 354. The Hieronymianum in its oldest recension (Weissenburg) has the entry: “In Africa natalis S. Philippi Apostoli,Note 78 · Chron. Pasch., ed. Bonn, 471; see also 432, and Cal. Calcasendi in Seldenius.Note 80 · Benedict XIV. (Opera ined. Heiner, 65-67) deals with the question whether the feast commemorates St Peter’s ordination, or the day of his arNote 111 · Pope Symmacus is called “papa urbis” by Avitus in the inscription of one of his letters. Thiel, Epistolæ Romanorum Pontificum, 730. In an inNote 116 · Cf. my articles in the Tüb. Quartalschr., 1902, 237 seqq.; 1903, 321 seqq.; 1905, 258 seqq. Fr. Hippolyte Delahaye, in the Analecta BollandiNote 20 · As, for example, in the ninth century Calendars of Stablo and Cologne. Notker Balbulus is ignorant of the church on the Via Salaria, but givNote 38 · Excerpta Lat. Barbari, ed. Frick, 359. Theophanes gives a still earlier date, i.e. 5817 of the world = 317 A.D. He also places the death of Note 44 · The Menologium Constantinopolitarium has an “Adoratio Pretiosæ Crucis” on 31st July, the meaning of which is not stated. Morcelli, i. 63.Note 12 · With regard to the Chronograph of 354, Leipzig, 1850, 581, the title runs: Hic continentur dies nataliciorum martyrum et depositiones episcoNote 8 · For the history of liturgical vestments, see J. Braun, S.J., Die Priesterlichen Gewänder des Abendlandes, Freiburg im Breisgau, 1897, and a
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