- 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
About This Book
The book traces the origin and development of the cycle of Christian public festivals, treating their liturgical formation and historical evolution. It concentrates on Roman Catholic worship, examining how authoritative action, popular usage, and documentary sources shaped feast-days. The author surveys medieval and later materials—liturgical treatises, lectionaries, and martyrologies—and organizes their findings into a coherent account. Individual sections address church dedications, patronal feasts, doctrine-related observances such as the Immaculate Conception, and the commemoration of particular saints, with appended source material. Aimed at theological students and clergy, it provides concise historical background for sermons and instruction while avoiding uncritical credulity or scepticism.