- 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