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31Feast of Fools — • A celebration marked by much license and buffoonery, which in many parts of Europe, and particularly in France, during the later middle ages took place every year on or about the feast of the Circumcision (1 Jan.) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin… …
32Feast of the Circumcision — Feast of the Circumcision † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Feast of the Circumcision As Christ wished to fulfil the law and to show His descent according to the flesh from Abraham. He, though not bound by the law, was circumcised on the… …
33Feast of Guardian Angels — Feast of Guardian Angels † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Feast of Guardian Angels This feast, like many others, was local before it was placed in the Roman calendar. It was not one of the feasts retained in the Pian breviary, published in… …
34Feast of the Ascension — Feast of the Ascension † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Feast of the Ascension See also The Fact of the Ascension. The fortieth day after Easter Sunday, commemorating the Ascension of Christ into heaven, according to Mark 16:19, Luke… …
35Feast of Corpus Christi — Feast of Corpus Christi † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Feast of Corpus Christi (Feast of the Body of Christ) This feast is celebrated in the Latin Church on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday to solemnly commemorate the institution of… …
36Feast of the Dedication — Feast of the Dedication (Scriptural) † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Feast of the Dedication (Scriptural) Also called the Feast of the Machabees and Feast of Lights (Josephus and Talmudic writings), mentioned in the Old Testament (I… …
37Feast — may refer to: * A Festival * Ramadan, Muslim s holy month * Nineteen Day Feast, a monthly meeting held in Bahá í communities to worship, consult, and socialize. * Feast (film) , a 2006 horror film from Project Greenlight. * , the 2008 sequel to… …
38Feast of the Holy Name of Mary — Feast of the Holy Name of Mary † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Feast of the Holy Name of Mary We venerate the name of Mary because it belongs to her who is the Mother of God, the holiest of creatures, the Queen of heaven and earth, the… …
39Feast of the Expectation of the Blessed Virgin — Feast of the Expectation of the Blessed Virgin Mary † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Feast of the Expectation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Exspectatio Partus B.V.M.) Celebrated on 18 December by nearly the entire Latin Church. Owing to… …
40Feast of the Holy Rosary — Feast of the Holy Rosary † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Feast of the Holy Rosary Apart from the signal defeat of the Albigensian heretics at the battle of Muret in 1213 which legend has attributed to the recitation of the Rosary by St.… …
