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Wednesday, May 8th, 2024
Eve of Ascension
Eve of Ascension
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Rogation Days
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The Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday preceding Ascension Day, on which special litanies are sung or recited by the Roman Catholic clergy and people in public procession; has its origin in an old custom dating from the 6th century. In England the practice ceased after the Reformation.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Rogation Days'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/r/rogation-days.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Rogation Days'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/r/rogation-days.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
