Feast of the Most Precious Blood
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The Feast of the Most Precious Blood is a former Roman Catholic liturgical celebration honoring the saving power of Christ’s blood shed in the Passion.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Feast of the Most Precious Blood canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13113152 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Feast of the Most Precious Blood Context triple: [The Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ, hasFeast, Feast of the Most Precious Blood]
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Feast of Mary Help of Christians
The Feast of Mary Help of Christians is a Catholic liturgical celebration honoring the Virgin Mary under the title “Help of Christians,” particularly venerated in places like the Cathedral of Mary Help of Christians in Shillong and within the Salesian tradition.
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B.
Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
The Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary is a Roman Catholic celebration honoring the interior life, love, and virtues of the Virgin Mary, observed on the Saturday following the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
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C.
Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
The Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a Catholic celebration honoring the Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, widely observed with processions, devotions, and pilgrimages in many parts of the world.
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D.
Feast of the Blessed Sacrament
The Feast of the Blessed Sacrament is a major annual Portuguese-American festival in New Bedford, Massachusetts, celebrating Madeiran culture with religious observances, music, food, and parades.
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E.
Feast of the Holy Face of Jesus
The Feast of the Holy Face of Jesus is a Roman Catholic liturgical celebration honoring the face of Christ as a focus of devotion, reparation, and contemplation of his suffering and love.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Feast of the Most Precious Blood Target entity description: The Feast of the Most Precious Blood is a former Roman Catholic liturgical celebration honoring the saving power of Christ’s blood shed in the Passion.
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A.
Feast of Mary Help of Christians
The Feast of Mary Help of Christians is a Catholic liturgical celebration honoring the Virgin Mary under the title “Help of Christians,” particularly venerated in places like the Cathedral of Mary Help of Christians in Shillong and within the Salesian tradition.
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B.
Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
The Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary is a Roman Catholic celebration honoring the interior life, love, and virtues of the Virgin Mary, observed on the Saturday following the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
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C.
Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
The Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a Catholic celebration honoring the Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, widely observed with processions, devotions, and pilgrimages in many parts of the world.
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D.
Feast of the Blessed Sacrament
The Feast of the Blessed Sacrament is a major annual Portuguese-American festival in New Bedford, Massachusetts, celebrating Madeiran culture with religious observances, music, food, and parades.
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E.
Feast of the Holy Face of Jesus
The Feast of the Holy Face of Jesus is a Roman Catholic liturgical celebration honoring the face of Christ as a focus of devotion, reparation, and contemplation of his suffering and love.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic feast
ⓘ
Christian feast ⓘ liturgical feast ⓘ |
| associatedDevotion | Devotion to the Precious Blood of Jesus ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Litanies of the Precious Blood
NERFINISHED
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indulgenced prayers to the Precious Blood ⓘ |
| celebratedBy |
Latin Church
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
traditionalist Catholic communities ⓘ |
| celebratedOn | 1 July ⓘ |
| celebrationType | Mass and Divine Office ⓘ |
| commemorates |
Passion of Jesus Christ
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
saving power of Christ’s blood ⓘ |
| currentStatusInPostVaticanIICalendar | not observed as a distinct feast in the ordinary form ⓘ |
| dateType | fixed date ⓘ |
| devotionalMonthAssociation | July as month of the Precious Blood ⓘ |
| devotionalPurpose |
to deepen devotion to the Passion and the Eucharist
ⓘ
to encourage reparation for sins ⓘ to foster gratitude for Christ’s redemptive sacrifice ⓘ |
| extendedToUniversalChurchBy | Pope Pius IX NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasProperMassTexts | Missal of the Roman Rite (pre‑Vatican II) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasProperOffice | Roman Breviary (pre‑Vatican II) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honors | Most Precious Blood of Jesus Christ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Pope Pius IX NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
General Roman Calendar (historical)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roman Rite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageVariant |
Italian: Festa del Preziosissimo Sangue di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo
NERFINISHED
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Latin: Festum Pretiosissimi Sanguinis Domini Nostri Iesu Christi NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish: Fiesta de la Preciosísima Sangre de Nuestro Señor Jesucristo ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
Eucharistic theology
ⓘ
devotion to the Passion of Christ ⓘ devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus ⓘ |
| liturgicalColor | red ⓘ |
| liturgicalFocus | redemption through the Blood of Christ ⓘ |
| liturgicalRank | double of the second class (historical classification) ⓘ |
| observedIn | Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originContext | 19th-century Roman Catholic Church ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| scripturalBasis | New Testament references to the blood of Christ ⓘ |
| scripturalTheme |
“This is my blood of the covenant” (Synoptic Gospels)
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“You were ransomed…with the precious blood of Christ” (1 Peter 1:18–19) ⓘ “the blood of Jesus…cleanses us from all sin” (1 John 1:7) ⓘ |
| statusInRomanCalendar | suppressed as a separate feast ⓘ |
| theologicalTheme |
atonement for sins
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redemptive suffering of Christ ⓘ sacrifice of Christ ⓘ value of Christ’s blood in salvation ⓘ |
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Subject: Feast of the Most Precious Blood Description of subject: The Feast of the Most Precious Blood is a former Roman Catholic liturgical celebration honoring the saving power of Christ’s blood shed in the Passion.
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