Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

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Catholic liturgical solemnity Christian feast holy day

The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, commonly known as Corpus Christi, is a major Catholic feast celebrating the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Feast of Corpus Christi	6
Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic liturgical solemnity ⓘ Christian feast ⓘ holy day ⓘ
associatedWith	Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament ⓘ Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament ⓘ surface form: Eucharistic adoration Eucharistic procession ⓘ public witness to faith in the Eucharist ⓘ
celebratedBy	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church some Anglican churches ⓘ some Lutheran churches ⓘ some Old Catholic churches ⓘ
celebrationIncludes	Mass with special Eucharistic prayers ⓘ blessing of the city or parish with the Eucharist ⓘ procession with the Blessed Sacrament in a monstrance ⓘ
dateRule	Sunday after Trinity Sunday in many countries ⓘ Thursday after Trinity Sunday ⓘ
emphasizesDoctrine	transubstantiation ⓘ
focusesOnSacrament	Holy Eucharist ⓘ surface form: Eucharist
geographicalSpread	celebrated worldwide where the Catholic Church is present ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Corpus Christi ⓘ Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ ⓘ surface form: Feast of Corpus Christi
hasCategory	Christian liturgical year ⓘ surface form: Catholic holy days Eucharistic devotions ⓘ Moveable feasts ⓘ
hasHymn	Adoro te devote ⓘ Te Deum ⓘ surface form: Lauda Sion Salvatorem Pange lingua gloriosi ⓘ Tantum ergo Sacramentum ⓘ
hymnAuthor	St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ surface form: Thomas Aquinas
inspiredBy	Eucharistic visions of Saint Juliana of Liège ⓘ
institutedBy	Pope Urban IV ⓘ
institutionDocument	papal bull Transiturus de hoc mundo ⓘ
institutionYear	1264 ⓘ
isHolyDayOfObligationIn	some countries ⓘ
liturgicalColor	white ⓘ
liturgicalRank	solemnity ⓘ
mainTheme	adoration of the Blessed Sacrament ⓘ real presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist ⓘ thanksgiving for the institution of the Eucharist ⓘ
observedByRite	Latin Rite ⓘ surface form: Roman Rite
occursAfter	Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity ⓘ
occursIn	liturgical season of Ordinary Time ⓘ
originatedInCentury	13th century ⓘ
promotedBy	St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ surface form: Saint Thomas Aquinas
publicDevotionAspect	carrying the Eucharist through the streets ⓘ
purpose	to honor the Body and Blood of Christ outside the context of Holy Week ⓘ
scripturalBasis	1 Corinthians 11:23–29 ⓘ Last Supper narratives in the Gospels ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Corpus Christi processions → associatedWithFeast → Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ ⓘ