Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

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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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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.

Ordinary Time → contains → Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ ⓘ
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge → namedAfter → Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ ⓘ
this entity surface form: Feast of Corpus Christi
General Roman Calendar → includesFeast → Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ ⓘ
this entity surface form: Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ → hasAlternativeName → Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ ⓘ
this entity surface form: Feast of Corpus Christi
Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity → precedes → Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ ⓘ
Corpus Christi processions → associatedWithFeast → Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ ⓘ
this entity surface form: Feast of Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi → namedAfter → Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ ⓘ
this entity surface form: Feast of Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi, Texas, United States → namedAfter → Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ ⓘ
subject surface form: Corpus Christi, Texas
this entity surface form: Feast of Corpus Christi
Guild of Corpus Christi → namedAfter → Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ ⓘ
this entity surface form: Feast of Corpus Christi
Solemnity → includes → Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ ⓘ
this entity surface form: Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
Roman Rite liturgical calendar → includesFeast → Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ ⓘ
this entity surface form: Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ
Corpus Christi → isAlsoKnownAs → Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ ⓘ
papal bull Transiturus de hoc mundo → subject → Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ ⓘ
subject surface form: Transiturus de hoc mundo
this entity surface form: Feast of Corpus Christi
papal bull Transiturus de hoc mundo → establishes → Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ ⓘ
subject surface form: Transiturus de hoc mundo
this entity surface form: Feast of Corpus Christi
Pange lingua gloriosi → associatedFeast → Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ ⓘ
this entity surface form: Feast of Corpus Christi
Adoro te devote → associatedWith → Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ ⓘ
this entity surface form: Feast of Corpus Christi
Diocese of Liège → associatedWithDevotion → Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ ⓘ
this entity surface form: Feast of Corpus Christi
Catholic Church in Austria → mainFeastDay → Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ ⓘ
this entity surface form: Corpus Christi (Fronleichnam)