Gallican Rite

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The Gallican Rite was an early medieval Western Christian liturgical tradition used primarily in Gaul before being largely replaced by the Roman Rite.

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Label Occurrences
Gallican Rite canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian liturgical rite
Western liturgical tradition
approximateEndDate 8th century
9th century
associatedWith Carolingian liturgical reforms
surface form: Carolingian reforms

Merovingian dynasty
distinctFrom Ambrosian Rite
Mozarabic Rite
Roman Rite
geographicalContext Merovingian church
surface form: Frankish Church

post-Roman Gaul
hasFeature ceremonial processions
distinct structure of the Divine Office
distinct structure of the Mass
elaborate intercessions
numerous proper prefaces
use of litanies
variable prayers of the faithful
historicalStatus largely suppressed
no longer in regular use
influenced Ambrosian Rite
Carolingian liturgical reforms
surface form: Frankish-Roman liturgy

Mozarabic Rite
Roman Rite
Sarum Use
language Latin
liturgicalBookType antiphoner
lectionary
missal
sacramentary
liturgicalFamily Western liturgical rites
primaryRegion Gaul
Gaul
surface form: Merovingian Gaul
relatedConcept Carolingian liturgical reforms
surface form: Carolingian liturgical synthesis

Gallican chant
religiousTradition Christianity
replacedBy Roman Rite
riteType Liturgy of the Hours
surface form: Divine Office

Eucharistic liturgy
suppressedBy Carolingian liturgical reforms
imposition of the Roman Rite
survivesAs elements incorporated into the Roman Rite
scholarly reconstructions
timePeriod Early Middle Ages
surface form: early Middle Ages

late Antiquity
usedIn Germanic kingdoms
surface form: Frankish kingdoms

Gaul
Western Europe

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Mozarabic Rite distinctFrom Gallican Rite