Childermas

E327749

Christian feast day religious observance

Childermas is a Christian feast day commemorating the massacre of the Holy Innocents by King Herod, traditionally observed on December 28 in Western churches.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Childermas canonical	1
Tag der Heiligen Unschuldigen Kinder	1
“The Holy Innocents”	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian feast day ⓘ religious observance ⓘ
associatedWithPerson	Herod the Great ⓘ surface form: King Herod the Great
associatedWithPractice	prayers for children ⓘ reflection on violence against the innocent ⓘ special Mass readings about the Holy Innocents ⓘ
basedOnBiblicalPassage	Gospel of Matthew 2:16–18 ⓘ
chronologicalRelation	celebrated within the octave of Christmas ⓘ occurs three days after Christmas Day ⓘ
commemoratedIn	Western liturgical calendars ⓘ
commemorates	Massacre of the Innocents ⓘ surface form: Massacre of the Holy Innocents infant boys killed in Bethlehem ⓘ victims of King Herod ⓘ
feastType	martyrs' feast ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Feast of the Holy Innocents ⓘ Feast of the Holy Innocents ⓘ surface form: Holy Innocents' Day
hasCategory	Christian holy days ⓘ Christian liturgical feasts of the Christmas season ⓘ December observances ⓘ Feasts of Jesus Christ ⓘ
hasHistoricalOrigin	early Christian commemoration of the Bethlehem infants ⓘ
hasLiturgicalRank	feast (in many Western rites) ⓘ
hasSymbol	blood of the innocents ⓘ infant martyrs ⓘ palm of martyrdom ⓘ
honors	Holy Innocents ⓘ child martyrs of Bethlehem ⓘ
linkedToEventInLifeOfJesus	events surrounding the Nativity ⓘ
linkedToFigure	Jesus Christ ⓘ
liturgicalColor	red ⓘ
liturgicalSeason	Christmas ⓘ surface form: Christmas season Christmastide ⓘ
observedBy	Anglican Communion ⓘ European Lutheran churches ⓘ surface form: Lutheran churches Catholic Church worldwide ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church some other Western Christian denominations ⓘ
observedOn	28 December ⓘ December 28 ⓘ
observedOnInTradition	28 December in Western churches ⓘ
partOf	General Roman Calendar ⓘ surface form: General Roman Calendar (historically)
relatedToEvent	Flight into Egypt ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Western Christianity ⓘ
theologicalTheme	divine protection of Christ ⓘ innocent suffering ⓘ martyrdom ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Feast of the Holy Innocents → alsoKnownAs → Childermas ⓘ

“Heilige Unschuldige Kinder” (German) → hasAlternativeName → Childermas ⓘ

subject surface form: Heilige Unschuldige Kinder

this entity surface form: Tag der Heiligen Unschuldigen Kinder

Lord Weary’s Castle → hasPart → Childermas ⓘ

this entity surface form: “The Holy Innocents”