Quinquagesima Sunday

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Quinquagesima Sunday is the last Sunday before Lent in the Christian liturgical calendar, traditionally marking the close of the pre-Lenten season.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian feast day
Sunday observance
liturgical observance
associatedWith confession before Lent
final festivities before Lenten fasting
calendarBasis movable feast
category Christian holy days related to Easter
Moveable Christian observances
determinedBy date of Easter
etymology from Latin "quinquagesimus" meaning "fiftieth"
follows Sexagesima Sunday NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Butter Sunday NERFINISHED
Cheese Sunday NERFINISHED
Dominica Quinquagesimae NERFINISHED
Estomihi NERFINISHED
Hall Sunday
Pork Sunday NERFINISHED
Quinquagesima NERFINISHED
Shrove Sunday NERFINISHED
hasLiturgicalRank Sunday NERFINISHED
hasLiturgicalTheme call to repentance
love and charity
preparation for Lent
liturgicalColor violet
nameOriginLanguage Latin
observedBy Anglican Communion NERFINISHED
Lutheran churches NERFINISHED
Roman Catholic Church NERFINISHED
some Methodist churches
some Reformed churches
occurs approximately 50 days before Easter in traditional reckoning
occursIn Western Christianity NERFINISHED
partOf Christian liturgical year NERFINISHED
Easter cycle
Shrovetide NERFINISHED
pre-Lenten season
positionInCalendar last Sunday before Lent
precedes Ash Wednesday NERFINISHED
First Sunday of Lent
relatedTo Easter NERFINISHED
Lent NERFINISHED
Septuagesima Sunday NERFINISHED
Sexagesima Sunday NERFINISHED
statusInPostVaticanIICalendar no longer named explicitly in the Ordinary Form Roman Rite calendar
traditionalEpistleReading 1 Corinthians 13 NERFINISHED
traditionalGospelReading Luke 18:31–43
usedIn pre-1970 Roman Catholic calendar
traditional Roman Rite NERFINISHED

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Shrove Tuesday follows Quinquagesima Sunday