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
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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
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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
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Easter cycle ⓘ Shrovetide NERFINISHED ⓘ pre-Lenten season ⓘ |
| positionInCalendar | last Sunday before Lent ⓘ |
| precedes |
Ash Wednesday
NERFINISHED
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First Sunday of Lent ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Easter
NERFINISHED
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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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