Roman Catholic Mass for the Dead

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Catholic liturgical service Mass for the dead Requiem Mass

The Roman Catholic Mass for the Dead, or Requiem Mass, is a liturgical service of the Catholic Church offered for the repose of the souls of the deceased, featuring specific prayers, chants, and readings focused on death, judgment, and eternal rest.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Requiem Mass	2
Mass for the dead	1
Roman Catholic Requiem Mass	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic liturgical service ⓘ Mass for the dead ⓘ Requiem Mass ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Funeral Mass ⓘ Missa pro defunctis NERFINISHED ⓘ Requiem Mass NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedChant	Communion "Lux aeterna" NERFINISHED ⓘ Gradual ⓘ Introit "Requiem aeternam" NERFINISHED ⓘ Kyrie ⓘ Offertory "Domine Jesu Christe" NERFINISHED ⓘ Sequence "Dies irae" NERFINISHED ⓘ Tract ⓘ
celebratedBy	Catholic priest ⓘ
celebratedOn	All Souls’ Day NERFINISHED ⓘ anniversaries of death ⓘ occasions of a Catholic funeral ⓘ
governedBy	Order of Christian Funerals NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Missal NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalDevelopment	developed in the Western Church by the early Middle Ages ⓘ
includesElement	Eucharistic Prayer NERFINISHED ⓘ Final Commendation ⓘ Introductory Rites NERFINISHED ⓘ Liturgy of the Eucharist NERFINISHED ⓘ Liturgy of the Word NERFINISHED ⓘ Rite of Farewell NERFINISHED ⓘ chants ⓘ intercessions for the deceased ⓘ prayers for the dead ⓘ scripture readings ⓘ
liturgicalColor	black (traditional Latin usage) ⓘ violet (post–Vatican II option) ⓘ white (post–Vatican II option in some regions) ⓘ
liturgicalFamily	Latin Rite NERFINISHED ⓘ
mayInclude	altar servers ⓘ choir ⓘ congregational singing ⓘ deacon ⓘ
musicalInfluence	inspired many polyphonic and orchestral Requiem compositions ⓘ
permittedLanguage	vernacular languages ⓘ
primaryPurpose	prayer for the repose of the souls of the deceased ⓘ
religiousTradition	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
theologicalFocus	death ⓘ eternal rest ⓘ judgment ⓘ purgatory ⓘ resurrection of the dead ⓘ
traditionalLanguage	Latin ⓘ
underlyingDoctrine	communion of saints ⓘ efficacy of prayers for the dead ⓘ suffrages for souls in purgatory ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Verdi Requiem → textSource → Roman Catholic Mass for the Dead ⓘ

Grande messe des morts → genre → Roman Catholic Mass for the Dead ⓘ

this entity surface form: Requiem Mass

Office of the Dead → relatedConcept → Roman Catholic Mass for the Dead ⓘ

this entity surface form: Requiem Mass

Lux aeterna → partOf → Roman Catholic Mass for the Dead ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Catholic Requiem Mass

Lux aeterna → usedIn → Roman Catholic Mass for the Dead ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mass for the dead