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Quadragesima may
refer to: Lent, the
Christian period of fasting,
prayer and
almsgiving Quadragesima Sunday This
disambiguation page
lists articles ****ociated...
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Quadragesima Sunday (also
known as
Invocabit Sunday) is the
first Sunday in Lent,
occurring after Ash Wednesday. The term
Quadragesima is
derived from...
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Quadragesima Galliarum (lit. "Gallic one-fortieth"), also
written ****X
Galliarum or XL Galliarum, was a 2.5% tax
charged on
trade in the
Gallic provinces...
- Lent (Latin:
Quadragesima, 'Fortieth') is the
solemn Christian religious observance in the
liturgical year
commemorating the 40 days
Jesus spent fasting...
- but of 40 days fasting, like the fast of Lent. It was
therefore called Quadragesima Sancti Martini (Saint Martin's Lent).(p 42) This
period of
fasting was...
- 2nd century, with a
tombstone referring to it as the
Statio Turicensis Quadragesima Galliarum ("Zurich post for
collecting the 2.5%
value tax of the Galliae")...
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Latin word for "seventieth." Likewise, ****agesima, Quinquagesima, and
Quadragesima mean "sixtieth," "fiftieth," and "fortieth" respectively. The significance...
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Portuguese word, 'tempero,' seasoning, and
refers to the
tempora quadragesima,
forty days of Lent
during which eating meat was forbidden,
another example...
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missionaries to
refer to the
Lenten period or
Ember Days (ad
tempora quadragesima), Fridays, and
other Christian holy days.
Ember Days, or
quatuor anni...
- Switzerland. It was used by the
Roman Empire for the
collection of the
Quadragesima Galliarum. In
Christian tradition,
Agaunum is
known as the
place of martyrdom...
