- Mysterii Paschalis
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Mysterii Paschalis is the title of an apostolic letter motu proprio (that is, "of his own accord") issued by Pope Paul VI on February 14, 1969. It addressed the re-organization and update of the list of liturgical celebrations for Jesus Christ and the Saints found in the Catholic Church's Universal Roman Calendar.
As per its desgination, the document was a personal act of the Pope and, thus, had the force of law for the whole Latin Church. The document had two purposes:
- (2) To explicitly approve "by Our apostolic authority . . . the new Roman Universal Calendar . . . and likewise the general norms concerning the arrangement of the liturgical year."[1]
The actual revised calendar had already been prepared by the so-called Consilium, or "Council for the Proper Implementation of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy."
Amongst the many notable features of the revised calendar (e.g., suppressing the Tempus post Pentecosten), perhaps the most notable was the number of saints who had been removed from, added to, and moved around within the Catholic General Roman Calendar. Some of the memorials that were removed from the General Roman Calendar have been added to various national or particular calendars. The changes to the General Roman Calendar became effective on 1 January 1970.
Contents
Some of the changes
January
- Telephorus, 5 January, added in 1602, now deleted.
- Hyginus, 11 January, added in 12th century, now deleted.
- Felix, 14 January, moved to date of his death, 13 January.
- Paul, first hermit, 15 January, added in 12th century, now deleted.
- Maur, 15 January, added in 12th century, now deleted.
- Marcellus, 16 January, now deleted.
- Prisca, 18 January, now deleted.
- Maris, Martha, Abachum and Audifax, 19 January, now deleted.
- Canute, 19 January, now deleted.
- Anastasius, 22 January, added in the 12th century, now deleted.
- Emerentiana, 23 January, added in 9th century, now deleted.
- Raymond of Penyafort, 23 January, moved to day after his death, 7 January
- Timothy, 24 January, moved to 26 January
- Polycarp, 26 January, moved to date of his death, 23 February
- John Chrysostom, 27 January, moved to day before his death, 13 September
- Peter Nolasco, 28 January, added in 1664, now deleted.
- 2nd Feast of Agnes, 28 January, now deleted.
- Francis de Sales, 29 January, moved to 24 January, day of his burial at Annecy in 1624.
- Martina, 30 January, added in 1635, now deleted.
February
- Ignatius, 1 February, moved to date of his death, 17 October
- Purification of Mary, 2 February, renamed Presentation of the Lord.
- Andrew Corsini, 4 February, added in 1666, now deleted.
- Titus, 6 February, joined with Timothy on 26 January.
- Dorothy, 6 February, added in 13th century, now deleted.
- Romuald, 7 February, moved to date of his death, 19 June.
- John of Matha, 8 February, added in 1679, now deleted.
- Cyril of Alexandria, 9 February, moved to date of his death, 27 June.
- Apollonia, 9 February, added in 13th century, now deleted.
- Apparition of the Immaculate Virgin Mary, 11 February, renamed Our Lady of Lourdes.
- Seven Founders of the Servite Order, 12 February, moved to date of death of one of them, 17 February.
- Valentine, 14 February, now deleted.
- Faustinus and Jovita, 15 February, added in 13th century, now deleted.
- Simeon, 18 February, added in 12th century, now deleted.
- Peter Damian, 23 February, moved to 21 February.
- Matthias, 24 February, moved to 14 May.
- Gabriel of the Sorrowful Virgin, 27 February, added in 1932, now deleted.
March
- Lucius I, 4 March, added in 1602, now deleted.
- Perpetua and Felicity, 6 March, moved to date of their death, 7 March.
- Thomas Aquinas, 7 March, often falls in Lent, therefore moved to 28 January.
- Forty Martyrs, 10 March, added in 12 century, now deleted.
- Gregory the Great, 12 March, always falls in Lent, therefore moved to 3 September.
- Benedict, 21 March, always falls in Lent, therefore moved to 11 July.
- Gabriel, 24 March, added in 1921, now joined to Michael and Raphael on 29 September.
- Annunciation of Mary, 25 March, renamed Annunciation of the Lord.
- John Damascene, 27 March, moved to date of his death, 4 December.
- John of Capistrano, 28 March, moved to date of his death, 23 October.
April
- Leo I, 11 April, moved to date of his death, 11 November.
- Hermenegild, 13 April, added in 1632, now deleted.
- Justin, 14 April, moved to 1 June, the date used in the Byzantine rite.
- Tiburtius, Valerian, and Maximus, 14 April, now deleted.
- Anicetus, 17 April, added in 12th century, now deleted.
- Soter and Caius, 22 April, added in 13th century, now deleted.
- The Greater Litany, 23 April, now deleted.
- Cletus and Marcellinus, 26 April, added in 13th century, now deleted.
- Peter Canisius, 27 April, moved to date of his death, 21 December.
- Paul of the Cross, 28 April, moved to date of his death, 19 October.
- Peter of Verona, 29 April, added in 1586, now deleted.
- Catherine of Siena, 30 April, moved to date of her death, 29 April.
July
- Christopher, 25 July, added in 1550, now deleted.
See also
- General Roman Calendar of 1954
- General Roman Calendar of Pope Pius XII
- General Roman Calendar of 1962
- Roman Catholic calendar of saints
References
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External links
Categories:- Documents of the Catholic Church
- Works by Pope Paul VI
- 1969 works
- 1969 in religion
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