[_See also Table of Contents_, p. vii.] Abyssinian Kalendar, see Kalendar Ado, martyrology of xvi, 93, 94 Advent, observance of 76 ff. Agnes, St, octave of 20, 71 Akathist, sabbath of 144 Alexandria, church of, its authority in settling date of Easter 121 All Saints (Allhallen), festival of 23, 149; Sunday of 91, 141; vigil of 75 All Souls’ Day xiii, 24 Ambrosian rite 77 _anarguroi_, see Unmercenary Anatolius, Paschal cycle of 115 Andrew, St, commemoration of 17, 19, 22, 63 f., 137; octave of 71; relation of Advent to festival of 79 Anna, St, conception of, see Mary, festivals of Annunciation, see Mary, festivals of Antipasch 141, 142 Antiphons, in Advent 78 f. Apocreos, Sunday of 84, 141, 143; Sabbath of 144 _Apodosis_ 71, 135 Apostles, commemoration of 22, 58 ff.; Fast of the 90 f.; Synaxis of the Twelve 58, 139; Seventy 70, 138, 139 Apostolic Canons 6, 111 Apostolic Constitutions 6, 111 _Aratschavor-atz_ 92 Armenians, their observance of Epiphany and Christmas 32, 38; rules of fasting 78, 91 f.; Kalendar of 36, 43, 147 f. Artziburion 92 Ascension, commemoration of 18, 42 f., 135, 149 Ascetics, Sabbath of 144 Ash Wednesday 82, 83 f. Asiatics, commemoration of the Pascha by 106 ff. Assumption, see Mary, festivals of Baptism, of Christ, commemoration of 30, 31 n., 32, 139 f. Barnabas, St, commemoration of 70, 150 Baronius, Cardinal 103 Bartholomew, St, commemoration of 68 Basilian Menology, see Menology Basilidians, festival of Baptism of Christ kept by 31 Becket, Thomas, institution of festival of Trinity by 46; feasts of his martyrdom and translation 150 Bede, martyrology of xvi, 23, 49, 62, 69, 70, 93, 94 Borromeo, Charles 83 Candlemas, meaning of 48; festival of, see Purification _caput jejunii_ 83 _Cara cognatio_, pagan solemnity of 61 Celtic churches, Paschal cycle of 122, 146 Charlemagne, _Capitula_ of 86 Christmas, see Nativity Circumcision, feast of 22 f., 37 ff., 135, 147 _claves quadragesimae, Paschae, Rogationum_ 102 Clavius, see Schlüssel _Coena Domini_ 40 Conception, see Mary, feasts of Constantine, letter of, on Paschal question 111 f., 117 ff. Coptic Kalendar, see Kalendar Corbie Kalendar 71 Corpus Christi, feast of xiv, 98; octave of 72 Cross, Holy, adoration of 41 f.; Sunday of Adoration of 141; Exaltation of 22, 99, 135, 142, (a fast in Eastern Church) 91; Invention of 99; Procession of 25 Cyprian, St, Paschal cycle attributed to 115; commemoration of, in English Prayer Book 152 Dead, Sabbath of 144 Decollation, see John Baptist _depositiones_, of martyrs and bishops 14, 16, 17 _dies caniculares_ 101 _dies profestus_ 74, 87 Dionysius of Alexandria, Paschal cycle of 115 Dionysius Exiguus, Paschal cycle of 123, 124 f. _dominica carnisprivii_, see Apocreos