Michael, St, Synaxis of 137, 139; monthly commemoration of, by Ethiopic Church 148 _missa ad prohibendum ab idolis_ 39 Montanists, celebration of Pascha by 28 f. Mozarabic rite 77, 83 Myrrh-bearers, Sunday of 141, 142. See also Mary Magdalene _natale, dies natalis, natalitia_ 13, 15, 67 _natale Calicis_ 15, 40 _natale Petri de Cathedra_, see Peter, St _natalis Solis Invicti_ 30 Nativity, of the Lord (Christmas), feast of 15, 17, 19, 22, 27 f., 49, 76, 135, 140, 147, 148; origin of feast of 29 f.; octave of 71, 72; fast before 90; vigil of 75 Nicaea, Council of, decisions of, on Paschal question 116 f.; commemoration of the 318 fathers of 141, 143 Octaves, meaning of term 70 f.; history of 71 Oengus, the Culdee, martyrology of 95 Old Testament worthies, commemoration of xii, 134, 136, 148 Orthodoxy Sunday xiii, 141, 142 _O sapientia_ 78 f. Palm Sunday (Feast of Palms) 40, 84, 135, 141 Parasceve 10, 11, 37, 144 f. Pascha, original use of term 104 ff.; Christian commemoration of xi, 37, 104 ff.; _dies Paschae_ 40 Paschal Cycles, of Hippolytus 111, 112 ff.; of Dionysius Al. 115; of Anatolius 115; Roman 123; Alexandrine 123; of Victorius 124; of Dionysius Exiguus 123, 124 f. Paschal Epistles xviii, 121 Paschal limits 120 f. Paschal question xvii, 105 ff. Paschal Tables, see Paschal Cycles Passiontide, observance of 40 ff. Paul, St, commemoration of 21, 33; Conversion of 69; Translation of 69. See also Peter and Paul Pentecost, meaning of term 43 ff.; observance of 18, 37, 43 ff., 135, 141; octave of 71, 72; vigil of 75 Peter, St, commemoration of 33; Chains of (_ad Vincula_) 21, 25, 63; Chair of (_Cathedra Petri_) 15, 59, 60 ff.; Dedication of Basilica of 18, 63 Peter and Paul, SS., commemoration of 16, 18, 21, 34, 35, 135; _depositio_ of 16; origin of festival of xiii, 59 f.; fast before 90; octave of 71 Philip, the deacon 67 Philip, St, feast of 67, 78; fast of 78 Philip and James, SS., commemoration of 21, 67, 75 Pliny, letter of, to Trajan 72 Polycarp, St, conference of, with Anicetus on Paschal question 108 Polycrates, letter of, on Paschal controversy 109 _Polyeleos_ 136 Pontius Pilate, commemorated by Ethiopians 148 Prayer Book, American 43, 153; English (1549, 1552) 70, 101, 150, (1559) 101, 150, (1604) 151, (1662) 79, 151; Irish 153; Latin (1560) 150; Scottish (1637) 79, 153 _Preces Privatae_ (1564) 151 Pre-sanctified, Mass of 42 Presentation, of the Lord in Temple 48, 147. See also Purification; of St Mary, see Mary, feasts of Primer, of Edward VI 101 _Prodromos_ 138 _proheortia_ 43, 135 _Protevangelium Jacobi_ 50 n., 52 n., 53 n. Purification (Hypapante, Candlemas), feast of 20, 23, 47 ff., 51 n., 57, 101, 135, 140, 149