Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. III, 1949 Liturgy Temporal cycle

Carnipri(v)ium (Carnispricium, Privicarnum)

CARNIPRIVIUM (CARNISPRICIUM, PRIVICARNIUM)

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CARNIPRI(v)ium (Carnispricium, Privicarnum). - This was the name given, in many places, to Quinquagesima Sunday, because on it, and more precisely on the following Monday, people began to abstain from the use of meat. This privation concerned almost exclusively the clergy; hence the name c. sacerdotum. Indeed, a Council of Clermont in 1095 obliged the clergy to abstain from meat beginning on Quinquagesima Sunday. But the custom of beginning the Lenten abstinence on the Monday after Quinquagesima was not maintained for long, and very soon there was a return to the ancient custom of beginning Lent on Ash Wednesday. In the Mozarabic liturgy Quinquagesima is in fact called: ante carnes tollendas; the Greeks call it ἀποκρεών.

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BIBL.: F. A. Zaccaria, Onomasticon rituale, Faenza 1787, p. 435; C. Ducange, s. v. in Glossarium ad scriptores mediae et infimae latinitatis, II, Paris 1842, p. 191.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III (1949), coll. 906–907.

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“Carniprivium (Carnispricium, privicarnium).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, coll. 906–907. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/carniprivium-carnispricium-privicarnium.

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“Carniprivium (Carnispricium, privicarnium).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, coll. 906–907. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/carniprivium-carnispricium-privicarnium.

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  author    = {Redazione},
  title     = {Carniprivium (Carnispricium, privicarnium)},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {III},
  pages     = {906--907},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/carniprivium-carnispricium-privicarnium}
}

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