Feast of the Most Precious Blood

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The Feast of the Most Precious Blood is a former Roman Catholic liturgical celebration honoring the saving power of Christ’s blood shed in the Passion.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic feast ⓘ
Christian feast ⓘ
liturgical feast ⓘ
associatedDevotion Devotion to the Precious Blood of Jesus ⓘ
associatedWith Litanies of the Precious Blood ⓘ
indulgenced prayers to the Precious Blood ⓘ
celebratedBy Latin Church ⓘ
traditionalist Catholic communities ⓘ
celebratedOn 1 July ⓘ
celebrationType Mass and Divine Office ⓘ
commemorates Passion of Jesus Christ ⓘ
linked to: Passion of Jesus

saving power of Christ’s blood ⓘ
currentStatusInPostVaticanIICalendar not observed as a distinct feast in the ordinary form ⓘ
dateType fixed date ⓘ
devotionalMonthAssociation July as month of the Precious Blood ⓘ
devotionalPurpose to deepen devotion to the Passion and the Eucharist ⓘ
to encourage reparation for sins ⓘ
to foster gratitude for Christ’s redemptive sacrifice ⓘ
extendedToUniversalChurchBy Pope Pius IX ⓘ
hasProperMassTexts Missal of the Roman Rite (pre‑Vatican II) ⓘ
linked to: Missale Romanum
hasProperOffice Roman Breviary (pre‑Vatican II) ⓘ
linked to: Roman Breviary
honors Most Precious Blood of Jesus Christ ⓘ
introducedBy Pope Pius IX ⓘ
isPartOf General Roman Calendar (historical) ⓘ
Roman Rite ⓘ
languageVariant Italian: Festa del Preziosissimo Sangue di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo ⓘ
Latin: Festum Pretiosissimi Sanguinis Domini Nostri Iesu Christi ⓘ
Spanish: Fiesta de la Preciosísima Sangre de Nuestro Señor Jesucristo ⓘ
linkedTo Eucharistic theology ⓘ
devotion to the Passion of Christ ⓘ
devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus ⓘ
liturgicalColor red ⓘ
liturgicalFocus redemption through the Blood of Christ ⓘ
liturgicalRank double of the second class (historical classification) ⓘ
observedIn Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite ⓘ
linked to: Tridentine Mass
originContext 19th-century Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
religiousTradition Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
scripturalBasis New Testament references to the blood of Christ ⓘ
scripturalTheme “This is my blood of the covenant” (Synoptic Gospels) ⓘ
“You were ransomed…with the precious blood of Christ” (1 Peter 1:18–19) ⓘ
“the blood of Jesus…cleanses us from all sin” (1 John 1:7) ⓘ
statusInRomanCalendar suppressed as a separate feast ⓘ
theologicalTheme atonement for sins ⓘ
redemptive suffering of Christ ⓘ
sacrifice of Christ ⓘ
value of Christ’s blood in salvation ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ → hasFeast → Feast of the Most Precious Blood ⓘ
Passion of Jesus → associatedFeast → Feast of the Precious Blood ⓘ
linked to: Feast of the Most Precious Blood
Holy Blood → hasFeast → Feast of the Most Precious Blood ⓘ
Passionist order → liturgicalFeast → Feast of the Passion of Jesus Christ ⓘ
linked to: Feast of the Most Precious Blood
Feast of the Most Precious Blood → languageVariant → Italian: Festa del Preziosissimo Sangue di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo ⓘ
linked to: Feast of the Most Precious Blood