“Festum Sanctorum Innocentium” (Latin)

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“Festum Sanctorum Innocentium” is the Latin name for the Christian feast commemorating the infant boys killed by King Herod in Bethlehem, known in English as the Feast of the Holy Innocents.

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“Festum Sanctorum Innocentium” (Latin) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian feast
commemoration
liturgical celebration
associatedWithPerson King Herod the Great
linked to: Herod the Great
associatedWithPlace Bethlehem
Judea
category Christian holy day
December observance
feast related to the Nativity of Jesus
celebratedIn Anglican Communion
Lutheran churches
Roman Catholic Church
some Eastern Catholic Churches
some Orthodox Churches
commemoratedWithProperMass Roman Missal
linked to: Missale Romanum
commemoratedWithProperOffice Liturgy of the Hours
commemorates Holy Innocents
Massacre of the Innocents
infant boys killed in Bethlehem
commemoratesEventDescribedIn Gospel of Matthew
commemoratesEventInChapter Matthew 2
dateInByzantineRite 29 December
dateInChurchOfEngland 28 December
dateInOldSpanishRite 28 December
dateInSomeSpanishTraditions 28 December
dateInSyriacTradition 27 December
hasAlternativeLatinName Festum Sanctorum Innocentium Martyrum
Innocentium Sanctorum Festum
hasEnglishName Feast of the Holy Innocent Martyrs
Feast of the Holy Innocents
Holy Innocents
hasLiturgicalColor red
hasLiturgicalRankInRomanRiteAfter1969 feast
hasLiturgicalRankInTraditionalRomanRite double of the second class
hasPatronage children who died young
unborn children
victims of violence
honorsAsMartyrs children killed by Herod
infant boys of Bethlehem
languageOfName Latin
liturgicalSeason Christmastide
occursAfterFeast Feast of Saint John the Evangelist
Feast of Saint Stephen
partOf General Roman Calendar
relatedToEvent Flight into Egypt
theologicalTheme innocent suffering
martyrdom
solidarity of Christ with the innocent
traditionalDateInRomanRite 28 December

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Feast of the Holy Innocents languageVariant “Festum Sanctorum Innocentium” (Latin)