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xxvi one person; unless the terms in which the indulgence is granted clearly state that the indulgence may be gained by any one of the faithful every day.”

II. Whenever a plenary indulgence is granted for “each and all of the feasts of our Lord,” by these words are meant “the principal feasts, viz.: Christmas day, the feast of the Circumcision, the Epiphany, Easter-day, the Ascension, and Corpus Christi.” “In like manner when a plenary indulgence is granted for all and each of the feasts of our blessed Lady, it is to be understood that the principal feasts are meant, viz.: the Immaculate Conception, the Nativity, the Annunciation, the Purification, and the Assumption of our Lady. And even partial indulgences granted for all the other feasts of our Lord can be gained only on those feast-days which are celebrated by the whole Church.” “The same is to be observed of partial indulgences granted for all the other feasts of the blessed Virgin Mary. Indulgences, whether plenary or partial, granted for all and each of the feasts of the holy apostles, must be understood to be attached to the birthday (i. e., in the kingdom of heaven) of each of the apostles,” as is clear from the decree of the same S. Congr. of Indulgences, Sept. 18, 1862.

It has seemed to us proper to call attention to these points, in offering to the public the present “Collection of prayers and good works to which the Sovereign Pontiffs have attached