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FEBRUARY  2  The  Purification,  or  Candlemas-day.

24 St. Matthias, Apostle.

MARCH      19  St. Joseph, Spouse  of  the  Blessed  Virgin.

25 The  Annunciation  of  the  B.V.  or  Lady-day.

APRIL       28  St. George the  Martyr.

MAY 1  St. Philip and  St. James, Apostles.

3 The  Finding  of  the  Cross.

JUNE        24  The  Nativity  of  St. John Baptist.

JULY 25  St. James, Apostle.

26 St. Anne, Mother  of  the  Blessed  Virgin.

AUGUST     10  St. Laurence, Martyr.

24 St. Bartholomew, Apostle.

SEPTEMBER 8  The  Nativity  of  the  Blessed  Virgin.

21 St. Matthew, Apostle.

29 Michaelmas-day.

OCTOBER    28  St. Simon and  St. Jude.

NOVEMBER 30  St. Andrew, Apostle.

DECEMBER  8  Immaculate  Conception  of  the  Blessed  Virgin.

21 St. Thomas, Apostle.

26 St. Stephen the  Martyr.

27 St. John, Apostle.

28 Holy  Innocents.

29 St.  Thomas  of  Canterbury, Easter Monday  and  Tuesday. Monday and  Tuesday  in  Whitsun-week.

For Ireland  and  Scotland,  see  p.  1004.

All the  week-days  of  Lent,  beginning  on  Ash-Wednesday.

The Wednesdays  and  Fridays  in  Advent.

Ember-days, four  times  a  year,  viz. the Wednesdays,  Fridays,  and  Saturdays—

1. Next  after  the  first  Sunday  in  Lent ;

2. In  Whitsun-week;

3. Next  after  the  fourteenth  of  September;

4. Next  after  the  third  Sunday  of  Advent.

All Fridays,  except  when  Christmas-day  falls  on  a  Friday.

1. The  Vigil  of  SS. Peter and  Paul,  June  28.

2. The  Vigil  of  the  Assumption,  August  14.

3. The  Vigil  of  All  Saints,  October  31.

4. The  Vigil  of  the  Nativity  of  our  Lord,  December  24.

5. The  Vigil  of  Pentecost. -

The solemnising  of  Marriage  is  forbidden  from  the  first  Sunday  in Advent  until  after  the  Twelfth-day,  and  from  the  beginning  of  Lent until Low-Sunday.