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a NOTE, That Ecclus. xxv. is to be read only to verfe 13; Ecclus. xxx. only to verfe 18; and Ecclus. xlvi. only to verse 20.

Leonard, a Frenchman, bifhop of Lemifin. He obtained the en viable privilege from King Clovis, of liberating every prisoner whom he went to fee; and exercifed his claim by vifiting all thofe who were confined on account of religion, or any cause which had not involved crime in it. In confequence of this circumftance of his hiftory, he has always been confidered as the tutelary faint of prifoners. He died A. D. 500.

St. Martin. This Saint's name and hiftory occurred under the month of July. This day is called alfo, Martinmas-day, and vulgarly corrupted to Martlemas-day. Brand quotes the following remarks on this feaft, from an ancient Romish Calendar in his poffeffion. "The Mar"tinalia, a genial feaft; wines are tafted of, and drawn from the lees. "The Vinalia, a feaft of the ancients removed to this day: Bacchus is "the figure of Martin."

Britius, or Brice, bishop of Tours; the fucceffor of Martin in that fee. Being charged with an intrigue with his laundrefs, and with forcery, in having worked a miracle to confote the calumny, he was driven from his bishopric, and remained at Rome for feven years. He was then reftored to his dignity, and died in it, A. D. 444. The famous Gregory of Tours, the hiftorian, fucceeded him.

Machutus, or Maclovius, bishop of a city in Bretagne, from him called St. Maloes. His name is of great repute with the Roman Catholics, from the number of miracles he is faid to have wrought. He died in the beginning of the fixth century.

Hugh, bishop of Lincoln, was born in Burgundy; but invited into England by Henry II. to prefide over a monaftery of Carthufian monks, at Witteham in Somerfetihire. The King foon afterwards made him bishop of Lincoln; the cathedral of which place he rebuilt from the foundation. He died Nov. 17th, 1200, of a quartan ague; and his body was carried to the cathedral to be buried, on their shoulders, by John king of England, and William king of Scots, affifted by fome of their lords. He was canonized at Rome, A. D. 1220.

¶ Edmund, king of the Eaft-Angles, who being attacked by the Danes, and unable to hold out, offered himself to them for a facrifice, if they would spare his fubjects. Being in poffeffion of his perfon, the Danes endeavoured to make him renounce his religion; but failing in this, they tortured him cruelly, and fhot him to death with arrows. He was buried at St. Edmund's-Bury, which received its name from him.

Cecilia; a Roman virgin, faint, and martyr. She lived in the year 225, and was cruelly put to death, for refufing to renounce her religion, either by being thrown into boiling water, or fhut up in a hot bath for twenty-four hours, and afterwards beheaded.

+ St. Clement, by birth a Roman, and made bifhop of Rome (according to the fuffrage of antiquity) by one or both of the Apostles, St. Peter and St. Paul. According to Lardner, he is indifputably author of one of the two excellent epiftles afcribed to him. He fealed his faith by his martyrdom about A.D. 81: being thrown into the fea with a stone round his neck.

Catherine; an Alexandrian, converted to Chriftianity, A.D. 305, and martyred about the year 310, because fhe refufed to facrifice to idols, and reproved the bloody Emperor Maxentius to his face. She was executed by means of a wheel armed with iron fpikes, being rolled over her body. Hence it is that this inftrument of torture is her usual accompaniment.

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Nicholas, made bishop of Myra in Afia by Conftantine the Great; and remarkable for his piety and generofity. One inftance, however, is upon record, of his breach of charity, in giving Arius a box on the ear, in a theological controverfy.

+ Conception of the Virgin Mary. This feaft was inftituted by Anfelm archbishop of Canterbury, in William the Conqueror's reign, in confequence of a vow made for the fafety of William's fleet in a ftorm. It gave occafion to a greatly-agitated question amongst the Romanifts, the immaculate conception, which was firit started by Peter Lombard, 1160.

Lucy. A Virgin of Syracufe, who lived in the beginning of the fourth century. Having refused the addreffes of a noble Sicilian, he accused her to Pafchafius, the heathen judge, of profeffing Chriftianity; in confequence of which she was firft tortured, and then executed.

0 Sapientia. This day is fo called from the commencement of an anthem, in the Latin fervice, which ufed to be fung in honour of Chrift's advent, from this day to Christmas eve,

¶Silvefter, bishop of Rome, fucceeded Miltiades in that dignity, A.D. 314. He died A.D. 334; and obtained a place in the Calendar in confequence of his being the author of feveral rites and ceremonies in the Romish church.

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or the Moveable and Immoveable FEASTS; together with the Days of FASTING or ABSTINENCE throughout the Year.

Rules to know when the Moveable Feafts and Holy-Days begin.

EASTER-Day, on which the reft depend, is always the First Sunday

after the Full-Moon which happens upon or next after the Twentyfirft Day of March; and if the Full-Moon happen upon a Sunday, Eafler-Day is the Sunday after.

Advent-Sunday is always the nearest Sunday to the Feast of St. Andrew, whether before or after.

Septuagefima

Nine

Sexagefima

Quinquagefima

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Quadragefima

Six

Rogation-Sunday

Five Weeks

Afcenfion-day

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Whitfunday

Trinity-Sunday

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Seven Weeks

Eight Weeks

The Days of the Feafts of

A Table of all the Feafts that are to be obferved in the Church of
ENGLAND throughout the Year.

ALL SUNDAYS IN THE YEAR.

The Circumcifion of our Lord

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St. Peter the Apostle.

St. James the Apostle.
St. Bartholomew the Apostle.
St. Matthew the Apoftle.
St. Michael and all Angels.
St. Luke the Evangelift.
St. Simon and St. Jude the
Apoftles.

All Saints.

St. Andrew the Apostle.
St. Thomas the Apostle.
The Nativity of our Lord.
St. Stephen the Martyr.
St. John the Evangelift.
The Holy Innocents.

Monday and Tuesday in Eafter-week.
Monday and Tuesday in Whitfun-week.

Eafter-day is the Sunday after] A great fchifm arofe, in the early ages of Christianity, between the Eastern and Western churches, refpecting the day on which Eafter thould be celebrated; the former keeping this feaft on the day where on the Jews celebrated their Paffover, viz. upon the 14th of their first month Nizan, (which month began at the new moon next to the Vernal Equinox) on whatever day of the week the 14th might happen to fail; and the latter keeping their Eafter on the Sunday following the Jewish Paflover The violence of the oppofite parties obliged Conftantine at length to interfere, who procured canon to be paffed in the general council of Nice, to this effect:-"That every where the

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