Candlemas
Candlemas is the last festival in the Christian year that is dated by reference to Christmas; subsequent holidays are calculated with reference to Easter, so Candlemas marks the end of the Christmas and Epiphany season.
References
- Catholic Encyclopedia "Candlemas", F. G. Holweck
- Encyclopedia Britannica
- Sketch of Egeria's record of her pilgrimage, with quoted passages
- Egeria's description of the liturgical year at Jerusalem
- Food and Feast in Medieval England, P. W. Hammond -- ISBN 0750909927
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