Quasimodo

Quasimodo is one of the main characters of the 1831 novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Notre Dame de Paris in French) by French author Victor Hugo.

Quasimodo Sunday

Quasimodo Sunday is, in the liturgical year, the first Sunday after Easter (also known as Low Sunday). The name is said to come from the opening line of the introit of the day: "Almost in the way that newborn babies do, desire the rational milk without trickery..." (in Latin, Quasi modo geniti infantes, rationale sine dolo lac concupiscite...), and also from the fact that the observance that day is "almost in the manner" of Easter. It was on this day that the character Quasimodo (above) was discovered abandoned on the steps of Nôtre Dame; hence his name.

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Sunday - Easter - Introit - Latin

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