I don't know whether the feast was commonly moved or not -- but just to
point out the obvious, the feast of the Annunciation is almost *always* in
Lent, since Easter rarely falls before 25 March (and Lent always starts
before that date, even if Easter is late in April). It was in Lent in 1303
and 1305.
Information on which feast days fell when can be handily found in
Christopher Cheney's *Handbook of Dates for Students of English History*.
There are also some good web sites, including Otfried Lieberknecht's Easter
Date calculator http://www.lieberknecht.de/~prg/easter.html and Peter
Binkley's great Medieval Calendar Calculator
http://www.wallandbinkley.com/mcc/mcc_main.html .
Shannon McSheffrey
Concordia University, Montreal
----- Original Message -----
From: "Laura Jacobus" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: moveable feasts/annunciation
> > I may have this wrong, but I think the feast of the annunciation
> (normally March 25th) can be celebrated at another time if it falls in
Lent.
> What I'd like to know how to find out, is whether it fell in Lent in 1303
> and in 1305. Is there some published calendar that can tell me? And is it
> relevent that I'm talking about Padua, as different places in Italy seem
to
> have begun their years at different times?
> All help appreciated
>
> Laura
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