Septuagesima | |
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![]() Illustration of the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard for Septuagesima | |
Liturgical color | Violet |
Significance | Preparation for Lent |
Date | Third Sunday before Ash Wednesday (63 calendar days before Easter Sunday) |
2023 date | February 5 |
2024 date | January 28 |
2025 date | February 16 |
2026 date | February 1 |
Related to | Pre-Lent |
Septuagesima (/ˌsɛptjuəˈdʒɛsɪmə/) is the ninth Sunday before Easter, the third before Ash Wednesday. The term is sometimes applied to the seventy days starting on Septuagesima Sunday and ending on the Saturday after Easter. Alternatively, the term is sometimes applied also to the period sometimes called pre-Lent that begins on this day and ends on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday, when Lent begins.
The other two Sundays in this period of the liturgical year are called Sexagesima and Quinquagesima, the latter sometimes also called Shrove Sunday. The earliest date on which Septuagesima Sunday can occur is January 18 (Easter falling on March 22 in a common year) and the latest is February 22 (Easter falling on April 25 in a leap year).
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