Corpus Christi, Feast of

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Corpus Christi, Feast of, since 1970 officially called ‘Festum Corporis et Sanguinis Christi’ in the RC Church. The feast commemorating the institution and gift of the Eucharist, observed in the W. Church on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday. The institution of the feast was largely due to the influence of Bl Juliana (d. 1258). Its observance was ordered by Pope Urban IV in 1264 and became universal in the W. in the 14th cent. The services of the day have traditionally, and probably correctly, been attributed to St Thomas Aquinas.

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