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Feast of the Crown of Thorns

Pictorial Lives of the Saints: The Most Holy Crown of Thorns of Our Lord Jesus Christ Memorial

Friday after Ash Wednesday
24 April (Dominicans)

Article

Instituted in Paris, France in 1239, when Saint Louis brought back a relic of the Crown, later deposited in the Royal Chapel. The feast was kept on 11 August until it was adopted as a double-major at Rome in 1831, and the present day selected. It is not a universal feast, the Mass and Office being appendices of the Missal.

Additional Information

Catholic Encyclopedia: Crown of Thorns
Catholic Encyclopedia: Feast of the Crown of Thorns
Crown of Thorns
Message ofthe Sorrowful Mysteries
Pictorial Lives of the Saints
Breviary Hymns and Missal Sequences
- Lauds
- Vespers

other sites in english
- Brevarium SOP
- Vultus Christi

MLA Citation

“Feast of the Crown of Thorns“. CatholicSaints.Info. 1 December 2019. Web. 14 April 2021. <>