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Septuagesima (in full, Septuagesima Sunday) is the name for the ninth Sunday before Easter, the third before Ash Wednesday. The term is sometimes applied also to the period that begins on this day and ends on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday, when Lent begins. This period is also known as ''the pre-Lenten season'' or ''Shrovetide''. 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 non-leap year) and the latest is February 22 (Easter falling on April 25 in a leap year). ==Origins of the term== ''Septuagesima'' comes from the Latin word for "seventieth." Likewise, ''Sexagesima,'' ''Quinquagesima,'' and ''Quadragesima'' mean "sixtieth," "fiftieth," and "fortieth" respectively. The significance of this naming (according to Andrew Hughes, ''Medieval Manuscripts for Mass and Office'' (1982 ), 10) is as follows: "Septuagesima Sunday () so called because it falls within seventy days but more than sixty days before Easter. The next Sunday is within sixty, Sexagesima, and the next within fifty, Quinquagesima ... Falling within forty days of Easter (excluding Sundays) the next Sunday is Quadragesima." Because every Sunday recalls the resurrection of Christ, they are considered "little Easters" and not treated as days of penance. Also note that ''Quadragesima'' serves as the Latin word for the season of Lent, which (not counting Sundays) is forty days long. Amalarius of Metz would have the name indicate a period of seventy days made up of the nine weeks to Easter plus Easter Week, which would mystically represent the seventy-year Babylonian captivity.〔(Francis Meersham, ''Septuagesima'' in Catholic Encyclopedia )〕 Septuagesima was also the day on which one could begin a forty-day Lenten fast that excluded from its observance Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Septuagesima」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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