Advent Calendar - December 7
Christmas Fact:The earliest uses of a crib in worship date back to fourth-century Rome. Of the three masses observed at Christmas, one was called Ad Praesepe (meaning "to the crib"). This mass took place in the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, at a shrine built from boards believed to have come from the original stable of the Nativity in Bethlehem. Churches throughout Italy and Europe gradually adopted the custom of saying mass over a crib at Christmas time.
– Encyclopedia of Christmas p. 407,408
Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome. (Dragging your mouse across the image causes it to scroll around the entire room.)
Sunday, December 07, 2008
only 18 more sleeps
Posted by Violet N. at 6:00 AM
Labels: Advent calendar, Christmas
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