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n. - The 3rd Sunday before Lent (or the 9th before Easter).

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  • Why the day (or the week, or the period) has the name Septuagesima, and the next Sunday
  • The Lady and the Unicorn takes place during two years, starting during Lent-Eastertide 1490 and ending in Septuagesima 1492.
  • In liturgical literature the name "Septuagesima" occurs for the first time in the Gelasian Sacramentary.
  • With Septuagesima a sudden change of mood occurs in the liturgy.
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