In the Benedictine calendar, there are three feasts of St Benedict - his death (March 21, Class I); the translation of his relics (July 11, Class II); and the Illation of the relics of St Benedict (December 4, generally suppressed and now celebrated only in a few monasteries).
In the Roman Extraordinary Form calendar, only the first of these is celebrated (as a third class feast).
And of course in Lent (as is the case this year), it is reduced to a commemoration.
In the Ordinary Form, his feast is celebrated on July 11, presumably to avoid the potential clash with Lent (although in fact it is a solemnity in Europe and many other places).
In the Roman Extraordinary Form calendar, only the first of these is celebrated (as a third class feast).
And of course in Lent (as is the case this year), it is reduced to a commemoration.
In the Ordinary Form, his feast is celebrated on July 11, presumably to avoid the potential clash with Lent (although in fact it is a solemnity in Europe and many other places).
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I'm trying to figure out what "the Illation of Relics" means. The dictionary definition of illation has to do with inference, so does the feast commemorate identifying St. Benedict's relics or there identity somehow becoming apparent?
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