Vigils.

Text taken from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal (1945 Edition),

by Dom Gaspar Lefebvre, O.S.B., of the Abbey Of Saint Andre.
Originally published by The E. H. Lohmann Co.
Re-published by St. Bonaventure Publications, July, 1999.
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Pope Saint Zephyrinus.

(Papacy 199 A.D. - 217 A.D.).

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Vigils, or Eves, are a preparation, by a Special Office, for the Celebration of the next day's Feast. They are days of Penance, the Office is often long, and Violet Vestments are usually worn.

They are classified as follows:

A.      Privileged Vigils:

1.      Of The First-Class, as the Vigils of Christmas and Pentecost, which do not give place to any Feast;

2.      Of The Second-Class, as the Vigil of The Epiphany, which only admits Feasts of The First-Class of Our Lord and of The Second-Class of Our Lord.

B.      Ordinary Vigils, as of Apostles, etc.