The first records to show that Christmas was celebrated on December 25 th are references to Pope Liberius, from 352 to 366 A.D. In 379 A.D., St. Gregory ...
25: Pope Liberius (352-66) celebrated Christmas Mass in Rome; St. Gregory Nazianzus (d. 389) in Constantinople, and St. Ambrose (d. 397) in Milan. Keep in mind ...
Dec 26, 2023 · The official recognition of Christmas began after Pope Liberius declared the night connecting Dec. 24 to Dec. 25 as Jesus's birthday during ...
Bower (Hist. of the Popes), Tillemont (Vie de S. Athan. t. viii. art. 64, note 68), and Milman (Lat. Christ. bk. i. c. 2), accept this letter as genuine.
Aug 27, 2022 · Saint Liberius the Confessor, Bishop of Rome, became Bishop of Rome in the year 352, after the death of Pope Julius.
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First recorded Christmas celebration in Rome. 354. Pope Liberius moves the Feast of the Birth of Jesus to December 25, the old Roman day of Sol Invictus. 1181.
Usener, indeed, argues (p. 272) that Liberius preached it on that day in 353, instituting the Nativity feast in the December of the same year; but Philocalus ...
Pope Julius died on 12 April, according to the "Liberian Catalogue", and Liberius was consecrated on 22 May. As this was not a Sunday, 17 May was probably the ...
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According to legend, a miraculous summer snowfall, announced in a dream to both Pope Liberius and to a pious and wealthy Roman couple (who had decided to give ...
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At Santa Maria Maggiore one may still visit the site intended to provide a special place for the innovative Christmas festivities introduced by Pope Liberius ( ...