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What (who) is Sexagesima - definition

SECOND SUNDAY BEFORE ASH WEDNESDAY IN THE PRE-1970 ROMAN RITE LITURGICAL CALENDAR OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
Sexagesimae; Sexagesima Sunday

Sexagesima         
[?s?ks?'d??s?m?]
¦ noun the Sunday before Quinquagesima.
Origin
ME: from eccles. L., lit. 'sixtieth (day)', prob. named by analogy with Quinquagesima.
Sexagesima         
·noun The second Sunday before Lent;
- so called as being about the sixtieth day before Easter.

Wikipedia

Sexagesima

Sexagesima , or, in full, Sexagesima Sunday, is the name for the second Sunday before Ash Wednesday in the pre-1970 Roman Rite liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church, and also in that of some Protestant denominations, particularly those with Lutheran and Anglican origins. Sexagesima falls within the liturgical period of Shrovetide.