Ricordato dalla Chiesa cattolica il 2 Febbraio (Presentation of Jesus in the temple) with the blessing of candles on Candlemas falls forty days after Christmas.
"Do all the lamps and candles, making a great light" (Itinerarium 24, 4)
"Do all the lamps and candles, making a great light" (Itinerarium 24, 4)
The Jewish law required that the firstborn males were to be presented to the temple 40 days after birth for the rite of purification and so did Mary, the mother of Jesus
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There are many proverbs and sayings related to this day, in the end the moral is the same: the chance to leave early winter .. .
A old Latin proverb states:
"It nivibus Purify - Easter floribus
It Purify floribus. nivibus Easter"
Or if it was snowy February 2, Easter would have been nice, but if the day of Candlemas was sunny, Easter would have fallen snow. Other
said "At Candlemas winter escapes or heartened"
In Anglo Saxon, a proverb says:
"If Candelmas Day be fair and bright
Winter Will Have Another fight
If Candelmas Day bring clouds and rain
Winter is gone and will not come again "
translating:" If Candlemas Day be nice, will return again Winter, if it is cloudy and rainy, Winter is now finished "
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