Candlemas Day

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•  Candlemas or Presentation of Our Lord (f/k/a the Purification of the Virgin Mary) - commemorates the presentation of Jesus in the Temple and purification of Mary on the 40th day after the birth of Jesus. Candles have been blessed on this day since the 11th century, and this was the original forecaster, “If Candlemas is fair and clear, there’ll be two winters in the year.”
•  CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA- Candlemas
•  Biography

•  see also Imbolc on February 1

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•  Candlemas at Web Holidays
•  Candlemas- A Pagan Festival of Lights
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•  Celebrating Candlemas - School of the Seasons
•  CIN - Candlemas--Presentation of Jesus, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
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last edited Sunday, October 29, 2006