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3 unusual facts about Canonical hours


Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur

The package for Arthur contained a copy of a Book of Hours, which explains the Canonical hours such as Matins, Lauds and Vespers.

Divine Office

Canonical hours, the recitation of such prayers in Christianity more generally

Jutta von Sponheim

Jutta taught Hildegard to write; to read the collection of psalms used in the liturgy; and to chant the Opus Dei (‘work of God’), the weekly sequential recitation of the Canonical hours.


Plenarium

The entire office, or series of prayers and psalms said (or chanted) in the Roman Catholic ChurchVespers, Matins, Lauds and Mass — is called plenarium.


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