Some Differences in Relation To Later Editions of The Roman Calendar
In the Tridentine Calendar, the rank of feasts is expressly indicated only if they are ranked as Double or Semidouble, while absence of an indication means that a feast is of the rank of Simple. (For the meaning of these terms see Ranking of liturgical days in the Roman Rite.) This tripartite ranking as Double, Semidouble, and Simple originated in the thirteenth century and, apart from deciding precedence in the case of two celebrations coinciding on the same day (as when a feast of the fixed calendar coincided with a Sunday, or with a feast or octave whose date depended on that of Easter), was of practical importance more for the Liturgy of the Hours than for the Mass.
Pope Clement VIII introduced the rank of Major Double in 1602. This distinction and those of Double of the First Class and Double of the Second Class are absent in the Tridentine Calendar.
While St Pius V reduced the number of feast days, later Popes repeatedly added more and altered the ranking of already existing feasts. Even the 1969 revision of the General Roman Calendar, which kept significantly fewer feasts than before, still had more than Pius V's Tridentine Calendar. The Catholic Encyclopedia published the following chart to document the incremental growth of saints' days down to 1907.
| Pope | Date | Doubles, I Class | Doubles, II Class | Greater Doubles | Doubles | Semidoubles | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pius V | 1568 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 53 | 60 | 149 |
| Clement VIII | 1602 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 43 | 68 | 164 |
| Urban VIII | 1631 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 45 | 78 | 176 |
| Leo XIII | 1882 | 21 | 18 | 24 | 128 | 74 | 275 |
| - | 1907 | 23 | 27 | 25 | 133 | 72 | 280 |
Soon after the publication of this 1907 table, Pope Pius X made a general revision of the rubrics of the calendar, the result of which (with a few additions by Pope Pius XI) can be seen in General Roman Calendar of 1954. This was followed by Pope Pius XII's simplifying revision of 1955 (see General Roman Calendar of Pope Pius XII). Pope John XXIII's General Roman Calendar of 1962 reduced the number of celebrations and completely abandoned the ranking as Doubles, Simples, etc. This calendar is still authorized for use in accordance with the motu proprio Summorum Pontificum of Pope Benedict XVI, which states that the Tridentine Mass was never abrogated. For the 1969 revision, which with subsequent adjustments is in general use in the Latin Church, observed for instance by the Pope himself, see Roman Catholic calendar of saints.
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