Lent
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Lent
Summary
Lent is a liturgical season[1]. Lent ranks in the top 10% of liturgical_season entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,266 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Lent's instance of is recorded as liturgical season[3].
- Lent followed pre-Lent[4].
- Lent is a type of liturgical year[5].
- Lent is a type of Christian fast[6].
- Lent's Commons category is recorded as Lent (fasting period)[7].
- Lent's color is recorded as violet[8].
- Lent comprises Ash Wednesday[9].
- Lent comprises Holy Week[10].
- Lent comprises Laetare[11].
- Lent comprises Invocavit[12].
- Lent comprises Paschal Triduum[13].
- Lent comprises Reminiscere[14].
- Lent comprises Oculi[15].
- Lent comprises Passion Sunday[16].
- Lent comprises Palm Sunday[17].
- Lent's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lent[18].
- Lent's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[19].
- Lent's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[20].
- Lent's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[21].
- Lent's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22].
- Lent's described by source is recorded as The Catholic Encyclopedia[23].
- Lent's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://christianity.stackexchange.com/tags/lent[24].
- Lent's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+40'}[25].
Body
Definition and Type
Lent's instance of is recorded as liturgical season[3]. Recorded subclass of include liturgical year[5] and Christian fast[6].
Use and Application
Components include Ash Wednesday[9], a Christian holy day[26]; Holy Week[10], a liturgical season[27]; Laetare[11], a fasting Sunday[28]; Invocavit[12], a fasting Sunday[29]; Paschal Triduum[13]; and Reminiscere[14], a fasting Sunday[30].
Why It Matters
Lent ranks in the top 10% of liturgical_season entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,266 views/month).[2] Lent has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Lent is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]