Second Sunday of Quadragesima
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The Second Sunday of Quadragesima is a traditional name in the Western Christian liturgical calendar for the second Sunday in the season of Lent, observed as part of the penitential preparation for Easter.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Second Sunday of Quadragesima canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2340738 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Second Sunday of Quadragesima Context triple: [Quadragesima, hasWeekName, Second Sunday of Quadragesima]
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A.
Second Sunday of Advent
The Second Sunday of Advent is the liturgical day in the Christian Advent season that focuses on hopeful preparation for Christ’s coming, preceding the more joy-centered Gaudete Sunday.
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B.
Fifth Sunday of Lent
The Fifth Sunday of Lent is the final Sunday of Lent before Holy Week in the Christian liturgical calendar, marking the beginning of Passiontide in many traditions.
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C.
Second Sunday of Great Lent
The Second Sunday of Great Lent is an Eastern Orthodox liturgical celebration dedicated to Saint Gregory Palamas and his teachings on hesychasm and the experience of divine grace.
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D.
Sunday of the Prodigal Son
Sunday of the Prodigal Son is an Eastern Orthodox liturgical observance before Great Lent that focuses on repentance and God’s mercy through the Gospel parable of the prodigal son.
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E.
Gaudete Sunday
Gaudete Sunday is the third Sunday of Advent in the Christian liturgical calendar, marked by a joyful emphasis and the use of rose-colored vestments as a break from the season’s penitential tone.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Second Sunday of Quadragesima Target entity description: The Second Sunday of Quadragesima is a traditional name in the Western Christian liturgical calendar for the second Sunday in the season of Lent, observed as part of the penitential preparation for Easter.
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A.
Second Sunday of Advent
The Second Sunday of Advent is the liturgical day in the Christian Advent season that focuses on hopeful preparation for Christ’s coming, preceding the more joy-centered Gaudete Sunday.
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B.
Fifth Sunday of Lent
The Fifth Sunday of Lent is the final Sunday of Lent before Holy Week in the Christian liturgical calendar, marking the beginning of Passiontide in many traditions.
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C.
Second Sunday of Great Lent
The Second Sunday of Great Lent is an Eastern Orthodox liturgical celebration dedicated to Saint Gregory Palamas and his teachings on hesychasm and the experience of divine grace.
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D.
Sunday of the Prodigal Son
Sunday of the Prodigal Son is an Eastern Orthodox liturgical observance before Great Lent that focuses on repentance and God’s mercy through the Gospel parable of the prodigal son.
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E.
Gaudete Sunday
Gaudete Sunday is the third Sunday of Advent in the Christian liturgical calendar, marked by a joyful emphasis and the use of rose-colored vestments as a break from the season’s penitential tone.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian holy day
ⓘ
Sunday observance ⓘ day in the liturgical year ⓘ liturgical feast ⓘ |
| follows |
First Sunday of Lent
ⓘ
surface form:
First Sunday of Quadragesima
|
| hasCharacter | penitential ⓘ |
| hasFunctionInCalendar | marks progress of Lenten journey toward Easter ⓘ |
| hasLiturgicalColor |
purple
ⓘ
violet ⓘ |
| hasLiturgicalRank | Sunday of Lent ⓘ |
| hasLiturgicalSeason | Lent ⓘ |
| hasNameInEnglish | Second Sunday of Quadragesima self-link ⓘ |
| hasNameInLatin |
Quadragesima
ⓘ
surface form:
Dominica II Quadragesimae
|
| hasPositionInSeason | second Sunday of Lent ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
conversion
ⓘ
penance ⓘ preparation for baptism and renewal of baptismal promises ⓘ |
| isAssociatedWith |
almsgiving
ⓘ
fasting practices ⓘ prayer ⓘ |
| isCountedFrom | Ash Wednesday ⓘ |
| isDayOfObligation | no (in most Western churches) ⓘ |
| isLinkedTo | Lenten Sunday lectionary readings ⓘ |
| isObservedBy |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
European Lutheran churches ⓘ
surface form:
Lutheran churches
Catholic Church worldwide ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
some other Western Christian denominations ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Paschal cycle
ⓘ
surface form:
Easter cycle
Christian liturgical year ⓘ
surface form:
Western Christian liturgical calendar
|
| isPreparationFor | Easter ⓘ |
| occursDuring |
Quadragesima
ⓘ
forty‑day Lenten fast (in traditional Western reckoning) ⓘ |
| precedes | Third Sunday of Quadragesima ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Second Sunday of Quadragesima Description of subject: The Second Sunday of Quadragesima is a traditional name in the Western Christian liturgical calendar for the second Sunday in the season of Lent, observed as part of the penitential preparation for Easter.
Referenced by (3)
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