Sunday before Lent

Sunday before Lent (Dominica in Sunday before Lent in Latin ) is the name for the Sunday before Ash Wednesday . The name originates from the Latin quinquagesimus (fifty), this refers to the fifty days before Good Friday .

In adapting the liturgical calendar after Vatican II, the three Sundays of Lent for ( Septuagesima , Sexagesima and Sunday before Lent) derecognized and replaced by ordinary Sundays throughout the year.However, there are also Catholics that the Tridentine liturgy celebrate and follow the corresponding liturgical calendar.