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sackcloth

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  • Bartholomew I
    In church year: Lent

    …of their penitence, they wore sackcloth and were sprinkled with ashes (Tertullian, De paenitentia 11; compare the biblical precedents Jeremiah 6:26, Jonah 3:6, Matthew 11:21). This form of public penance began to die out in the 9th century. At the same time, it became customary for all the faithful to…

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