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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Holy Week |
 | | The Improperia, despite their curious mixture of Latin and Greek -- agios o theos; sanctus Deus, etc. -- are probably not so extremely ancient as has been suggested by Probst and others. |
| | Although the earliest suggestion of them may be found in the Bobbio Misal, it is only in the Pontificale of Prudentius, who was Bishop of Troyes from 846 to 861, that they are clearly attested (see Edm. |
| | In the Middle Ages the "creeping to the cross" on Good Friday was a practice which inspired special devotion, and saintly monarchs like St. Louis of France set a conspicuous example of humility in their performance of it. |
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