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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Viaticum |
 | | Viaticum to the dying, but deacons regularly administered it, and from two manuscript codices in the monastery of Casalis Benedicti it is evident that subdeacons carried it to the house of the sick person, but that the priest administered it (Martène, ibid.). |
| | Viaticum when they are in danger of death, according to the opinion of theologians and the rule of the Church; though it is disputed whether one who is now in danger of death and who has within the last few days received Holy Communion is so bound by Divine precept. |
| | Viaticum was often administered in the same manner when it was given after Mass, celebrated in the room of the dying person, which was frequently done. |
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