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From the Council of Benevento, Urban II Presiding, A.D. 1091

¶1620.

Canon IV. From the day of Septuagesima up to the octave of Pentecost (other reading: to the octave of Easter), or from the day of the Lord's Advent up to the octave of Epiphany, marriages shall by no means be contracted.

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¶1621.

Cf. Canon III of the Council of Salegunstadt, A.D. 1022, and Canon LII of Laodicea.

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