Quinquagesima is the name for the Sunday before Ash Wednesday. It was also called Quinquagesima Sunday, Shrove Sunday or Esto Mihi. The name originates from Latin quinquagesimus (fiftieth), referring to the fifty days before Good Friday (this calculation includes Sundays, unlike the forty-day calculation for Ash Wednesday itself). Sunday is considered either the first or the seventh day of the week, between Saturday and Monday, and the second day of the weekend in some cultures. ... In the Western Christian calendar, Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent. ... Latin is an Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... Good Friday is a holy day celebrated by Christians on the Friday before Easter or Pascha. ...

The earliest Quinquagesima Sunday can occur is February 1 and the latest is March 7. February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in Leap years). ...

The reforms of the Second Vatican Council included the elimination of this term for this Sunday (and the two immediately before it - Sexagesima and Septuagesima Sundays). It was abolished entirely by the Anglican churches in 1976. According to the reformed Roman Rite Catholic calendar, this Sunday is now known by its number within Ordinary Time - fourth through ninth, depending upon the date of Easter - or the fourth through the ninth Sunday after Epiphany in the Anglican calendar, and that of various other Protestant polities. The Second Vatican Council, or Vatican II, was an Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church opened under Pope John XXIII in 1962 and closed under Pope Paul VI in 1965. ... Sexagesima (in full, Sexagesima Sunday) is the name for the second Sunday before Ash Wednesday in the liturgical calendar of the Roman Catholic Church, and also in that of some Protestant denominations, particularly those with Anglican origins. ... Septuagesima (in full, Septuagesima Sunday) is the name given to the third from the last Sunday before Lent in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches. ... The term Anglican describes those people and churches following the religious traditions of the Church of England, especially following the Reformation. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Ordinary Time is a term used in the Christian (especially the Roman Catholic) liturgical calendar to refer, collectively, to two different seasons of the liturgical year. ... Easter is the most important religious holiday of the Christian liturgical year, observed in March, April, or May to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, which Christians believe occurred after his death by crucifixion in AD 30-33 (see Good Friday). ... This article is about the Christian feast. ... Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ...