Innocents' Day
the English name for the feast celebrated on Dec. 28, to commemorate the massacre of the children of Bethlehem by Herod, in the hope of killing Jesus. It was probably first celebrated toward the close of the 5th, or early in the 6th century. It is known in the Latin Church as the Feast of Holy Innocents, and Mass is said in purple vestments, probably because the Innocents "did not enter heaven till Christ believe." On the octave the vestments at His Ascension opened it to those who are red, the proper color of martyrs.
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