Angelus is a Catholic devotion commemorating the Incarnation of Christ.
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15 Facts About Angelus
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Angelus is usually accompanied by the ringing of the Angelus bell, which is a call to prayer and to spread goodwill to everyone.
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The current form of the Angelus prayer is included in a Venetian Catechism from 1560.
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Angelus is not identical to the "Noon Bell" ordered by Pope Calixtus III in 1456, who asked for a long midday bell-ringing and prayer for protection against the Turkish invasions of his time.
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Angelus again asks the faithful throughout the world, to pray for the persecuted Church in the East during the mid-day Angelus.
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The institution of the Angelus is by some ascribed to Pope Urban II, by some to Pope John XXII in the year 1317.
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In Ireland, The Angelus is currently broadcast every night before the main evening news at 18:00 on the main national TV channel, RTE One, and on the broadcaster's sister radio station, Radio 1, at noon and 18:00.
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Angelus is found in two popular twentieth-century Anglo-Catholic manuals of devotion.
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Angelus is found in Saint Augustine's Prayer Book: A Book of Devotion for members of the Episcopal Church, first published in 1947.
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In Germany, the Netherlands, and in some parts of France, the Angelus bell was regularly known as the Peace bell, and pro pace schlagen was a phrase popularly used for ringing the Angelus.
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In Slovakia, mainly the noon Angelus was commonly referred to as "na Anjel Pana", similar to Czech "na Andel Pane".
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Francis Bret Harte wrote "The Angelus" referencing the twilight tolling of the Angelus bell at a Californian mission.
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