Pontificale Romano-Germanicum
The ''Pontificale Romano-Germanicum'' ("Roman-Germanic pontifical"), also known as the ''PRG'', is a Catholic_liturgy.html" "title="Latin">set_of_Latin_documents_of_Catholic_Church.html" "title="Latin.html" ;"title="set of Latin">set of Latin documents of Catholic Church">Catholic liturgy">liturgical practice compiled in St. Alban's Abbey, Mainz, under the reign of William (archbishop of Mainz), in the mid-10th century, and an influential work in the establishment of the Catholic Church in Europe. It was in wide circulation during the Middle Ages and was used as the basis for the modern Roman Pontifical. It contains 258 ''Ordines'' describing ecclesiastical procedures including rites of ordination, blessing, baptism, celebrations of Mass, confession, etc. It has significant novel content: for instance, rites and prayers for the beginning of Lent, subsequently widely adopted, that had nothing to do with existing Roman liturgy. The term "Pontificale Romano-Germanicum" for this bod ...
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