The Catholic Encyclopedia

Branch Sunday

3 sections

Charles G. Herbermann and others (editors)

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Branch Sunday, one of the medieval English names for Palm Sunday. The difficulty of procuring palms for that day’s ceremonies led to the substitution of boughs of yew, willow, or other native trees. The Sunday was often designated by the names of these trees, as “Yew Sunday” or by the general term “Branch Sunday”. (See Palm Sunday.)

Ferasy, Ancient English Holy Week Ceremonial (London, bon 53 sqq.; THurston, Holy Week (London, 1904), 225-229—

John B. Peterson.

Trans. None. Written in English by the contributors whose signatures close each article., The Catholic Encyclopedia, An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church, in fifteen volumes, 1907. Public domain.