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Twelfth Night Revels, Revelations, and the Death of Rabelais

In the Christian calendar, the Feast of the Epiphany marks the coming of the Magi, whose journey signals the first revelation of the Incarnation to the wider world. With Epiphany, the days of Christmas end, though the afterglow of the Nativity lingers until Candlemas, on February 2: the feast of the presentation of the Christ Child in the temple, when the Church recalls another recognition. Continue Reading...