Feast of the Circumcision of Christ to be celebrated simply as the octave day of Christmas, the "eighth day" on which, according to , the child was circumcised and given the name Jesus. In the 13th or 14th century 1 January began to be celebrated in Rome, as already in Spain and Gaul, as the feast of the Circumcision of the Lord and the Octave of the Nativity, while still oriented towards Mary and Christmas. The emphasis that Saint Bernardine of Siena (1380–1444) laid on the name of Jesus in his preaching led in 1721 to the institution of a separate Feast of the Holy Name
Christ the King Christ Our Sovereign King", was written by Msgr. Martin B. Hellrigel in 1941 to the tune "Ich Glaub An Gott". The Feast of Christ the King was instituted by Pius XI in 1925. In the General Roman Calendar of 1969, its observance in the Roman Rite was moved to the final Sunday of Ordinary Time which is the last Sunday of the liturgical year. It is observed in the same position by most Anglicans and some Protestant denominations. Those Catholics who observe the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite with the General Roman Calendar of 1960, and the Anglican Catholic