THE HOLY NAME OF JESUS
Sanctissimum Nomen Iesu
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The invocation of the Holy Name has been a continuous practice from the earliest days of the Church. Its veneration in liturgical celebrations dates from the fourteenth century. The spread of the devotion in Italy and then throughout Europe was due to the efforts of Saint Bernadine of Siena and his disciples, and the liturgical feast was sanctioned in the sixteenth century. In 1530 Pope Clement VII granted an indult to the Friars Minor to celebrate an office of the Holy Name.