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''Supremi disciplinae'' was a ''
motu proprio In law, ''motu proprio'' (Latin for "on his own impulse") describes an official act taken without a formal request from another party. Some jurisdictions use the term ''sua sponte'' for the same concept. In Catholic canon law, it refers to a do ...
'' released on 2 July 1911 by
Pope Pius X Pope Pius X ( it, Pio X; born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto; 2 June 1835 – 20 August 1914) was head of the Catholic Church from 4 August 1903 to his death in August 1914. Pius X is known for vigorously opposing modernist interpretations of ...
that reduced the number of holy days of obligation within the Roman Catholic Church. It reduced the number of such non-Sunday holy days from 36 to 8. The present list was established in 1917.''Codex Iuris Canonici'' canon 1247 (1917).


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