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In 1078 , William I Of England , appointed St. Osmund , a Norman nobleman, as bishop of Salisbury . (The Latin name for Salisbury being Sarum.) As bishop, Osmund initiated some revisions to the extant Celtic rites and the local adaptations of the Latin Rite, drawing on both Norman and Anglo-Saxon traditions. This resulted in the composition of a new Missal , Breviary , and other liturgical manuals, to be used throughout southern England , Wales and parts of Ireland. Today, however, the Sarum Use is noted chiefly for its distinctive scheme of Liturgical Colours , which differed somewhat from that traditionally used in the Roman Catholic and most Protestant churches, surviving only on an optional basis in the Anglican Churches, such as the Church Of England and the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. In the Sarum Use, Blue rather than Violet was authorized during Advent (the shade of blue used during Advent resembles Royal Blue , and is sometimes referred to as "Sarum blue"); and throughout most of Lent a ''Lenten array'' consisting of unbleached Muslin cloth, with either black or crimson accents, was utilized instead of the Roman violet, the use of which was limited to the period between Septuagesima and Ash Wednesday . During Passiontide & Holy Week (the last two weeks before Easter ), the liturgical colour became Crimson . Finally there seems to be evidence that the use of yellow vestments was sanctioned for the feasts of Confessor s. The Sarum Use was notable for its extremely elaborate ceremonial, employing many Altar Server s and multiple Deacon s & Subdeacon s at the Mass . There were also various minor differences from the standard Latin Rite, including the placement of two candles (rather than six) on the Altar , the replacement of Genuflection with a profound bow of the head and shoulders, and the use of ornate fans during Mass , a practice which survived in the Latin Rite until the mid- 20th Century only in Papal ceremonies such as the Papal Solemn Mass. The Sarum Use was also the original basis of the liturgy of the Anglican Book Of Common Prayer . This is most evident in its sequence of Major Propers for the Sundays in Advent , which vary considerably from those used in the Roman Tridentine Rite , and in its counting Sundays after Trinity (Sunday)--the Latin Rite counting them after Pentecost . One may also take note of the Marriage Rite and the Sarum custom of "plighting troths", though this can also be found in the Latin Rite as used by Roman Catholics in England. Many of the practices of the Sarum Use - though not, obviously, the full liturgy itself - were revived in England in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as part of the Anglo-Catholic movement in the Church of England. Chief among the proponents of such Sarum customs was the Rev. Percy Dearmer , who put these into practice at his parish of St. Mary's, Primrose Hill, in London, and explained them at length in his '' Parson's Handbook ,'' which ran through several editions. On April 1 , 2000 , a full Sarum Mass was celebrated by the Most Reverend Mario Joseph Conti , Roman Catholic Archbishop Of Glasgow in the University Of Aberdeen 's King's College Chapel, to commemorate the quincentenary of the pre-Reformation founding of the chapel by William Elphinstone , Bishop of Aberdeen . EXTERNAL LINKS
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