Mozarabic Rite

Toledo Cathedral

The Mozarabic Rite (Spanish: rito mozárabe, Portuguese: rito moçárabe, Catalan: ritu mossàrab), officially called the Hispanic Rite (Spanish: Rito hispánico, Portuguese: rito hispânico, Catalan: ritu hispà),[1][2][3][4] and in the past also called the Visigothic Rite, is a liturgical rite of the Latin Church once used generally in the Iberian Peninsula (Hispania), in what is now Spain and Portugal. While the liturgy is often called 'Mozarabic' after the Christian communities that lived under Muslim rulers in Al-Andalus that preserved its use, the rite itself developed before and during the Visigothic period. After experiencing a period of decline during the Reconquista, when it was superseded by the Roman Rite in the Christian states of Iberia as part of a wider programme of liturgical standardization within the Catholic Church, efforts were taken in the 16th century to revive the rite and ensure its continued presence in the city of Toledo, where it is still celebrated today. It is also celebrated on a more widespread basis throughout Spain and, by special dispensation, in other countries, though only on special occasions.

In addition to its use within the Catholic Church, the rite (or elements from it) has also been adopted by Western Rite Orthodox congregations and the Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church.[5]

  1. ^ "Introducción histórica del rito - Rito Hispano-Mozárabe". Catedral Primada Toledo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  2. ^ Aldazábal, José. "Hispânica (Liturgia)". Secretariado Nacional de Liturgia :: Dicionário elementar de liturgia. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  3. ^ Ferrà i Martorell, Miquel (2005-06-23). "Els mossàrabs i la seva llengua (1058)". www.dbalears.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  4. ^ Coll i Alentorn, Miquel (1990). Guifré el Pelós en la historiografia i en la llegenda. Memòries de la Secció Històrico-Arqueològica. Barcelona: Institut d'Estudis Catalans. p. 64. ISBN 978-84-7283-162-9.
  5. ^ "Liturgia de la Iglesia Española Reformada Episcopal (1954)". The Society of Archbishop Justus. Retrieved 2018-10-10.