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The seventh of the eight canonical hours in the Catholic Church; also, the seventh Roman Catholic office (or non-Eucharistic service) of the day. It is also used by the Anglican Church to refer to evensong. Claudio Monteverdi and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed notable settings for this service.

The phrase Sicilian Vespers refers to the massacre of the French rulers in Sicily in 1282, signalled by vesper bells on Easter Monday.



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