687-701. Pope Sergius I. orders processions (litaniæ) in Rome on the Feasts of the Annunciatio Domini, Dormitio, and Nativitas B.V.M.
731. The Ven. Bede composes his martyrologium.
747. The Embertides legally established in England.
769. The same in Germany.
781 (circ.). The Octava Domini (1st Jan.) appears as the Festum Circumcisionis in the Calendar of Charlemagne.
Between 784 and 791. Under Adrian I., the Sacramentarium Gregorianum sent to the Frankish Empire, and introduced there.
Between 786 and 797. Paul the deacon compiles a Homilarium at the command of Charlemagne.
787. The second Council of Nicæa re-establishes the worship of images.
800 (circ.). Compilation of the Menologium of Constantinople.
Between 827 and 835. Gregory IV. changes the Feast of All the Martyrs (13th May) into a Feast of All Saints, and places it on the 1st Nov.