1614. Paul V. publishes the Ritual prepared by the Cardinal of San Severino.
1621. Gregory XV. appoints the 19th March as a Festival of St Joseph for the universal Church.
1631. Urban VIII. proposes a fresh revision of the Breviary.
1634. Revision of the Roman Missal by Urban VIII.
1642. Urban VIII. reduces the number of festivals (in foro) by the bull Universa per orbem.
1644. The Conceptio B.V.M. made a holy day of obligation for Spain.
1666. Archbishop Harduin of Paris suppresses the festivals of three Apostles and St Michael. These feasts were restored by his successor, de Harlay, in 1673.
1668. Publication of Thiers’ book “De Festorum Dierum Imminutione” at Lyons. Commencement of the public worship of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
1669. Clement IX. institutes the Congregatio Indulgentiarum et SS. Reliquarum.
1683. Innocent XI., at the request of the Emperor Leopold, establishes the Festival of the Name of Mary in commemoration of the relief of Vienna.