This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WWC.2ACI/3741.2 Message Board Post: It might be interesting to find out went Lent started in the years that there were Feb. marriages. There were very few marriages in Lent prior to Vatican II. When there were marriages they were somber affairs--no music etc. I wouldn't be surprised if the marriages in Feb. occurred before Ash Wednesday.