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New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia mentioned that according to the present [1907] usage, Advent is a period beginning with the Sunday nearest to the feast of St. Andrew the Apostle, which is November 30th, and embracing four Sundays. Before the year 1907, in the Roman Catholic Church, what was the time period for Advent? Were there four Sundays of Advent?
 
In the Roman rite, Advent has had four Sundays since the 6th century. St. Gregory the Great reduced it from six Sundays, which is an older tradition still retained in most other rites (i.e. if you go to a Byzantine Catholic/Orthodox parish, Advent will have six Sundays).
 
Calendarwise, by having the 4th Sunday as the last Sunday before Christmas will make any Sunday closest to Nov 30th as the First Sunday of Advent. I believe in 1907 Nov 30th was chosen to be the Feast of St. Andrew as he was the first Apostle.

That said, in that article, I think there is mention that some Advent seasons had five Sundays and some rites had six Advent Sundays.
 
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