		Ordo Anno 2012
		The Sunday Letter is A

		January
A	1	The Circumcision	2nd Cl.	White
B	2	Octave of St. Stephen, Protomartyr	2nd Cl.	Red
C	3	Octave of St. John, Apostle and Evangelist	2nd Cl.	White
D	4	Octave of Holy Innocents, Martyrs	2nd Cl.	Red
E	5	Vigil of the Epiphany	2nd Cl.	Violet
		St. Telesphorus, Bishop, Martyr	3rd Cl.	Red
F	6	The Epiphany of Our Lord	1st Cl.	White
G	7	Of the Octave of the Epiphany	2nd Cl.	White
A	8	Epiphany I - In excelso throno vidi sedere virum	Non-priv.	White
B	9	Of the Octave of the Epiphany	2nd Cl.	White
C	10	Of the Octave of the Epiphany	2nd Cl.	White
D	11	Of the Octave of the Epiphany	2nd Cl.	White
		St. Hyginus, Bishop, Martyr	3rdCl.	Red
E	12	Of the Octave of the Epiphany	2nd Cl.	White
F	13	Octave of the Epiphany	1st Cl.	White
G	14	St. Hilary of Poitier, Bishop, Confessor, Doctor	3rd Cl.	White
		St. Felix, Priest, Confessor, Martyr	3rd Cl.	Red
A	15	Epiphany II - Omnis terra adoret te Deus	Non-priv.	Green
B	16	St. Marcellus, Bishop, Martyr	3rd Cl.	Red
C	17	St. Anthony, Abbot	3rd Cl.	White
D	18	St. Prisca, Virgin, Martyr	3rd Cl.	Red
		Chair of St. Peter at Rome	3rd Cl.	White
E	19	Ss. Marius, Martha, Audifax, Abachum, Martyrs	3rd Cl.	Red
		St. Canute, King, Martyr	3rd Cl.	Red
F	20	St. Fabian, Bishop, and St. Sabastian, Martyrs	3rd Cl.	Red
G	21	St. Agnes, Virgin and Martyr	3rd Cl.	Red
A	22	Epiphany III - Adorate Deum omnes angeli ejus	Non-priv.	Green
B	23	St. Emerentiana, Virgin, Martyr	3rd Cl.	Red
C	24	St. Timothy, Bishop and Martyr	3rd Cl.	Red
D	25	The Conversion of St. Paul	2nd Cl.	White
		Commemoration of St. Peter, Apostle.
E	26	St. Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr	3rd Cl.	White
F	27	St. John Chrysostom, Bishop and Confessor	3rd Cl.	White
G	28
A	29	The Transfiguration of Our Lord	Privileged	White
B	30		3rd Cl.	Red
C	31

		February
D	1	St. Ignatius, Bishop and Martyr	3rd Cl.	Red
		St. Bridget of Ireland, Abbess, Virgin	3rd Cl.	White
E	2	The Presentation & Purification	2nd Cl.	White
F	3	St. Blaise, Bishop, Martyr	3rd Cl.	Red
		St. Ansgar (Anskar), Bishop and Confessor	3rd Cl.	White
G	4
A	5	Septuagesima Sunday - Circumdederunt me gemitus mortis	Privileged	Violet
B	6	St. Titus, Bishop and Martyr	3rd Cl.	Red
		Commemoration of St. Dorothy, Virgin and Martyr
C	7
D	8
E	9	St. Cyril of Alexandria, Bp. C. D.	3rd Cl.	White
		St. Apollonia, Virgin, Martyr	3rd Cl.	Red
F	10	St. Scholastica, Virgin	3rd Cl.	White
G	11
A	12	Sexagesima Sunday - Exsurge, quare obdormis Domine	Privileged	Violet
B	13
C	14	St. Valentine, Priest and Martyr	3rd Cl.	Red
D	15	Ss. Faustinus and Jovita, Martyrs	3rd Cl.	Red
E	16
F	17
G	18	Blessed Martin Luther, Pr. C. D.	3rd Cl.	White
A	19	Quinquagesima Sunday - Esto mihi in Deum protectorem	Privileged	Violet
B	20
C	21
D	22	Ash Wednesday	1st Cl.	Violet
E	23	The Vigil of St. Matthias	3rd Cl.	Violet
F	24	St. Matthias, Apostle and Martyr	2nd Cl.	Red
G	25	(Traditionally, St. Matthias is transferred to the 25th in Leap Year.)
A	26		Privileged	Violet
B	27
C	28
	29

		The Sunday Letter is G
		March
D	1	St. David of Wales, Bishop and Confessor	3rd Cl.	White
E	2	St. Simplicius, Bishop and Confessor	3rd Cl.	White
		St. Chad, Bishop and Confessor
F	3
G	4	Lent II - Reminiscere miserationum tuarum Domine	Privileged	Violet
A	5	St. Frederick of Utrecht, Bishop and Martyr	3rd Ci.	Red
B	6	St. Fridolinus, Abbot	3rd Cl.	White
C	7	St. Thomas Aquinas, Confessor and Doctor	3rd Cl.	White
		Commemoration of Ss. Petpetua and Feilcitas, MM
D	8
E	9	St. Gregory of Nyssa, Bishop and Confessor	3rd Cl.	White
F	10	The Forty Holy Martyrs of Sebaste	3rd Cl.	Red
G	11	Lent III - Oculi mei semper as Dominum	Privileged	Violet
A	12	St. Gregory I, Bishop, Confessor, Doctor	3rd Cl.	White
B	13
C	14
D	15
E	16	Blessed Heribert, Archbishop of Cologne	3rd Cl.	White
F	17	St. Patrick of Ireland, Bishop and Confessor	3rd Cl.	White
G	18	Lent IV - Laetare Jerusalem	Privileged	Violet
A	19	St. Joseph, Spouse of the B.V.M.	3rd Cl.	White
B	20	St. Cuthbert, Bishop and Confessor	3rd Cl.	White
		St. Joseph of Arimathea, Confessor	3rd Cl.	White
C	21	St. Benedict, Abbot	3rd Cl.	White
D	22
E	23
F	24	St. Gabriel the Archangel	3rd Cl.	White
G	25	Passion Sunday - Judica me Deus	Privileged	Violet
A	26	The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary	1st Cl.	White
B	27	St. John of Damascus, Confessor and Doctor	3rd Cl.	White
C	28
D	29
E	30
F	31

		April
G	1	Palmarum - Domine, ne longe facias auxilium a me	Privileged	Violet
A	2	Monday in Holy Week	1st Cl.	Violet
B	3	Tuesday in Holy Week	1st Cl.	Violet
C	4	Wednesday in Holy Week	1st Cl.	Violet
D	5	Maundy Thursday	1st Cl.	White
E	6	Good Friday	1st Cl.
F	7	Holy Saturday	1st Cl.
G	8	The Resurrection of Our Lord	Privileged	White
A	9	Monday in Easter Week	1st Cl.	White
B	10	Tuesday in Easter Week	1st Cl.	White
C	11	Wednesday in Easter Week	1st Cl.	White
D	12	Thursday in Easter Week	1st Cl.	White
E	13	Friday in Easter Week	1st Cl.	White
F	14	Saturday in Easter Week	1st Cl.	White
G	15	Easter I - Quasimodo geniti infantes	Privileged	White
		Low Sunday - Dominica in Albis Depositis
A	16
B	17	St. Anicetus, Bishop, Martyr	3rd Cl.	Red
C	18
D	19
E	20
F	21	St. Anselm, Bishjop, Confessor, Doctor	3rd Cl.	White
G	22	Easter II - Miserecordia Domini	Non-priv.	White
A	23	St. George, Martyr	3rd Cl.	Red
B	24	Vigil of St. Mark	3rd Cl.	Violet
C	25	St. Mark, Apostle and Evangelist	2nd Cl.	White
D	26	Ss. Cletus and Marcellinus, Bishops and Martyrs	3rd Cl.	Red
E	27
F	28	St. Vitalis of Ravenne, Martyr	3rd Cl.	Red
G	29	Easter III - Jubilate Deo omnis terra	Non-priv.	White
A	30	St. Catherine of Siena, Virgin	3rd Cl.	White
		Comm. of the Vigil of Ss. Philip and James

		May
B	1	Ss. Philip and James, Apostles and Martyrs	2nd Cl.	Red
C	2	St. Athanasius, Bishop, Confessor, Doctor	3rd Cl.	White
D	3	The Finding of the Holy Cross	3rd Cl.	Red
E	4	St. Monica, Widow	3rd Cl.	White
F	5
G	6	Easter IV - Cantate Domino canticum novum	Non-priv.	White
A	7	St. Stanisiaus, Bishop and Martyr	3rd Cl.	Red
B	8
C	9	St. Gregory Nazianzen, Bishop and Confessor	3rd Cl.	White
D	10
E	11
F	12	Ss. Nereus, Achilleus, Domitilla, Pancras, MM	3rd Cl.	Red
G	13	Easter V - Vocem jucunditatis - Rogate	Non-priv.	White
A	14	Rogation Monday	3rd Cl.	Violet
		St. Boniface, Martyr	3rd Cl.	Red
B	15	Rogation Tuesday	3rd Cl.	Violet
C	16
D	17
E	18	St. Venantius, Martur	3rd Cl.	Red
F	19	St. Pudentiana Virgin	3rd Cl.	White
G	20	The Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ	1st Cl.	White
A	21
B	22
C	23
D	24
E	25	St. Urban, Bishop, Martyr	3rd Cl.	Red
F	26
G	27	Sunday after Ascension - Exaudi Domine vocem meam	Non-priv.	White
A	28	St. Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop, Confessor	3rd Cl.	White
B	29
C	30	St. Felix, Bishop, Martyr	3rd Cl.	Red
D	31	St. Petronilla, Virgin, Martyr	3rd Cl.	Red

		June
E	1
F	2	The Vigil of Pentecost	1st Cl.	Violet/Red
G	3	Whitsunday - Spiritus Domini replevit orbem terarum	Privileged	Red
A	4	Whit Monday	1st Cl.	Red
B	5	Whit Tuesday	1st Cl.	Red
C	6	Whit Wednesday - Ember Day	1st Cl.	Red
D	7	Whit Thursday	1st Cl.	Red
E	8	Whit Friday - Ember Day	1st Cl.	Red
F	9	Whit Saturday - Ember Day	1st Cl.	Red
G	10	Trinity Sunday - Benedicta sancta Trinitas	Privileged	White
A	11	St. Barnabus, Apostle and Martyr	2nd Cl.	Red
B	12	Ss. Baslildes, Cyrinus, Nabor, Nazarius, MM	3rd Cl.	Red
C	13
D	14	St. Basil the Great, Bishop, Confessor, Doctor	3rd Cl.	White
E	15	Ss. Vitus, Modestus and Crescentis, Martyrs	3rd Cl.	Red
F	16
G	17	Trinity I - Domine, in tue misericordia	Non-priv.	Green
A	18
B	19	Ss. Gervase and Protase, Martyrs	3rd Cl.	Red
C	20
D	21
E	22	St. Paulinus, Bishop and Confessor	3rd Cl.	White
		St. Alban, Protomartyr of England	3rd Cl.	Red
F	23	Vigil of St. John the Baptist	3rd Cl.	Violet
G	24	The Nativity of St. John the Baptist	1st Cl.	White
		Comm. Of Trinity II
A	25	Presentation of the Augsburg Confession	2nd Cl.	White
		Comm. of the Octave of St. John the Baptist
B	26	Ss. John and Paul, Martyrs	3rd Cl.	Red
		Comm. of the Octave of St. John the Baptist
C	27	Of the Octave of St. John the Baptist	2nd Cl.	White
D	28	St. Irenaeus, Bishop and Martyr	3rd Cl.	Red
		Comm. of the Octave of St. John the Baptist
		Comm. of the Vigil of Ss. Peter and Paul
E	29	Ss. Peter and Paul, Apostles	1st Cl.	Red
		Comm. of the Octave of St. John the Baptist
F	30	The Commemoration of St. Paul the Apostle	3rd Cl.	Red
		Comm. of St. Peter
		Comm. of the Octave of St. John the Baptist

		July
G	1	Octave of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist	1st Cl.	White
		Comm. Of Trinity III
		Comm. of the Octave of Ss. Peter and Paul
A	2	The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary	2nd Cl.	White
		Comm. of the Octave of Ss. Peter and Paul
B	3	Of the Octave of Ss. Peter and Paul
C	4	Of the Octave of Ss. Peter and Paul	2nd Cl.	Red
D	5	Of the Octave of Ss. Peter and Paul	2nd Cl.	Red
E	6	Octave of Ss. Peter and Paul, Apostles	1st Cl.	Red
F	7	Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Bishops, Confessors	3rd Cl.	White
G	8	Trinity IV - Dominus illuminatio mea	Non-priv.	Green
A	9
B	10
C	11
D	12
E	13
F	14
G	15	Trinity V - Exaudi Domine vocem meam	Non-priv.	Green
		Division of the Holy Apostles	2nd Cl.	White
		St. Henry, Emperor and Confessor	3rd Cl.	White
A	16
B	17	St. Alexius, Confessor	3rd Cl.	White
C	18
D	19
E	20
F	21	St. Praxedes, Virgin	3rd Cl.	White
G	22	Trinity VI - Dominus fortitudo plebis suae	Non-priv.	Green
A	23
B	24	St. Olaf of Norway	3rd Cl.	White
		Comm. of the Vigil of St. James
C	25	St. James the Elder, Apostle and Martyr	2nd Cl.	Red
D	26	St. Anne, Mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary	3rd Cl.	White
E	27
F	28
G	29	Trinity VII - Omnes gentes plaudite manibus	Non-priv.	Green
A	30	Ss. Abdon and Sennen, Martyrs	3rd Cl.	Red
		Blessed Robert Barnes, Martyr	3rd Cl.	Red
B	31	St. Germanus of Auxerre, Bishop, Confessor	3rd Cl.	White

		August
C	1	St. Peter's Chains	3rd Cl.	Red
		Lammas (Loaf-Mass) Day
		Comm. of the Holy Machabees
D	2	St. Stephen, Bishop, Martyr	3rd Cl.	Red
E	3	The Finding of the Body of St. Stephen	3rd Cl.	Red
F	4	St. Domonic, Confessor	3rd Cl.	White
G	5	Trinity VIII - Suscepimus Deus misericordiam tuam	Non-priv.	Green
A	6	The Transfiguration of Our Lord	2nd Cl.	White
B	7
C	8	Ss. Cyriacus, Largus and Smargdus, Martyrs	3rd Cl.	Red
D	9	St. Romanus, Martyr	3rd Cl.	Red
		Commemoration of the Vigil of St. Laurence
E	10	St. Laurence, Deacon and Martyr	2nd Cl.	Red
F	11	St. Tiburtius, Martyr	3rd Cl.	Red
G	12	Trinity IX - Ecce Deus adjuvat me	Non-priv.	Green
A	13	Ss. Hippolytus and Cassian, Martyrs	3rd Cl.	Red
B	14	Vigil of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin	2nd Cl.	Violet
		St. Eusebius, Confessor	3rd Cl.	White
C	15	The Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary	1st Cl.	White
D	16	St. Joachim, Father of the Blessed Virgin Mary	3rd Cl.	White
		St. Roch (Rochus), Confessor	3rd Cl.	White
E	17	Octave of St. Laurence, Deacon and Martyr	2nd Cl.	Red
F	18	St. Helena, Widow	3rd Cl.	White
		St. Agapitus, Martyr	3rd Cl.	Red
G	19	Trinity X - Cum clamarem ad Dominus exaudivit	Non-priv.	Green
A	20	St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Abbot, Doctor	3rd Cl.	White
B	21
C	22	Octave ot the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin	1st Cl.	White
D	23	Vigil of St. Bartholomew	3rd Cl.	Violet
E	24	St. Bartholomew, Apostle and Martyr	2nd Cl.	Red
F	25	St. Louis, King of France, Confessor	3rd Cl.	White
G	26	Trinity XI - Deus in loco sancto suo	Non-priv.	Green
A	27
B	28	St. Augustine of Hippo, Confessor and Doctor	3rd Cl.	White
C	29	The Beheading of St. John the Baptist	2nd Cl.	Red
D	30
E	31	St. Aiden, Bishop and Confessor	3rd Cl.	White

		September
F	1	St. Giles, Abbot	3rd Cl.	White
		The Twelve Holy Brothers, Martyrs	3rd Cl.	Red
G	2	Trinity XII - Deus, in adjutorium meum intende	Non-priv.	Green
A	3
B	4
C	5
D	6
E	7	St. Cloud (Clodoald), Confessor	3rd Cl.	White
F	8	The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary	3rd Cl.	White
G	9	Trinity XIII - Respice Domine in testamentum tuum	Non-priv.	Green
A	10
B	11
C	12
D	13
E	14	The Exaltation of the Holy Cross	2nd Cl.	Red
F	15	Octave of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin	3rd Cl.	White
G	16	Trinity XIV - Protector noster aspice Deus	Non-priv.	Green
A	17
B	18
C	19	St. Januarius, Bishop, and Companions, Martyrs	3rd Cl.	Red
D	20	The Vigil of St. Matthew	3rd Cl.	Violet
E	21	St. Matthew, Apostle and Evasngelist	2nd Cl.	Red
F	22
G	23	Trinity XV - Inclina Domine aurem tuam	Non-priv.	Green
A	24
B	25
C	26	Sts. Cyprian and Justina, Martyrs	3rd Cl.	Red
D	27	Ss. Cosmos and Damian, Physicians, Martyrs	3rd Cl.	Red
E	28	St. Wenceslaus, Duke of Bohemia, Martyr	3rd Cl.	Red
F	29	St. Michael and All Angels	1st Cl.	White
G	30	Trinity XVI - Miserere mihi Domine	Non-priv.	Green

		October
A	1	St. Remigius, Bishop of Rhiems, Confessor	3rd Cl.	White
B	2	Holy Guardian Angels	3rd Cl.	White
C	3
D	4	St. Francis of Assisi, Confessor	3rd Cl.	White
E	5	St. Placid and Companions, Martyrs	3rd Cl.	Red
F	6	St. Bruno, Confessor	3rd Cl.	White
G	7	Trinity XVII - Justus est Domine	Non-priv.	Green
A	8	St. Brigit of Sweden, Widow	3rd Cl.	White
B	9	Ss. Dionysius, Rusticus and Eleutherius, MM	3rd Cl.	Red
C	10
D	11	St. Mary, Mother of God	1st Cl.	White
E	12
F	13	St. Edward, King and Confessor	3rd Cl.	White
G	14	Trinity XVIII - Da pacem Domine	Non-priv.	Green
A	15	St. Teresa of Avila, Virgin	3rd Cl.	White
B	16	St. Gall, Abbot of St. Gallen	3rd Cl.	White
C	17	Vigil of St. Luke	3rd Cl.	Violet
D	18	St. Luke, Apostle, Evangelist, Martyr	2nd Cl.	Red
E	19
F	20
G	21	Trinity XIX - Salus populi ego sum. dicit Dominus	Non-priv.	Green
A	22	St. Mary Salome, Widow	3rd Cl.	White
B	23
C	24	St. Raphael, Archangel	3rd Cl.	White
D	25	Sts. Chrysanthus and Darias, Martyrs	3rd Cl.	Red
E	26	St. Evaristus, Bishop, Martyr	3rd Cl.	Red
F	27	Vigil of Ss. Simon and Jude	3rd Cl.	Violet
G	28	Ss. Simon and Jude, Apostles and Martyrs	2nd Cl.	Red
		Comm. Of Trinity XX
A	29
B	30
C	31	The Festival of the Reformation	3rd Cl.	Red
		Vigil of All Saints	3rd Cl.	Violet

		November
D	1	All Saints Day	1st. Cl.	White
E	2	All Souls Day	1st Cl.	Black
F	3	St. Hubert, Bishop and Confessor	3rd Cl.	White
G	4	Sts. Vitalis and Agrocola, Martyrs	3rd Cl.	Red
A	5
B	6	St. Leonard, Abbot	3rd Cl.	White
C	7	St. Willibrord, Bishop and Confessor	3rd Cl.	White
D	8	Octave of All Saints	2nd Cl.	White
		The Four Crowned Martyrs	3rd Cl.	Red
E	9	St. Theodore, Martyr	3rd Cl.	Red
F	10	Ss. Tryphon, Respicius, Nympha, MM	3rd Cl.	Red
G	11	St. Martin of Tours, Bishop and Confessor	3rd Cl.	White
		Comm. of Martin Luther, Priest, Doctor, Confessor
A	12	St. Martin, Bishop, Martyr	3rd Cl.	Red
B	13
C	14
D	15	St. Albert the Great, Bishop, Confessor, Doctor	3rd Cl.	White
E	16	St. Gertrude, Virgin	3rd Cl.	White
F	17	St. Gregory Thaumaturgus, Bishop, Confessor	3rd Cl.	White
G	18
A	19	St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Widow	3rd Cl.	White
B	20	St. Pontianus, Bishop and Martyr	3rd Cl.	Red
C	21	The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary	3rd Cl.	White
D	22	St. Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr	3rd Cl.	Red
E	23	St. Clement of Rome, Bishop and Martyr	3rd Cl.	Red
F	24	St. Chrysogonus, Martyr	3rd Cl.	Red
G	25	St. Catherine of Alexandria, Virgin and Martyr	3rd Cl.	Red
A	26	St. Peter of Alexandria, Bishop, Martyr	3rd Cl.	Red
B	27
C	28
D	29	Vigil of St. Andrew	3rd Cl.	Violet
		Commemoration of St. Saturninus, Martyr
E	30	St. Andrew, Apostle and Martyr	2nd Cl.	Red

		December
F	1
G	2	Advent I - Ad te levavi	Privileged	Violet
A	3	Advent Feria	3rd Cl.	Violet
B	4	St. Peter Chrysologus, Bishop, Confessor, Doctor	3rd Cl.	White
		St. Barbara, Virgin and Martyr	3rd Cl.	Red
		Commemoration of the Advent Feria
C	5	St. Sabbas, Abbot	3rd Cl.	White
		Commemoration of the Advent Feria
D	6	St. Nicholas, Bishop and Confessor	3rd Cl.	White
		Commemoration of the Advent Feria
E	7	Advent Feria	2nd Cl.	Violet
F	8	Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary	2nd Cl.	White
		Commemoration of the Advent Feria
G	9	Advent II - Populus Sion	Privileged	Violet
A	10	St. Melchiades, Bishop, Martyr	3rd Cl.	Red
		Commemoration of the Advent Feria
B	11	St. Damasus, Bishop, Confessor	3rd Cl.	White
		Commemoration of the Advent Feria
C	12	Advent Feria	3rd Cl.	Violet
D	13	St. Lucy, Virgin and Martyr.	3rd Cl.	Red
		Commemoration of the Advent Feria
		Bl. Arthur Karl Piepkorn, Priest, Doctor, Confessor	3rd Cl.	Red
E	14	Advent Feria	3rd Cl.	Violet
F	15	Advent Feria	3rd Cl.	Violet
G	16	Advent III - Gaudete in Domino semper	Privileged	Violet
A	17	Advent Feria	2nd Cl.	Violet
B	18	Advent Feria	2nd Cl.	Violet
C	19	Advent Feria	2nd Cl.	Violet
D	20	Vigil of St. Thomas	3rd Cl.	Violet
		Commemoration of the Advent Feria
E	21	St. Thomas, Apostle and Martyr	2nd Cl.	Red
		Commemoration of the Advent Feria
F	22	Advent Feria	2nd Cl.	Violet
G	23	Advent IV - Rorate Coeli desuper	Privileged	Violet
A	24	The Vigil of the Nativity of Our Lord	1st Cl.	Violet
B	25	The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ	1st Cl.	White
		Comm. of St. Anastasia (2nd Mass)
C	26	St. Stephen. Protomartyr	2nd Cl.	Red
D	27	St. John the Apostle and Evangelist	2nd Cl.	White
E	28	Holy Innocents, Martyrs	2nd Cl.	Violet/Red
F	29	St. Thomas of Canterbury, Bishop and Martyr	3rd Cl.	Red
G	30	Mass of the Sunday within the Octave of Christmas	2nd Cl.	White
A	31	St. Sylvester, Bishop	3rd Cl.	White

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