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In the Galician usage, beginning about the seventh century, the Feast of the Cross was celebrated on May 3.
This misnames the liturgical tradition. The feast on May 3 is associated with the **Gallican** usage/rite, not “Galician.”
Full reasoning
The article says "Galician usage", but the source it cites here is discussing the Gallican liturgical tradition (the rite of Gaul/France), not Galicia.
The Catholic Encyclopedia's article on the True Cross states: "The Gallican churches ... have another [feast] on the 3rd of May" and then says "when the Gallican and Roman Liturgies were combined" a distinct character was given to each feast. Separately, the Catholic Encyclopedia's article on The Gallican Rite identifies the Gallican rite as the rite that prevailed in Gaul.
So this is not a historical statement about Galicia; it is a naming error that substitutes Galician for Gallican.
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- Catholic Encyclopedia: The True Cross
The Gallican churches ... have another on the 3rd of May of the same signification ... Later, when the Gallican and Roman Liturgies were combined, a distinct character was given to each feast...
- Catholic Encyclopedia: The Gallican Rite
The name Gallican Rite is given to the rite which prevailed in Gaul from the earliest times of which we have any information until about the middle or end of the eighth century.