The first recorded instance of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church" id="mwLg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Catholic Church">Catholic</a> practice of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucharistic_adoration" id="mwLw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Eucharistic adoration">perpetual Eucharistic adoration</a> formally begins in Avignon, France.<sup about="#mwt20" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-2"}}' id="cite_ref-2" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./September_14#cite_note-2" id="mwMA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwMQ">[2]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-2"><cite about="#mwt17" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFHardon2000">Hardon, John (2000). <i id="mwCE0">The history of eucharistic adoration<span id="mwCE4" typeof="mw:DisplaySpace"> </span>: development of doctrine in the Catholic Church</i>. Chicago, Ill. Ann Arbor, Mich: Institute on Religious Life Ave Maria Communications. p.<span id="mwCE8" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>11. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwCFA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwCFE" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/9780964844896" id="mwCFI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/9780964844896"><bdi id="mwCFM">9780964844896</bdi></a>.</cite><span about="#mwt17" class="Z3988" id="mwCFQ" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The+history+of+eucharistic+adoration+%3A+development+of+doctrine+in+the+Catholic+Church&amp;rft.place=Chicago%2C+Ill.+Ann+Arbor%2C+Mich&amp;rft.pages=11&amp;rft.pub=Institute+on+Religious+Life+Ave+Maria+Communications&amp;rft.date=2000&amp;rft.isbn=9780964844896&amp;rft.aulast=Hardon&amp;rft.aufirst=John&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASeptember+14"></span></span>