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'''All Saints Day''' is a feast of Catholic Church observed on November 1. It celebrates the [[saint]]s collectively. [[Pope Gregory III]] created the holiday around 731. It is often celebrated together with [[All Souls Day]] on November 2. [[Halloween]], shortened from All Hallow's Eve, got its name as the day before All Saints' Day.

[[File:Calavera de la catrina.gif|"Calavera de la catrina" by Mexican artist Posada|thumb]]'''All Saints Day''' is a feast of the Catholic Church observed on November 1. It celebrates the [[saint]]s collectively. [[Pope Gregory III]] recognized the holiday around 731. [[Halloween]], shortened from All Hallow's Eve, got its name as the day before All Saints' Day.

In Spanish, the holiday is known as ''"Dia de Muertos"''. In Mexico it is celebrated on the 1st and 2nd of November. In Portuguese, it is ''"Dia dos Finados".''

In several countries, All Saints Day is celebrated together with All Souls Day (Nov. 2) as the [[Day of the Dead]]. In Spanish, the holiday is known as ''Dia de Muertos.'' In Portuguese, it is ''Dia dos Finados.''. Cartoonist José Guadalupe Posada (1851 - 1913) promoted this version of the holiday in Mexico.

===History===

The early church remembered saints and martyrs collectively on various dates. Ephrem the Syrian mentions a feast held on May 13 at Edessa around 359. Pope Bonifice IV dedicated the Pantheon in Rome to "Saint Mary and all the martyrs" on this date around 609.<ref>Smith, C., "All Saints' Day," ''New Catholic Encyclopedia'' (2003).<br/>In classical times, the Romans observed Lemuria on May 9, 11, and 13. A ''lemure'' is a restless spirit, similar to a vampire. Patriarch John Chrysostom (d. 407) put All Saints' Day on the Sunday after Pentecost. The Orthodox Church still celebrates on this date.</ref>

 

==History==

The early church remembered saints and martyrs collectively on various dates. Ephrem the Syrian mentions a feast held on May 13 at Edessa around 359. Pope Bonifice IV dedicated the Pantheon in Rome to "Saint Mary and all the martyrs" on this date around 609.<ref>Smith, C., "All Saints' Day," ''New Catholic Encyclopedia'' (2003).<br/>In classical times, the Romans observed Lemuria on May 9, 11, and 13. A ''lemure'' is a restless spirit, similar to a vampire.</ref>

Gregory III dedicated a chapel in St. Peter's Basilica to "all the saints" on November 1 around 731. The Northumbrian monk [[Bede]] promoted the new date in his ''Martyrology''. Around 835, Gregory IV asked Frankish Emperor [[Louis the Pious]] to proclaim a feast on this date.<ref>Strayer, Joseph R., "All Saints' Day," ''Dictionary of the Middle Ages'', (1983).<br/>Cross, F. L., and Livingstone, E. A., "All Saints' Day", ''The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church'' (1997).<br/>Smith, C., "All Saints' Day," ''New Catholic Encyclopedia'' (2003).<br/>Some authorities suggest that Gregory IV moved All Saints' Day from May 13 to November 1 to thin out Easter-related crowds in Rome. But May 13 continued to be observed as "All Martyrs' Day" until the 11th century.</ref>

Gregory III dedicated a chapel in St. Peter's Basilica to "all the saints" on November 1 around 731. The Northumbrian monk [[Bede]] promoted the new date in his ''Martyrology''. Around 835, Gregory IV asked Frankish Emperor [[Louis the Pious]] to proclaim a feast on this date.<ref>Strayer, Joseph R., "All Saints' Day," ''Dictionary of the Middle Ages'', (1983).<br/>Cross, F. L., and Livingstone, E. A., "All Saints' Day", ''The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church'' (1997).<br/>Smith, C., "All Saints' Day," ''New Catholic Encyclopedia'' (2003).<br/>Some authorities suggest that Gregory IV moved All Saints' Day from May 13 to November 1 to thin out Easter-related crowds in Rome. But May 13 continued to be observed as "All Martyrs' Day" until the 11th century.</ref>

All Saints' Day is mentioned by the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' in its entry for 1083.<ref>1083: O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) Translated as "And in this same year departed Matilda, queen of King William, on the day after All-Hallow-mass." See "[https://avalon.law.yale.edu/medieval/ang11.asp The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: Eleventh Century]".</ref>

All Saints' Day is mentioned by the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' in its entry for 1083.<ref>1083: O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) Translated as "And in this same year departed Matilda, queen of King William, on the day after All-Hallow-mass." See "[https://avalon.law.yale.edu/medieval/ang11.asp The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: Eleventh Century]".</ref>

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