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[[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 Ireland, All Saints Day was called [[Samhain]].

[[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 Ireland, All Saints Day was called [[Samhain]].

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

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

Patriarch [[Saint John Chrysostom]] (d. 407) put All Saints' Day on the Sunday after Pentecost. The Orthodox Church still celebrates on this date.

Patriarch [[Saint John Chrysostom]] (d. 407) put All Saints' Day on the Sunday after Pentecost. The Orthodox Church still celebrates on this date.