A Miscellany of Saints
Feast of All Saints
Okay, I missed it. But better late than never.
Everyone thinks this is the Irish Feis Samhain, which began at sunset on 31 Oct and that the Church co-opted the date. However, Pope Gregory III (d. 741) moved the feast "in honor of all the saints in heaven" from 13 May to 1 Nov to correspond to the dedication day of All Saints Chapel in St. Peter’s at Rome. There was no connection. Later, in the 840s, Pope Gregory IV declared All Saints to be a universal feast, that is,...
Okay, I missed it. But better late than never.
Everyone thinks this is the Irish Feis Samhain, which began at sunset on 31 Oct and that the Church co-opted the date. However, Pope Gregory III (d. 741) moved the feast "in honor of all the saints in heaven" from 13 May to 1 Nov to correspond to the dedication day of All Saints Chapel in St. Peter’s at Rome. There was no connection. Later, in the 840s, Pope Gregory IV declared All Saints to be a universal feast, that is,...
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