Memorial
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Instituted to honour all the saints, known and unknown. It owes its origin in the Western Church to the dedication of the Roman Pantheon in honuor of the Blessed Virgin Mary and all the martyrs by Pope Saint Boniface IV in 609, the anniversary of which was celebrated at Rome on 13 May. Pope Saint Gregory III consecrated a chapel in the Vatican basilica in honor of All Saints, designating 1 November as their feast. Pope Gregory IV extended its observance to the whole Church. It has a vigil and octave, and is a holy day of obligation; the eve is popularly celebrated as Hallowe’en.
Patronage
Additional Information
- Catholic Dictionary
- Catholic Encyclopedia
- Catholic Pocket Dictionary
- Goffine’s Devout Instructions
- Handbook of Christian Feasts and Customs
- Light From the Altar, edited by Father James J McGovern
- Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
- Lives of the Saints, by Father Francis Xavier Weninger
- Meditations on the Gospels for Every Day in the Year, by Father Pierre Médaille
- New Catholic Dictionary
- Pictorial Lives of the Saints
- Pulpit Orator, by Father John Evangelist Zollner
- Saints and Saintly Dominicans, by Blessed Hyacinthe-Marie Cormier, O.P.
- Saints and Saintly Dominicans, by Blessed Hyacinthe-Marie Cormier, O.P.
- Saints of the Day, by Katherine Rabenstein
- Short Lives of the Saints, by Eleanor Cecilia Donnelly
- Simple Catholic Dictionary
- other sites in english
- images
- video
- sitios en español
- sites en français
- fonti in italiano
MLA Citation
- “Feast of All Saints“. CatholicSaints.Info. 9 June 2022. Web. 19 April 2024. <>