All Saints Day a Christian Holy Day
When is All Saints Day? This holiday is always celebrated on November 1
About All Saints Day
The Christian holiday of All Saints Day honors and recognizes all of the saints of the Christian church, many of which were martyrs. The church sets this day aside to celebrate over 11,000 recognized saints. However, 1,600 of them are officially canonized. Historically, All Saints Day was known as Hallowmas. It was also called the “Feast of the Nameless Martyrs”.
All Saints Day and All Souls Day was originally celebrated in May. The Catholic church changed the dates to November 1 and November 2, to downplay the Pagan holidays of Halloween (All Hollow’s Eve) and Dia De Los Muertos. Religious leaders felt these pagan holidays were too popular at the time to ban outright. But, by moving the Christian holidays to this period, the pagan holidays would slowly die away.
Ancient Romans called this holiday the “Feast of the Nameless Martyrs”.
Today’s Quote: “Saints are ordinary people who do what they do for the love of Jesus, say what they must say without fear, love their neighbor even when they are cursed by him, and live without regret over yesterday or fear of tomorrow.” – – Mother Angelica
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History and Origin of All Saints Day
Pope Gregory IV established this holiday in 835A.D. It is a Roman Catholic holy day of obligation. Its roots are from Hallowmas.
This Day in History
In addition to today’s holiday, here are some things that happened on this day:
President John Adams and his family move into the White House at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC, becoming the first president to live there. (1800)
The Bra receives a patent. (1914)
- Lyle Lovett, country singer, once briefly married to Julia Roberts, was born on this day in 1957.
More About Today
This Day in History – Indeed, many other important events occurred on this date. See what happened on this date in history.
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Did You Know? Furthermore, in addition to All Saints Day, there are literally thousands of daily holidays, special events, and observances, more than one for every day of the year. and many of these holidays are new. People and organizations are creating new holidays regularly. Consequently, at Holiday Insights, we take great efforts to thoroughly research and document the details of each one, as completely and accurately as possible.
