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National calendars of the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church are lists of saints' feast days and other liturgical celebrations, organized by calendar date, that apply to those within the nation or nations to which each calendar applies who worship according to the Roman Rite of the Latin Church.
Institutional and societal calendars of the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church are lists of saints' feast days and other liturgical celebrations, organized by calendar date, that apply to members of individual institutes of consecrated life [a] and societies of apostolic life of pontifical right that worship according to the Roman Rite of the Latin Church.
All Saints' Day, also known as All Hallows' Day, [3] the Feast of All Saints, [4] [5] the Feast of All Hallows, [6] the Solemnity of All Saints, [6] and Hallowmas, [6] [7] is a Christian solemnity celebrated in honour of all the saints of the Church, whether they are known or unknown.
1 All Saints. 2 All Souls: Commemoration of the Faithful Departed. Richard Hooker, Doctor of the Church of England, 1600. 7 Willibrord, Missionary, Bishop of Utrecht, the Netherlands, 739. 8 The Octave Day of All Saints: The Founders, Benefactors, and Missionaries of the Church in Canada. 11 Martin, Bishop of Tours, France, c. 397.
Traditionally, the Christian calendar recognizes Oct. 31 as All Hallows’ Eve, holding a vigil when the faithful would pray and fast prior to the feast day of All Saints' Day (or All Hallows’ Day).
8 May: Our Lady, Queen of All Saints and Mother of Fair Love; Our Lady, Mediatrix of All Graces; Our Lady of the Sacred Heart of Jesus; [e] On the Apparition of St. Michael Archangel; 15 May: St. Isidore Farmer and Confessor [Observed in some places on 22 March or 25 October] 16 May: St. John of Nepomuk Martyr; 22 May: St. Rita of Cascia Widow
The day is dedicated to the saints of the church — all those who have attained heaven. All Saints' Day is traced to Pope Boniface IV, who consecrated the Pantheon at Rome to the Virgin Mary and ...
No Old Testament figures are commemorated in the Church of England calendar, but the litany "Thanksgiving for the Holy Ones of God" (included in Common Worship: Times and Seasons on pp. 558–560, immediately after "The Eucharist of All Saints") includes ten names from before Christ, so they are presumably not excluded on principle, and could ...