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si' tbatfohn N.popularfteenthfrom sobe com-log ea-tspaign,to hisbite theie is re-reas. ' ngress-in tbi*ices in x to en-ftt thedistrict ith sucheg tbe' of thei, and it change reusable been ais which re been», ande is fell laoce in □ abso-Hisxoar pro aitsWhy All Sant* Day and *1 Saints Day Are Obwrvedre ioter-l South-e Demo-st affordmember ban anyThere are probably very few peoole Who celebrate, Alt Souls day and* All Saint* day and know just why the days baye been designated es days to be observed. A abort history of each of the two days is given by some of the well knownencyclopedia*.Ali Soul’s Day, a festival of the Roman Ctolie church which falls ob November 2. The object of itis by prayers and almsgiving to alleviate the sufferings of the souls in Purgatory. It was first instituted in the monastery at Clugny in 993. The observance was quickly adopted by the whole Catboiic world.All Saint’s day, io old English, All-Hallowmas, or simply Hallowmas, a festival of the Roman Catholic church introduced because of tbe impossibility of keeping a separate day for every saint. The festival of all saints was first regularly instituted by Gregory fourth in 835 and appointed to becelebrated on November 1. I* was admitted into England about 810. The choice of the day was doubtless determined by tbe fact ibat November 1, or ratber tbe eve or tbe night proceeding it was one of tbe four great festivals of tbe beatben nations of tbe North; for it was over the policy of the cburcb to supplant heathen by Christian observances.State of Ohio, City of Toledo [Lucas County.Iss.
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Laredo Times
Laredo, Texas, US
Sun, Nov 06, 1910
Page 5
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