All Souls’ Day

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Christian commemoration Christian feast religious observance

All Souls’ Day is a Christian commemoration, observed on November 2 in the Western Church, dedicated to praying for and remembering the faithful departed.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
All Souls' Day	4
All Souls Day	3
All Souls’ Night	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian commemoration ⓘ Christian feast ⓘ religious observance ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed NERFINISHED ⓘ Day of the Dead (Christian observance) NERFINISHED ⓘ Feast of All Souls NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedConcept	Purgatory NERFINISHED ⓘ communion of saints ⓘ
associatedPractice	lighting candles for the dead ⓘ offering Masses for the dead ⓘ praying for souls in Purgatory ⓘ visiting cemeteries ⓘ
associatedSymbol	candles ⓘ graves ⓘ skulls (memento mori) ⓘ
calendarSystem	Gregorian calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ
commemorates	all Christian faithful departed ⓘ
dateObserved	November 2 ⓘ
follows	All Saints’ Day NERFINISHED ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
hasDevotionType	intercession for the dead ⓘ
hasLiturgicalRank	Commemoration (Roman Rite) NERFINISHED ⓘ
honors	faithful departed ⓘ
liturgicalColor	black ⓘ violet ⓘ white ⓘ
liturgicalFamily	Western Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableLocationOfObservance	Catholic-majority countries ⓘ
observedBy	Anglican Communion NERFINISHED ⓘ Lutheran churches NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ some Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ some Methodist churches ⓘ
originatesFrom	medieval Western Church practice ⓘ
partOf	Hallowtide NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryPurpose	prayer for the faithful departed ⓘ remembrance of the dead ⓘ
region	Western Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	All Saints’ Day NERFINISHED ⓘ Triduum of Hallowtide NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
theme	hope of resurrection ⓘ mortality ⓘ remembrance ⓘ
timeOfYear	autumn ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

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All Saints’ Day → followedBy → All Souls’ Day ⓘ

All Saints’ Day → relatedFeast → All Souls’ Day ⓘ

Roman Rite liturgical calendar → includesFeast → All Souls’ Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: All Souls Day

Masses for the Dead → celebratedOn → All Souls’ Day ⓘ

Odilo of Cluny → associatedWith → All Souls’ Day ⓘ

All Saints → relatedFeast → All Souls’ Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: All Souls' Day

All Saints → precedes → All Souls’ Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: All Souls' Day

Catholic doctrine of Purgatory → connectedTo → All Souls’ Day ⓘ

All Souls Chapel → hasNameOrigin → All Souls’ Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: All Souls Day

The Tower → containsPoem → All Souls’ Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: All Souls’ Night

Office of the Dead → associatedWithDay → All Souls’ Day ⓘ

Gede lwa → feastDay → All Souls’ Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: All Souls Day

Gede Nibo → associatedDay → All Souls’ Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: All Souls' Day

Fèt Gede → linkedTo → All Souls’ Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: All Souls' Day

Allhallowtide → hasPart → All Souls’ Day ⓘ

Allhallowtide → associatedWith → All Souls’ Day ⓘ

All Souls → alsoKnownAs → All Souls’ Day ⓘ