All Saints' Day
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Summary
All Saints' Day is a Solemnity[1]. It draws 42,594 Wikipedia views per month (solemnity category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]
Key Facts
- Religion or worldview: Catholic Church[3]
- Instance of: Orthodox holy days[4]
- Follows: Halloween[5]
- Followed by: All Souls' Day[6]
- Subclass of: religious holiday[7], public holiday[8], anniversary[9]
- Part of: Allhallowtide[10], liturgical year[11]
- Commons category: All Saints Day[12]
- Day in year for periodic occurrence: November 1[13]
- Foods traditionally associated: buñuelo[14], hueso de santo[15], Panellets[16], Niflettes[17]
- Topic's main category: Category:All Saints Day[18]
- Depicted by: Manuscript Illumination with All Saints in an Initial V, from an Antiphonary[19]
- Described by source: The Catholic Encyclopedia[20], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[21]
- Official name: Sollemnitas Omnium Sanctorum[22]
- Different from: All Saints' Day[23]
- P14483: s/solemnidad-de-todos-los-santos[24]
Body
Influence
Things named for All Saints' Day include Church of All Saints[25], a church building[26], in Russia[27], founded in 2003[28]; Ognissanti Church[29], a Catholic church building[30], in Italy[31], founded in 1251[32]; All Hallows-by-the-Tower[33], a church building[34], in United Kingdom[35], founded in 0675[36]; All Saints' Flood 1170[37], a storm surge[38], in Netherlands[39]; All Saints Church, Peshawar[40], a church building[41], in Pakistan[42]; Bay of All Saints[43], a bay[44], in Brazil[45]; Stolobny Island[46], an eastern orthodox monastery[47], in Russia[48], founded in 1594[49]; and Girolamini[50], a church building[51], in Italy[52], founded in 1592[53].
Why It Matters
All Saints' Day has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] It is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]
Entities named for it include Church of All Saints[25], a church building[26], in Russia[27], founded in 2003[28]; Ognissanti Church[29], a Catholic church building[30], in Italy[31], founded in 1251[32]; All Hallows-by-the-Tower[33], a church building[34], in United Kingdom[35], founded in 0675[36]; All Saints' Flood 1170[37], a storm surge[38], in Netherlands[39]; All Saints Church, Peshawar[40], a church building[41], in Pakistan[42]; and Bay of All Saints[43], a bay[44], in Brazil[45].