FESTIVAL OF ALL SAINTS (Festum omnium sanctorum),also formerly known as ALL Hallows,or Hallowmas,a feast of the Catholic Church celebrated on the 1st of November in honor of all the saints,known or-unknown.In the Roman Catholic Church it is a festival of the first rank,with a vigil and an octave.Common commemorations,by several churches,of the deaths of martyrs began to be celebrated in the 4th century.The origin of the festival of All Saints as celebrated in the West is,however,somewhat doubtful.In 609 or 610 Pope Boniface IV.consecrated the Pantheon at Rome to the Blessed Virgin and all the martyrs,and the feast of the dedicatio Sanctae Mariae and Martyres has been celebrated at Rome ever since on the 13th of May.
FESTIVAL OF ALL SAINTS（所有圣人的節(jié)日） 原來叫作ALL Hallows（一切神圣）或Hallowmas（萬圣節(jié)）,無論知名與否,天主教堂為了表示對(duì)所有的圣人敬意,于11月1日設(shè)盛宴進(jìn)行慶?；顒?dòng).在羅馬天主教堂,它是上等人的節(jié)日,同時(shí)舉辦虔誠(chéng)的守夜和節(jié)后第八天的慶祝.由數(shù)個(gè)教堂舉辦的緬懷殉教者的普通紀(jì)念會(huì)開始于四世紀(jì).但是,像在西方慶祝的萬圣節(jié)的起源或多或少令人懷疑.609年或610年,羅馬教皇博尼費(fèi)斯四世在羅馬獻(xiàn)祭萬神殿祝福圣女和所有的殉教者,敬祭圣母瑪利亞和殉教者的宴會(huì)自從那年的5月13日以來一直聞名于世.