All Saints Now

: Early records show a collective feast for all martyrs was established, primarily because the number of martyrs during Roman persecutions eventually exceeded the days in the year.

: Pope Boniface IV consecrated the Pantheon in Rome to the Virgin Mary and all martyrs on May 13, 609 AD, establishing an official annual feast. All Saints

The feast emerged from the early Christian tradition of honoring martyrs on the anniversaries of their deaths. : Early records show a collective feast for