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Allhallowtide,[1] Hallowtide,[2] Allsaintstide,[3] or the Hallowmas
season,[4][5] is the Western Christian season encompassing the triduum of All
Saints' Eve (Halloween), All Saints' Day (All Hallows') and All Souls'
Day,[6][7][8] as well as the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted
Church (observed on the first Sunday of November) and Remembrance Sunday
(observed on the second Sunday in November) in some traditions.[9][10] The
period begins on 31 October annually.[11] Allhallowtide is a "time to remember
the dead, including martyrs, saints, and all faithful departed Christians."[12]
The present date of Hallowmas (All Saints' Day) and thus also of its vigil
(Hallowe'en) was established for Rome perhaps by Pope Gregory III (731–741) and
was made of obligation throughout the Frankish Empire by Louis the Pious in
835.[13] Elsewhere, other dates were observed even later, with the date in
Ireland being 20 April.[14] In the early 11th century, the modern date of All
Souls' Day was popularized, after Abbot Odilo established it as a day for the
monks of Cluny and associated monasteries to pray for the dead.
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