28+ The Feast Of All Saints Day Background. The church has consistently encouraged the offering of prayers and mass for the souls of the faithful departed in purgatory. This novel is about the gens de couleur libres, or free people of color, who lived in new orleans before the civil war.
All saints' day is a christian holiday which honors the lives of saints and martyrs. The calendar of saints is the traditional christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint. Who is the saint of the day?
The feast of all saints is a historical novel by american author anne rice published in 1979 by simon & schuster.
It arose out of the christian tradition of celebrating the martyrdom of saints on the anniversary of their martyrdom. Initially the calendars of saints and martyrs varied by location, with churches honoring local saints. All saints' day is a christian holiday which honors the lives of saints and martyrs. This day is called all saint's day.