Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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ST/JD/77

All Saints

Gender
None
Floruit (period)
None
Floruit date range
? - ?
Description
The feast of all the redeemed, known and unkown, who are now believed to be in Heaven. The feast originated in the East; it had been adopted at Rome by the 7th century, and came to Britain by the 8th century, where it appears in the Martyrology of Bede under 1 November. ODS, 16-17.
Categories
major type minor type confidence notes
no categories available
ethnicity
ethnicity description confidence notes
no ethnicity available
feast days
month day fixed? description notes
11 1 yes All Saints None
symbolic attributes
attribute notes
no attributes given
specialist associations
association notes
no specialist associations