All Souls' Day
Festival in the Roman Catholic Church, held on 2 November (following All Saints' Day) in the conviction that through prayer and self-denial the faithful can hasten the deliverance of souls expiating their sins in purgatory.
It was instituted by Odilo in the monastery of Cluny 998. The day is also observed by some sections of the Anglican Church.
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