All Saints' Day is a Christian holy day celebrated in honour of all the saints of the Christian Church. In the 9th century, the Catholic Church set the date of November 1 for the commemoration of all saints. All Saints' Day is a solemnity in Catholicism and a festival in Lutheranism.

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St. Paul of the Cross

 

St. Paul of the Cross was born at Ovada in the Republic of Genoa, January 3, 1694. His infancy and youth were spent in great innocence and piety. He was inspired from on high to found a congregation; in an ecstacy he beheld the habit which he and his companions were to wear. After consulting his director, Bishop Gastinara of Alexandria in Piedmont, he reached the conclusion that God wished him to establish a congregation in honor of the Passion of Jesus Christ.