Halloween

Halloween is 31 October. It is All Hallows' Eve, the evening before All Saints' Day.

All Saints' Day on 1 November was kept in the Western church from the early Middle Ages. Pope Gregory III dedicated a chapel in St. Peter's to all saints on 1 November in the eighth century, and Pope Gregory IV extended the feast in the ninth century.

Later popular customs include costumes and lanterns, carved first from turnips and later, in North America, from pumpkins. The tile below counts down to the next 31 October.

The name Halloween is a shortening of All Hallows' Even. All Souls' Day is 2 November in the Western church.