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Christianity and death

  • HalloweenOn the 1st of November, the Western Christian Church marks All Hallows' Day, a feast dedicated to remembering saints and martyrs.
  • PurgatoryThe word purgatory entered English via Anglo-Norman and Old French, appearing as a noun perhaps only between 1160 and 1180.
  • ChantryThe word chantry derives from Old French chanter and the Latin cantare, meaning to sing. Its medieval derivative cantaria translates directly as licence to…
  • Church of the Holy SepulchreIn 326, Emperor Constantine the Great ordered a temple dedicated to Jupiter or Venus to be torn down. This structure had been built by Hadrian around AD 130…