ANNIVERSARY Days, Dies Anniversarii, among our Ancestors were those Days wherein the Martyrdoms of the Saints were yearly celebrated in the Church; as also Days whereon, at every Year’s end, Men were wont to pray for the Souls of their deceased Friends. "Anniversaria dies ideo repetitur defunctis, quoniam nescimus qualiter eorum causa habeatur in alia vita."—This was the Reason given by Alcuinus in his Divine Offices.
ANNIVERSARY Days
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