Christianized Myths And Imagery
The term Christianised calendar refers to feast days which are Christianised reformulations of feasts from pre-Christian times. An example is All Saints Day, which may be seen as falling around the Celtic Samhain.
Moreover, the historicity of some Christian saints has been treated skeptically by a number of academics, either because there is a paucity of historical evidence for their origins, or due to resemblances to pre-Christian deities and festivals.
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