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How the Coming of Christianity Changed Samhain Into ‘All Hallows’

By Ruth Edna KelleyFrom The Book of Hallowe’en [1919] The great power which the Druids exercised over their people interfered with the Roman rule of Britain. Converts were being made at Rome. Augustus forbade Romans to become initiated, Tiberius banished the priestly clan and their adherents from Gaul, and Claudius utterly stamped out the belief […]

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