Icitabo ca The Catholic Encyclopedia cilondolola Inshiku Nkulu ya Batakatifu ukuti mutebeto wa “kucindika abatakatifu, abaishibikwa na bashaishibikwa.” Ku kupwa kwa mwanda wa myaka uwalenga bubili, abaleitunga Ubwina Kristu batendeke ukucindika bamfwila Lesa, pantu basumine ukuti baliya mu kwikala na Kristu ku muulu, kabili balepepa na kuli balya bene ukuti balebalombelako kuli Lesa. Ukusefya kwa lyonse kwatendeke pa May 13,b mu 609 nelyo mu 610 C.E., ilyo Papa Boniface IV aiswile itempele lya Pantheon, ilya balesa bonse aba ku Roma, kabili apeele lyene kuli Maria na kuli bonse bamfwila Lesa. Markale alandapo ukuti: “Balesa ba bena Roma balicimfiwe ku batakatifu ba maka aba mipepele.”

Ukwaluka kwa bushiku ukwisa mu November kwacitilwe na Papa Gregory III (uwali pali buPapa ukutendeka mu 731 ukufika mu 741 C.E.), uwapeele itempele lya ku Roma ku batakatifu no kulanda ukuti ubushiku bwabo ni pa November 1. Tacaishibikwa bwino ico acitile ifi. Lelo nalimo ni co ukusefya kwapalako e ko kwali na kale pali ubu bushiku mu England. Icitabo ca The Encyclopedia of Religion calanda ukuti: “Ukusefya kwa Samhain kwatwalilile ukuba ukwalumbuka ku bena Celt imyaka fye yonse ilyo abena Great Britain batendeke ukusambilila ifya buKristu. Icalici lya ku Britain lyamwene ukuti apo abantu nabatemwa sana imyata ya cisenshi, pa kuti beishiba ukuti fimo nafyaluka, kuti cawama ukubikako fye ukusefya kwa buKristu pa bushiku bulya bwine basefya Samhain. . . . Ukusefya kwa bena Britain ukwa Nshiku Nkulu ya Batakatifu kufwile e kwalengele ukuti uku kusefya kupokelelwe na macalici yonse aya Bena Kristu.”

Markale alanda pa fyo abashimbe baume aba mu mayanda ya mapepo abali bena Ireland balengele sana ukuti kube ukwananya uku kusefya mu Bulaya monse pali iyi nshita. Icitabo ca New Catholic Encyclopedia calandapo ukuti: “Abena Ireland ilingi line ukusefya uko bacindika sana balekubika pa bushiku bwa kubalilapo mu mweshi, kabili e co November 1 yali e bushiku bwa kubalilapo ubwa nshita ya mpepo iya bena Celt, bwali no kulinga sana ukubikapo ukusefya kwa nshiku nkulu ya batakatifu.” Na pa kulekelesha, mu 835 C.E., Papa Gregory IV alandile ukuti uku kusefya kufwile ukusefiwa na bantu bonse.

Apo balifililwe ukusambilisha abantu babo ukuti balabeko ku fisambilisho fya busenshi, bashimapepo balengele ifisambilisho fya cisenshi ukubelama mu Bwina Kristu bwa kabepekesho fye. Pa kukomaila pali ici cishinka, icitabo ca The Encyclopedia of Religion calandapo ukuti: “Ukusefya kwa Bena Kristu ukwa Nshiku Nkulu iya Batakatifu, bushiku bwa kwibukisha abatakatifu abaishibikwa na bashaishibikwa aba mu mipepele ya buKristu nga filya fine ukusefya kwa Samhain kwacindike utulubi twa bena Celt.”