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The charter of Ecgwine ( written 714 ) records that on the feast of All Saints “ Bishop Wilfrid and I consecrated the church which I had built to God, the Blessed Mary, and to all Christ ’ s elect ”.

The feast of All Saints became established in the West after 609 or 610 under Pope Boniface IV ; its observance on 1 November dates from the time of Pope Gregory III ( died 741 ).

Bishop Wilfrid was Egwin ’ s successor to the see of Worcester ( though he is sometimes confused with Wilfrid, Archbishop of York, who died c. 709 ).