One encyclopedia says about this: “The celebration was not observed in the first centuries of the Christian church, since the Christian usage in general was to celebrate the death of remarkable persons rather than their birth. ”
एक एन्सायक्लोपिडिया म्हणतो: “पहिल्या शतकातील ख्रिस्ती चर्च थोर व्यक्‍तींचा जन्मदिन (जयंती) न पाळता मृत्यूदिन (पुण्यतिथी) पाळत असे.