Ghost mass

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According to popular belief, a ghost mass is a mass at which dead priests celebrate a soul mass . Many legends and fairy tales of this narrative type have been handed down, for example in the Magnum speculum exemplorum . In the fine arts, a ghost mass can be seen on two altar retable wings from the Bern Minster ( Kunstmuseum Bern ), which belong to the All Souls' Altar , which the Bern city ​​clerk Thuringia Fricker (around 1430–1519) donated for all the poor souls of the city of Bern . Such an event is also associated with Cologne Cathedral .