Night of Saint Vigeous

The Night of Saint Vigeous is the holy night of attack in vampire traditional society. It conmemorates the "crusade" led by Saint Vigeous through Edessa and Harran, destroying everything in his path. Vampires' believe that during the Night of Saint Vigeous their power is at is peak.

During the three nights preceeding the Night of Saint Vigeous, vampires prepare by practicing fasting, self-mortification and recite chantings in order to reach the Night of Saint Vigeous in a feral state.

In 1997, the surviving vampires of the Order of Aurelius sought to kill Buffy during the Night of Saint Vigeous, and whoever killed Buffy would take the place of the Master. However, instead of waiting for the Night, Spike took the Aurelian vampires to an failed attack on Sunnydale High which resulted in death of many of the Order's vampires, thus ruining the Night of Saint Vigeous.