[MR] Wikipedia: Gregorian Calendar

[Garth Groff via Atlantia]

Noble Friends,

On this date in 1582 Pope Gregory XIII issued the papal bull 'Inter 
gravissimas' which established the Gregorian Calendar that most of the 
world now uses: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_24 . The old 
Julian Calendar had not been very accurate, and had gotten several days 
out of whack. This caused difficulties in setting the correct date for 
the all-important Easter observances. The Gregorian Calendar corrected 
this problem, but at the expense of a number of days that simply didn't 
exist that year. Gregory's calendar introduced us to leap years, the 
extra day (now 29 February) being the chief feature for keeping the 
calendar in line with the actual orbit around the sun.

Ever wonder why the Vatican has its own observatory? It's all about 
Easter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_Observatory .

Yours Aye,


Lord Mungo Napier, That Crazy Scot