The extra day in a leap year has a Catholic origin- CathNewsNZ

The extra day in a leap year has a Catholic origin

Thursday, February 27th, 2020

The present system of calculating the leap year was designed around fixing the date of Easter.

While the concept of the leap year has been around since ancient times – the ancient Jewish calendar added a leap month every 19 years for example – the current calendar year has its origins in the Catholic Church. Read more

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