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The extra day in a leap year has a Catholic origin

Thursday, February 27th, 2020

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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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