leap - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 27 Feb 2020 02:35:40 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg leap - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 The extra day in a leap year has a Catholic origin https://cathnews.co.nz/2020/02/27/extra-day-leap-year-catholic/ Thu, 27 Feb 2020 07:20:16 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=124507 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

The extra day in a leap year has a Catholic origin... Read more]]> 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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