Essays Tagged: "Pope Gregory XIII"

Easter in Romania

lation proposed by the astronomer Victorinus (flourished 5th century), who had been commissioned by Pope Hilarius to reform the calendar and fix the date of Easter. Elements of his method are still in ... a bitter dispute between them and Rome in the 7th century.Reform of the Julian calendar in 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII, through adoption of the Gregorian calendar, eliminated much of the difficulty in ...

(10 pages) 22 0 0.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity