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The leap year is February 29, not December 32 due to a Roman calendar quirk – and fastidious medieval monks

By Rebecca Stephenson, Associate Professor of Old English, University College Dublin
Monks who failed to factor in the leap day placed spring equinox on the wrong day, which meant Ash Wednesday, Lent, Holy Week and Pentecost were also marked on the wrong day.The Conversation


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