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Gregorian calendar (for Western churches)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Gregorian_calendar_(for_Western_churches)
GPTKB entity
Statements (30)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:event
gptkbp:adoptedBy
gptkb:France
gptkb:Italy
gptkb:Poland
gptkb:Portugal
gptkb:Spain
Catholic Church
most Protestant churches
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
Western calendar
gptkbp:basisFor
modern civil calendar
gptkbp:compatibleWith
gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_churches
gptkb:Greece_(until_1923)
gptkb:Russia_(until_1918)
gptkbp:epoch
gptkb:Anno_Domini_(AD)_era
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Gregorian calendar (for Western churches)
gptkbp:introduced
gptkb:Pope_Gregory_XIII
gptkbp:introducedIn
1582
gptkbp:length
leap year every 4 years except years divisible by 100 unless also divisible by 400
gptkbp:namedAfter
gptkb:Pope_Gregory_XIII
gptkbp:purpose
correct drift in Julian calendar
gptkbp:replacedBy
gptkb:Julian_calendar
gptkbp:structure
12 months
365 days (common year)
366 days (leap year)
gptkbp:usedBy
gptkb:Western_Christian_churches
gptkbp:usedFor
liturgical purposes
determining Easter
gptkbp:usedIn
most of the world today
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Paschal_Canon
gptkbp:bfsLayer
8