If January felt endless, February may be refreshing since it's only 28 days long. Thank the Romans for that oddity. Before the Gregorian calendar used today, Roman King Numa Pompilius (715-673 BC) set ...

Our civilization relies on calendars to organize and measure time. Culture, religion, and astronomy have all influenced calendars throughout history. Calendars have a fascinating history, dating back ...

Our modern calendar is the Gregorian calendar, named for Pope Gregory XIII, who reformed it in 1582 to correct some errors in ...

While the world gets set to welcome the year of the Lord 2026, the turning of the page from December to January has become a phenomenon of ushering in a new calendar worldwide. What has become notably ...

1 / 6 | Identify this Roman deity associated with gates and transitions, and identified as the tutelary deity of January.

Caesar implements a program of reforms, even amending the Roman calendar. When Caesar returns to Rome after three years fighting a civil war against Pompey, the city is in dire straits. Caesar is made ...

The feast of Mary, Mother of the Church was inserted into the General Roman Calendar by Pope Francis in 2018, but has its roots in the reform of the liturgical calendar in 1969 and the Jubilee Year of ...