Gregorian calendar (Western churches)

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The Gregorian calendar (Western churches) is the internationally used solar dating system introduced in 1582 that most Western Christian churches follow for determining liturgical dates and feasts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf calendar system
civil calendar
solar calendar
adoptedAsStandardBy most countries of the world
adoptedGraduallyBy Europe
surface form: European states
aligns feast of Christmas with December 25 in civil calendar
basedOn tropical year
contrastedWith Julian calendar
surface form: Julian calendar (Eastern churches)

Revised Julian calendar
corrects drift of the date of the vernal equinox
follows solar year
governs cycle of movable feasts in Western churches
hasAverageYearLength 365.2425 days
hasCalendarType proleptic extension for earlier dates
hasDayCountCommonYear 365
hasDayCountLeapYear 366
hasDesignGoal keep vernal equinox near March 21
hasEpoch Anno Domini era
hasMonthCount 12
hasType reform of the Julian calendar
hasWeekLength 7 days
implementedBy papal bull Inter gravissimas
influences secular holidays in Western countries
introducedBy Pope Gregory XIII
introducedInYear 1582
moreAccurateThan Julian calendar
recognizedAs de facto international standard calendar
replaced Julian calendar
usedBy Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

Western Christianity
surface form: Western Christian churches

most Protestant churches
usedFor civil date reckoning worldwide
dating Easter in Western churches
dating Western Christian liturgical calendar
determining Christian feasts
determining liturgical dates
usedIn Western liturgical books
usedToCompute date of Easter in Western Christianity
usesLeapYearException century years are not leap years unless divisible by 400
usesLeapYearRule every 4th year is a leap year

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Easter calendarSystem Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
Hebrew calendar coexistsWith Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar
Good Friday calendar Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar
Byzantine Rite calendarSystem Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar (in some churches)
International Workers’ Day followsCalendar Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar
National Foundation Day calendarSystem Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar
Saint Nicholas Day followsCalendar Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar
April partOf Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar
April usedIn Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar
New Year’s Day usesCalendar Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar
Great Feast in Eastern Christianity calendarSystem Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar
National Day of Catalonia followsCalendar Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar
Conseil administratif de Genève usesCalendar Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar
Cinco de Mayo calendarSystem Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar
Roman Catholic Diocese of Hildesheim usesCalendar Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar
Myanmar usesCalendar Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar
Anno Mundi distinguishedFrom Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar era
Western Christianity usesCalendar Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar
Antiochian Orthodox Church followsCalendar Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar (in some jurisdictions)
ISO 8601 usesCalendar Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar
Easter Monday calendar Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar
Execution of Louis XVI calendar Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar
Belmont Select Board usesCalendarSystem Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar
Diocese of Truro usesCalendar Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar
Bloody Sunday (1905) calendar Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar
Republic of Vietnam usedCalendar Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar
Diocese of Guildford usesCalendar Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar
Day of Reconciliation calendarSystem Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar
Revised Julian calendar designedToAlignWith Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar
Revised Julian calendar similarAccuracyTo Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar
papal bull Inter gravissimas resultedIn Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
subject surface form: Inter gravissimas
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar
papal bull Inter gravissimas mainTopic Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
subject surface form: Inter gravissimas
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar reform
Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord observedIn Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar
Julian calendar replacedBy Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar
Julian calendar influenced Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar reform
Pope Gregory XIII notableWork Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar reform
Pope Gregory XIII implementedReform Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar
Ash Wednesday calendar Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar
Tennō Tanjōbi belongsToCalendar Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar
November partOf Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar
November usedInCalendar Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar
Maronite Christianity calendar Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar
Independence Day of Ukraine calendar Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar
Korean Empire usedCalendar Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar
Republic Day calendarUsed Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
subject surface form: Republic Day (Iraq)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar
Christmas Eve calendar Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar
Reformation Day calendarSystem Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar
Diocese of Trento usesCalendar Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar
The Sleeping Beauty by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky premiereCalendar Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
subject surface form: The Sleeping Beauty
this entity surface form: Gregorian
Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church usesCalendar Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
this entity surface form: Gregorian calendar