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4 days ago · On 20 July 2024, the Holy Father appointed His Eminence Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, metropolitan archbishop of Marseille, France, as his special envoy to the celebrations for the 350th anniversary of the erection of the archdiocese of Québec, to take place from 20 to 22 September 2024.
3 days ago · Manual of Style (MoS) This page guides the presentation of numbers, dates, times, measurements, currencies, coordinates, and similar items in articles. The aim is to promote clarity, cohesion, and consistency, and to make the encyclopedia easier and more intuitive to use. For numbers, dates, and similar items in Wikipedia article titles, see ...
6 days ago · There are two ways to count the years in the Gregorian calendar: Anno Domini (A.D.) or Common Era (C.E.). Both methods count years the same. The calendar is based on the supposed year of the birth ...
5 days ago · Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2024. 2024 (MMXXIV) is a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. It is the 2024th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 24th year of the 3rd millennium, the 24th year of the 21st century, and the 5th year of the 2020s decade.
4 days ago · The Origins of Anno Domini The Anno Domini system was devised in the 6th century by Dionysius Exiguus, a Scythian monk who aimed to establish a new calendar system that would replace the Roman calendar. Dionysius’ goal was to create a Christian timeline that began with the incarnation of Christ, which he placed as the year 1 A.D.
3 days ago · v. t. e. The Iliad (/ ˈɪliəd /; [1] Ancient Greek: Ἰλιάς, romanized: Iliás, Attic Greek: [iː.li.ás]; " [a poem] about Ilion (Troy) ") is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the Odyssey, the poem is divided ...
4 days ago · Christianity - Schism, Reformation, Doctrine: A major factor in the consolidation and expansion of Christianity in the West was the growth in the prestige and power of the bishop of Rome. The pope St. Leo I made the primacy of the Roman bishop explicit both in theory and in practice and must be counted as one of the most important figures in the history of the centralization of authority in ...
