Silvester

For other uses of similar terms see Sylvester

Silvester (also spelled sylvester or sylwester) is used in some countries, including Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland and Slovenia, as a name for New Year's Eve. The origin of the name is that 31 December is Saint Sylvester's Day, named for Pope Sylvester I,^[1] who died on that day in 335.

The introduction of the Gregorian calendar in 1582 moved the last day of the year from 24 December to the current date.

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