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The Julian calendar based on the Roman calendar that had been in use for over 1500 years was not correct. In the Julian calendar a year was 365.25 days (365 days 6 hours) but should have been 365.2425 days (365 days 5 hours 49 minutes 12 seconds). The spring equinox occurs on/about March 21 but under the Julian calendar it had gradually moved back to on/about March 11. Since the date for Easter was dependent upon the equinox, it, too, was out of sync. Gregory dropped those ten days and moved the date back to March 21 and readjusted the calendar's leap years based on the new calculations. The reform was made in 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII.

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