#pope gregory

[paintingsandhistory]

The Council of Pope Gregory the Great

Artist: Ignatius de Beckers (Flemish, 1700-1750)

Date: 1729

Medium: Oil paint on canvas

Collection: Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, Belgium

[wtf-fun-factss]

Our sneezing superstition has an interesting origin. Click to read the full fact.

[musicalanthrop]

Enjoy this meme I made for class

[whattolearntoday]

A bit of February 24th history...

1582 - Pope Gregory XIII announces New Style (Gregorian) calendar

1942 - The “Battle of Los Angeles” takes place, a series of anti-aircraft engagements over the city in response to a rumored but false Japanese attack

1968 - Discovery of 1st pulsar announced

1977 - US President Carter announces US foreign aid will consider human rights

1989 - 150 million year old fossil egg found in Utah with a fossilized dinosaur embryo inside (pictured)

2014 - a 4.4 billion year old crystal is discovered to be the oldest known fragment from the Earth’s crust

2020 - Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein found guilty of rape and a criminal sexual act in landmark case that ignited #MeToo movement

[vinegartoteeth]

Saint Gregory

- Francisco de Zurbarán

[classicliteraturehoe]

concept: dating app for classical musicians called Gregorian Chat

[mysticmagdalene]

St. Francis Appears to Pope Gregory in a Dream (Giotto, 1296-97)

[penelope-plural]

Alternate universe where everything is the same but the ratio between Earth's orbit around the sun and axial rotation is ever so slightly lower so there's one less day in February every four years