Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. V, 1950 Chronology

Embolismals

EMBOLISMALI

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EMBOLISMALS. - This was the name given by the Greeks to the months to which intercalary days were added in order to make the lunar cycle coincide with the solar one (in Athens, the month Poseidon). By imitation, the Romans gave this name to the month of February and to the intercalary day (bissextile). In chronological calculations for Easter, this was the name given to the thirteenth lunar month, which was added every three years to the twelve in order to obtain agreement with the solar year (v. EPATTA).

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BIBL.: A. Giry, Manuel de diplomatique, Paris 1894, p. 14 ff.; H. Grosfeld, Abriss der Chronologie des deutschen Mittelalters und der Neuzeit, 2nd ed., Leipzig-Berlin 1912, pp. 8-9; Bischoff, Kalender, in Pauly-Wissowa, XX, col. 1572 ff.

Carmelo Trastelli

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V (1950), col. 274.

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Trasselli, Carmelo. “Embolismali.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, col. 274. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/embolismali.

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Trasselli, Carmelo. “Embolismali.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 274. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/embolismali.

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  author    = {Trasselli, Carmelo},
  title     = {Embolismali},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {V},
  pages     = {274},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/embolismali}
}

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