By Abel Camasca
February 28, 2024 / 08:16 PM
The Gregorian Calendar, which owes its name to Pope Gregory Something that is little known is that the Catholic Church also celebrates some saints on this day, but what happens to them during the other three years?
According to the official Vatican news site, Vatican NewsOn February 29, the martyr Saint Augustus Chapdelaine is celebrated, who was a French priest and member of the Society of Foreign Missions of Paris. In 1852 he traveled as a missionary to China and years later he was denounced before an anti-Christian authority. He died on this day.
Vatican News also presents the celebration of Pope Saint Hilary on this date. The book Lives of the Saints Father Alban Butler points out that he was elected Pontiff while still a deacon. On the other hand, historians differ whether he died on February 28 or 29, perhaps because he died in the leap year of 468.