The twenty-second day of February.

EventsEdit

• 1288: Girolamo Masci elected Pope Nicholas IV.
• 1996: The current rules for the election of the pope are first stated in Universi Dominici Gregis, published by Pope John Paul II.

BirthsEdit

• 1040: Jewish rabbi Rashi.

DeathsEdit

Feast daysEdit

• Ash Wednesday in 2012 (movable feast)

Roman CatholicismEdit

• Cathedra Petri (feast of the Throne of Saint Peter)
• Blessed Saint Isabel of France (died 1270)

Eastern OrthodoxyEdit