“Over the high seas to keep

The barque of Peter to its proper bearings.”

“Over the high seas to keep The barque of Peter to its proper bearings.”

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This neglected centesimal was the omission of some inconsiderable fraction or centesimal part, in the computation of the year according to the Julian calendar, which was corrected in the Gregorian, some two centuries and a half after Dante’s death. By this error, in a long lapse of time, the months would cease to correspond to the seasons, and January be no longer a winter, but a spring month.