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first roman martyrs John Grondelski John M. Grondelski (Ph.D., Fordham) is former associate dean of the School of Theology, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey.

Ancient Roman Calendar. Today, most of the West uses the Gregorian calendar, which has its roots in two earlier calendar systems: the Julian calendar and the Roman calendar.