February 22

The twenty-second day of February.

Events

 * 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.

Births

 * 1040: Jewish rabbi Rashi.

Feast days

 * Ash Wednesday in 2012 (movable feast)

Roman Catholicism

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