Symbolism of resignation date It should be noted that Joseph Ratzinger ex conscript in Adolf Hitler Youth announced its resignation as Pope Benedict XVI on february 11th 2013 Benedict of Aniane and Adolf of Osnabr ck feast dayCaholic online February fest days Maybe this shoud be added in hid biography WP SYNTH Close but there s no conclusion Not combining sources just listing two Just out of curiousity NummerSechs why should this be noted Is there anything beyond it just being a sort of weird coincidence talk 02 22 April 4 2013 UTC Please READ WP SYNTH which says Do not combine material from multiple sources to reach or imply a conclusion not explicitly stated by any of the sources If one reliable source says A and another reliable source says B do not join A and B together to imply a conclusion C that is not mentioned by either of the sources Emphasis is mine I get that But what s the implication He announced his resignation on February 11 and February 11 was the feast day of saints with loosely related names therefore talk 06 59 April 4 2013 UTC Since I do not agree at all with InedibleHulk Elizium23 s comments I put also this discussion on their talk page Everything a Pope does speaks writes acts etc is think well in advance on a very symbolic basis Denying that without arguments better than a lawyer point of view means a complete ignorance about the essence of Pope s role in catholic world over other Christian churches BTW I m French not Anglo saxon learned german at school J Retzinger is German and I do believe that I have quite an authority to write that since France is recognized Rome s first daughter we can just say that it happens to be the same day as those feasts and let the readers draw their own conclusions otherwise it is WP synth I do know German quite well I have taken 3 years of German classes one year has been college level Aunva6talk contribs It should be noted that February the 11th Catholic Church also celebrates Notre Dame de Lourdes a k a Our Lady of Lourdes south west of France Another non related coincidence Fran ois Bernard Michel who co presides the Lourdes Medical BureauComit M dical International de Lourdes in french presides also the French National Academy of Medicine for the year 2013 He is also member of the Acad mie des Beaux Arts he presided twice at Institut de France chair XIII created in 1998 Very good Before rushing in with this sort of thing people should know that superficial similarities spawn spurious statements and capricious coincidences cause careless conjectures Talk This is neither A logical B notable or C in the sources It is like putting a prediction by Nostradamus and the Aztec calendar together to get a result Please KEEP THIS OFF THE ARTICLE M P Schneider LC parlemus feci