The Zaragozano Calendar is an annual Spanish publication that includes a non-scientific meteorological weather forecast for a year, as well as an almanac. This small bulletin has been published since the year 1840 by Mariano Castillo and Ocsiero (the person who appears on the cover of the publication and who announces himself as the "Spanish Copernicus"), and includes those predictions. The content of the small bulletin is indicated by the subtitle: "Universal Meteorological Judgment, calendar with the forecasts of the time, complete saints and fairs and markets of Spain". Often found commercialized in bookstores and kiosks. The name of the almanac is a tribute to the Spanish astronomer Victoriano Zaragozano and Gracia Zapater, who in the 16th century made his own almanacs. This publication, due to the success achieved in Spain, was imitated in Latin American countries, as in the case of Venezuela , where the calendar of Rojas Hermanos was published in the 19th century.
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The original author Mariano Castillo y Ocsiero is from Villamayor (Zaragoza), who studied in Madrid. In order to earn some money, he began his first publications entitled "The Firmament". After that, when some editions were published, it was added to the title: "The true and only legitimate Zaragoza calendar for the year of (...), arranged for all Spain." The predictions were based on the predictive calculation of the moon and the sun. The name Zaragozano was a homage to the Spanish astronomer Victoriano Zaragozano and Gracia Zapater born in Puebla de Albortón in the sixteenth century. He was very popular in his time, and later, elaborating almanacs in competition with Jerónimo Cortes. External
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