`  == 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 Osnabrück feast dayCaholic online. February fest days http://www.catholic.org/saints/f_day/feb.php. 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?   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...?   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.   -    ::::::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  François-Bernard Michel who co-presides the Lourdes Medical BureauComité Médical International de Lourdes (in french) http://fr.lourdes-france.org/approfondir/guerisons-et-miracles/composition-comite-medical-international-lourdes, presides also the French National Academy of Medicine for the year 2013. He is also member of the Académie 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``.        ::::::::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. >>   •    `