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Dionysius Exiguus

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Dionysius Ex·ig·u·us  (g-zgy-s, k-sg-) a.d. 500?-560?
Scythian monk and scholar who introduced the method of reckoning the Christian era from the birth of Christ.
Dionysius Exiguus [ɛgˈzɪgjʊəs]
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(Biographies / Dionysius Exiguus (death date: ?556) M, Scythian, RELIGION: monk, MISC: scholar) died ?556 ad, Scythian monk and scholar, who is believed to have introduced the current method of reckoning dates on the basis of the Christian era


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Two hundred years later, the pope of the day commissioned a scholarly monk living in Rome named Dionysius Exiguus to prepare a set of tables that determined the Easter date for the foreseeable future.
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