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Dionysius Exiguus (Latin for "Dionysius the Humble"; [a] Greek: Διονύσιος; c. 470 – c. 544) was a 6th-century Eastern Roman monk born in Scythia Minor. He was a member of a community of Scythian monks concentrated in Tomis (present-day Constanța , Romania ), the major city of Scythia Minor.
Dionysius Exiguus, Scythian theologian-mathematician, inaugurates the practice of using A.D. (Anno Domini) in Rome for calendar dates after the birth of Jesus Christ, a system which has been supported by subsequent studies. [1] Dionysius also produces his tables for computing the date of "Cyclus Paschalis" (Easter Tables).
The god then drove King Lycurgus insane and had him slice his own son into pieces with an axe in the belief that he was a patch of ivy, a plant holy to Dionysus. An oracle then claimed that the land would stay dry and barren as long as Lycurgus lived, and his people had him drawn and quartered. Appeased by the king's death, Dionysus lifted the ...
Like Caesar in secular contexts, Dionysius sometimes became a title in religious contexts; for example, Dionysius was the episcopal title of the primates of Malankara Church (founded by Apostle Thomas in India) from 1765 until the amalgamation of that title with Catholicos of the East in 1934.
Dionysius did his translation at the request of Stephen, bishop of Salona, and a certain 'dearest brother Laurence' (carissimus frater Laurentius) who (as we learn from Dionysius's preface to his collection) had been 'offended by the awkwardness of the older [priscae] translation'.
Dionysius the Areopagite, early Christian convert and saint Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, a pseudepigraphical Christian theologian and mystic; Dionysius of Halicarnassus, 1st century BC historian; Dionysius Exiguus, inventor of the Anno Domini dating system; Dionysius, a Greek orator and teacher of Marcus Cornelius Fronto
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This dating system was devised in 525 by Dionysius Exiguus but was not widely used until the 9th century. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] (Modern scholars believe that the actual date of birth of Jesus was about 5 BC.) Terminology that is viewed by some as being more neutral and inclusive of non-Christian people is to call this the Common Era (abbreviated as CE ...