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Dionysius Exiguus
Dionysius Exiguus was a 6th-century Eastern Roman monk born in Scythia Minor and active in Rome. He was a member of a community of Scythian monks concentrated in Tomis, the major city of Scythia Minor. Dionysius is best known as the inventor of Anno Domini (AD) dating, which is used to number the years of both the Gregorian calendar and the (Christianised) Julian calendar. Almost all churches adop…
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science · Byzantine monk, inventor of AD dating · monk · mathematician · translator · canon law jurist · writer · also Dionysius Exiguus, Exiguus
Born 1 January 0475 · Died 1 January 0550 · Q274091
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“The Earlier Presocratics and the Pythagoreans”
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“The Open World: Three Lectures on the Metaphysical Implications of Science,”
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“The Foundations of Logic and Arithmetic,”
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Died 0550-01-01.
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Born 0475-01-01.
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