Dionysius Exiguus

[eg-zig-yoo-uhs, ek-sig-]

noun

1. died a.d. 556?, Scythian monk, chronologist, and scholar: devised the current system of reckoning the Christian era.

Dionysius Exiguus

/ ɛɡˈzɪɡjʊəs /

noun

1. 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