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. Dionysius Exiguus?556MScythianRELIGION: monkMISC: 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

Example Sentences

Their Dionysius Exiguus perfected ecclesiastical computation.

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Sylvester invented the organ, and Dionysius Exiguus perfected the ecclesiastical computation.

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