15 February, 2011

Who (6th century)

* Dionysius Exiguus (c.500-c.544)
- Dionysius Exiguus was a 6th century monk born in Scythia Minor, modern Dobruja shared by Romania and Bulgaria. He was a member of the Scythian monks community concentrated in Tomis, the major city of Scythia Minor. Dionysius is best-known as the inventor of the Anno Domini era, which is used to number the years of both the Gregorian calendar and the (Christianized) Julian calendar. (Pope Gregory XIII (1502-1585) đã đổi lịch vào năm 1582)
- Dionysius Exiguus, a monk from Russia who died about 544, was asked by Pope John I to set out the dates for Easter from the years 527 to 626. (westarinstitute.org)

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