Exiguus

The surname Exiguus, or "The Little", adopted probably in self-deprecation and not because he was small of stature; flourished in the earlier part of the sixth century, dying before the year 544.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

The practice of dating from the Christian era was first introduced about the year 527, by Dionisius, surnamed "Exiguus," but better known as

The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume 1, January, 1880 Various

I mean come on sports fans, the year 0 AD was picked out of a hat by Dionysius Exiguus back in the 6th century.

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Roman Canonist Dionysius Exiguus founded our present-day system of designating years by A.D. and

Dictionary of the History of Ideas SALOMON BOCHNER 1968

Exiguus, familiarly styled "Denys the Little," in determining Easter

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various

Dionysius Exiguus, in 533, first introduced the system of writing the words _Anno Domini_, to point out the number of years which had elapsed since the Incarnation of our Lord; in other words he introduced our present chronology.

A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide John Ashton

The lunar calendar was called Dionysian, because Dionysius Exiguus, in the sixth century, recommended the introduction of the Alexandrian Easter cycle of 19 years and computed it for 95 years in advance.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

Another work, "On the Creation of Man", deals with the work of the Sixth Day, and contains some curious anatomical details; it was translated into Latin by Dionysius Exiguus.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

Dionysius Exiguus that the system came into common use.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

Another class of obscure and rather intricate questions, about which it is difficult to speak positively, regards the limits of the paschal period as laid down by the computation of rome before the tables of Dionysius Exiguus and the Metonic cycle were finally adopted there in 525.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913