Dionysius Exiguus
Also: Dionysius the Humble, Dennis the Little
Born perhaps between 465 and 475, perhaps in Scythia Minor (now Dobruja, Romania). Died perhaps between 537 and 556, perhaps in Roma (now Rome, Italy).
Monk at Rome who made the Easter table that counts years from the birth of Christ.
Wrote in Latin.
Places lived
- 497 to 544Roma (now Rome, Italy)monkyears probable
Works
1 work, in the order they were written. 0 works can be read here.
- On Easter (Paschal Table and Letters)His table of Easter dates for 532 to 626, with the letters that explain it; the first use of the years of the Lord.not yet on the site
How we know the dates and places
- Born not sure
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysius_Exiguus : about 470
- Place of birth not sure
- Cassiodorus, Institutions 1.23: a Scythian by race; a region, not a town; site: Pleiades https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/216976
- Died not sure
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysius_Exiguus : about 544; Cassiodorus, Institutions 1.23 speaks of him as dead
- Place of death not sure
- Cassiodorus, Institutions 1.23; site: Pleiades https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/423025
- Roma, years probable
- Cassiodorus, Institutions 1.23; he came to Rome after Pope Gelasius died (496)
- Roma, place sure
- Cassiodorus, Institutions 1.23; his own prefaces; site: Pleiades https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/423025