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Dionysius Ex·ig·uus (ig zig′yo̵̅o̅ əs, -sig′-)

6th cent. ; Rom. monk & Christian theologian, born in Scythia: believed to have introduced the current system of numbering years on the basis of the Christian Era

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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