Dionysius Exiguus (English spelling)

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Dionysius Exiguus (English spelling)

…This is the calendar system that counts the year of Christ's birth as year 1, and is currently the most widely used system in the world. It was first proposed by the theologian and chronologist Dionysius Exiguus, who died in Rome around 550 AD. At the time, the Roman emperor Diocletian (reigned 284-305), who was famous for persecuting Christians, was using the accession date of the emperor, but this was inconvenient for Christians, so this new proposal was made. …

From [Calendar]

...This Genesis was widely used in later chronicles and other historical texts, but it is not possible to convert it to the Gregorian calendar unless you confirm which calendar is the basis. The current Christian calendar (Gregorian calendar) was devised by Dionysius Exiguus in 525 when he revised the Easter calendar, because he disliked the fact that the previous Diocletian calendar was named after Diocletian, a persecutor of Christians, but there was an error in the crucial calculation. Today, the birth of Jesus Christ is generally considered to have been in 4 B.C.E. ...

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…キリストが誕生した年を第1年とする紀年法で,現在世界中でもっとも広く使用される。西暦550年ごろローマで亡くなった神学者・年代学者ディオニュシウス・エクシグウスDionysius Exiguusがはじめて提案した。当時ローマではキリスト教の迫害者として有名なローマ皇帝ディオクレティアヌス(在位284‐305)の即位紀元が使用されていたが,キリスト教徒にとって不都合なものであり,この新たな提案となったのである。…

【暦】より

…この創世紀元はのちの年代記など歴史書に盛んに用いられるが,どの紀年を基準としているかを確認しないと西暦に換算できないことになる。 現行のキリスト紀元(西暦)は,525年にディオニュシウス・エクシグウスDionysius Exiguusが復活祭暦表を改訂する際に,それまでのディオクレティアヌス紀元がキリスト教の迫害者ディオクレティアヌスの名を冠していることをきらって案出したものであるが,肝心の計算に誤りがあった。今日ではイエス・キリストの生誕は一般に前4年と考えられている。…

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