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See also:DIONYSIUS EXIGUUS , one of the most learned men of the 6th See also:century, and especially distinguished as a chronologist, was, according to the statement of his friend See also:Cassiodorus, a Scythian by See also:birth, " Scytha natione." This may mean only that he was a native of the region bordering on the See also:Black See also:Sea, and does not necessarily imply that he was not of See also:Greek origin. Such origin is indicated by his name and by his thorough familiarity with the Greek See also:language. His surname " Exiguus " is usually translated " the Little," but he probably assumed it out of humlity. He was living at See also:Rome in the first See also:half of the 6th century, and is usually spoken of as See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
abbot of a See also:Roman monastery. Cassiodorus, however, calls him simply " See also:- MONK (O.Eng. munuc; this with the Teutonic forms, e.g. Du. monnik, Ger. Witch, and the Romanic, e.g. Fr. moine, Ital. monacho and Span. monje, are from the Lat. monachus, adaptedfrom Gr. µovaXos, one living alone, a solitary; Own, alone)
- MONK (or MONCK), GEORGE
- MONK, JAMES HENRY (1784-1856)
- MONK, MARIA (c. 1817—1850)
monk," while See also:Bede calls him " abbot." But as itwas not unusual to apply the latter See also:term to distinguished monks who were not heads of their houses, it is uncertain whether Dionysius was abbot in fact or only by See also:courtesy. He was in high repute as a learned theologian, was profoundly versed in the See also:Holy Scriptures and in See also:canon See also:law, and was also an accomplished mathematician and astronomer. We owe to him a collection of 401 ecclesiastical canons, including the See also:apostolical canons and the decrees of the See also:councils of See also:Nicaea, See also:Constantinople, See also:Chalcedon and See also:Sardis, and also a collection of the See also:decretals of the popes from See also:Siricius (385) to See also:Anastasius II. (498). These collections, which had See also:great authority in the See also:West (see CANON LAW), were published by Justel in 1628. Dionysius did See also:good service to his contemporaries by his See also:translations of many Greek See also:works into Latin; and by these translations some works, the originals of which have perished, have been handed down to us. His name, however, is now perhaps chiefly remembered for his See also:chronological labours. It was Dionysius who introduced the method of reckoning the See also:Christian era which we now use (see See also:CHRONOLOGY). His friend Cassiodorus depicts in glowing terms the See also:character of Dionysius as a saintly ascetic, and praises his See also:wisdom and simplicity, his accomplishments and his lowly-mindedness, his See also:power of eloquent speech and his capacity of silence. He died at Rome, some See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time before A.D. 550.
His works have been published in See also:Migne, Patrologia See also:Latina, tome 67; see especially A. Tardif, Hisloire See also:des See also:sources du See also:droit canonique (See also:Paris, 1887), and D. Pitra, Analectaliovissima, Spicilegii Solesmensis continuatio, vol. i. p. 36 (Paris, 1885).
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