alleryWho devised numbering years from Jesus's birth around the year 525?
AThe Venerable Bede
BJohannes Kepler
CDionysius Exiguus
DPope Gregory XIII
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Dionysius Exiguus
1. Recall the idea: Anno Domini.
2. The source says: "Around the year 525, the Christian monk Dionysius Exiguus devised".
3. Dionysius Exiguus is correct. Bede popularised it in England; Kepler used 'vulgar era'; Gregory XIII reformed the calendar.
_Source: Wikipedia, "Common Era" (rev 1379641674), section "Anno Domini"_
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