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* Incarnation of Jesus ( conception on 25 March and birth on 25 December ), as assigned by Dionysius Exiguus in his anno Domini era according to most scholars ( Dionysius used the word " incarnation ", but it is not known whether he meant conception or birth ).

However, at least one scholar thinks Dionysius placed the incarnation of Jesus in the next year, AD 1.

Most modern scholars do not consider Dionysius ' calculations authoritative, placing the event several years earlier ( see Chronology of Jesus ).