Editing 1 BC (section)

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[[File:Nativity 01.jpg|thumb|The [[Nativity of Jesus|birth of Jesus]] (pictured above) is widely regarded to have been placed by [[Dionysius Exiguus|Dionysus Exiguus]], inventor of the [[Anno Domini]] dating system, in 1 BC. Modern scholarship, however, regards the birth of Christ to have taken place between 6 and 4 BC.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Meier |first=John P. |title=A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus |publisher=Anchor Bible Reference Library |year=1991 |volume=v. 1 |pages=373–433 |chapter=A Chronology of Jesus' Life}}</ref>]]
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Year '''1 BC''' was a [[common year starting on Friday]] or [[Common year starting on Saturday|Saturday]] in the [[Julian calendar]] (the sources differ; see [[Julian calendar#Leap year error|leap year error]] for further information) and a [[leap year starting on Thursday]] in the [[proleptic Julian calendar]]. It was also a [[leap year starting on Saturday]] in the [[Proleptic Gregorian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the [[Consulship]] of [[Cossus Cornelius Lentulus Gaetulicus|Lentulus]] and [[Calpurnia gens#Calpurnii_Pisones|Piso]]''' (or, less frequently, '''year 753 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 1 BC for this year has been used since the early [[medieval period]] when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. The following year is AD 1 in the widely used Julian calendar and the proleptic Gregorian calendar, which both do not have a "[[year zero]]".