What year was Jesus Christ born?

In 337 A.D. Pope Julius I approved the official date of the Nativity of Christ – the night from December 24 to 25, 1 BC. e. combining it with the favorite holiday of the Romans – the revival of the Sun.
In the summer of 1996, Pope John Paul II confirmed that the historical date of the Savior’s birth was not known, and that in reality he was born 5-7 years earlier than the new era.
British astronomers calculated that the Star of Bethlehem flared up in the spring of 5 BC. e. and shone at night in the east for seventy days, and the magicians in Persia could arrive in the kingdom of Herod the Great in the middle of the fall of 5 BC. e. The exact date of birth of Jesus Christ according to the Zoroastrian calendar is Saturday, September 21, 5 BC.