阴金猪年 (female Iron-Pig) 598 or 217 or −555 — to — 阳水鼠年 (male Water-Rat) 599 or 218 or −554
Year 472 (CDLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Festus and Marcianus (or, less frequently, year 1225 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 472 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Dominicalendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.