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Missionary to Paris, France. First Bishop of Paris. His success roused the ire of local pagans, and he was imprisoned by Roman governor. Martyred in the persecutions of Valerius with Saint Rusticus and Saint Eleutherius. Legends have grown up around his torture and death, including one that has his body carrying his severed head some distance from his execution site. Saint Genevieve built a basilica over his grave. His feast was added to the Roman Calendar in 1568 by Pope Saint Pius V, though it had been celebrated since 800. One of the Fourteen Holy Helpers.
- beheaded c.258 at Montmarte (= mount of martyrs)
- his corpse was thrown in the River Seine, but recovered and buried later that night by his converts
- relics at the monastery of Saint Denis
- against frenzy
- against headaches
- against hydrophobia
- against rabies
- against strife
- France
- Paris, France
- possessed people
- beheaded bishop carrying his severed head – the head sometimes wears its mitre, and there is often a vine growing over his neck
- city
- furnace
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- Commercial Links related to Saint Denis
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Encylopedia Americana
- New Catholic Dictionary
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
- Pictorial Lives of the Saints
MLA Citation
- “Saint Denis of Paris”. Saints.SQPN.com. 31 December 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-denis-of-paris/>