Saint Dionysius the Aeropagite
![[painting of Saint Dionysius]](http://saints.sqpn.com/saintd04.jpg "12kb jpg detail from 'Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Angels, Saint Dionysius the Aereopagite and Saint Dominic, Pope Clement and Saint Thomas Aquinas', by Domenico and David Ghirlandaio and Bartolomeo di Giovanni, c.1485, oil and tempura on panel, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy")
Also known as
- Denis the Aeropagite
- Dionysius of Athens
Profile
Assessor of the Areopagus Converted from paganism to Christianity by Saint Paul the Apostle (Acts 17:34). Early writers say he became the first bishop of Athens and was martyed. Later writers confused his story with that of Denis of France.
- c.95
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- New Catholic Dictionary
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
- Wikipedia
