Oct 092008
![[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
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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, Greece, and was martyred. Later writers confused his story with that of Denis of France and others of the name in that period.
- c.95
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- New Catholic Dictionary
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
- Wikipedia
MLA Citation
- “Saint Dionysius the Aeropagite”. Saints.SQPN.com. 29 October 2012. Web. 24 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-dionysius-the-aeropagite/>