Saint Dionysius the Aeropagite
![[painting of Saint Dionysius]](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
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Denis the Aeropagite;
Dionysius of Athens
- Memorial
- 9 October
- Profile
- Converted by Saint Paul (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.
- Died
- c.95
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Patronage
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against the devil;
headaches;
Zakynthos Island, Greece
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