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Dionysius the Areopagite

For the 5th–6th-century figure, see Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite.
Saint

Dionysius the Areopagite
Mosaic of Dionysius in Hosios Loukas monastery
Hieromartyr and Bishop of Athens
Born1st century AD
Died1st century AD
Venerated in
Feast
AttributesVested as a bishop, holding a Gospel Book
PatronageAthens, Crotone, Jerez de la Frontera and Ojén

Dionysius the Areopagite (/daɪəˈnɪsiəs/; Greek: Διονύσιος ὁ Ἀρεοπαγίτης Dionysios ho Areopagitēs) was an Athenian judge at the Areopagus Court in Athens, who lived in the first century. A convert to Christianity, he is venerated as a saint by multiple denominations.

  1. ^ Domar: The calendrical and liturgical cycle of the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church, Armenian Orthodox Theological Research Institute, 2002, p. 528.

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