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Dionysius the Areopagite

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Died
  
around 1st century A.C.

Venerated in
  
Roman Catholicism Eastern Orthodoxy

Attributes
  
Vested as a bishop, holding a Gospel Book

Similar
  
Dionysios of Zakynthos, Maximus the Confessor, Thomas Aquinas, Denis, John of Damascus

Dionysius the Areopagite (Greek Διονύσιος ὁ Ἀρεωπαγίτης) was a judge of the Areopagus who, as related in the Acts of the Apostles, (Acts 17:34), was converted to Christianity by the preaching of the Apostle Paul during the Areopagus sermon. According to Dionysius of Corinth, quoted by Eusebius, this Dionysius then became the first Bishop of Athens.

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Apophasis and pseudonymity in dionysius the areopagite no longer i


Historic confusions

In the early 6th century, a series of famous writings of a mystical nature, employing Neoplatonic language to elucidate Christian theological and mystical ideas, was ascribed to the Areopagite. They have long been recognized as pseudepigrapha, and their author is now called "Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite".

Dionysius has been misidentified with the martyr of Gaul, Dionysius, the first Bishop of Paris, Saint Denis. However, this mistake by a ninth century writer is ignored and each saint is commemorated on his respective day.

References

Dionysius the Areopagite Wikipedia