Dionysius, the Areopagite, Saint, active 1st century

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Name (Hebrew)
פסוידו-דיוניסיוס
Name (Latin)
Dionysius, the Areopagite, Saint, active 1st century
Name (Cyrilic)
Дионисий Ареопагит
Other forms of name
Dionysius, Areopagita, Saint, active 1st century
nnea Dionysius, the Areopagite, Saint, 1st cent
Dionysius, the Areopagite, active 1st century
Areopagita, Dionysius, Saint, active 1st century
Denis, Saint, active 1st century
Dionysius, Saint, active 1st century
Dionisie, Areopagitul, Saint, active 1st century
Sfântul Dionisie, Areopagitul, active 1st century
Ps. Dionysius, Saint, active 1st century
Denys, l'Aréopagite, Saint, active 1st century
Dionisiĭ, Areopagit, Saint, active 1st century
Ареопагит, Дионисий
Дионисий, святой, названный Ареопагитом
Start period
00
Other designation
Saint
Associated Language
gre
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q310686
Library of congress: n 85113327
Sources of Information
  • Columbia Encycl., 1959:p. 543 (Dionysius the Areopagite; Saint; 1st cent. Athenian converted by St. Paul; tradition has made him a martyr and first bishop of Athens; he has been confused with St. Denis, 3rd cent. patron of France, 1st bishop of Paris. During the Middle Ages the Athenian Dionysius was revered as the author of certain philos. writings erroneously attributed to him since the 5th c. It is now customary to refer to the author of these writings as Pseudo-Dionysius)
  • Brit., 1978:v. 3, p. 560 (Dionysius, the Areopagite; fl. 1st c. A.D.; held to be 1st bishop of Athens. About 500 A.D. some writings forged in his name by a Christian Neoplatonist; author of these referred to as Pseudo-Dionysius)
  • Holweck, F.G. Biog. dic. of the saints, 1924:p. 280 (Dionysius the Areopagite; M., Bp. of Athens; converted by St. Paul)
  • Dic. of Catholic biog., 1961:p. 332 (Dionysius the Areopagite, St.; 1st cent.; converted by St. Paul (Acts 17:15-34))
  • Opera exegetică a Sfântului Maxim Mărturisitorul, 1998:t.p. (... sfinţilor Dionisie Areopagitul) p. 7 (Sfântul Dionisie Areopagitul, a prominent Athenian philosopher, converted by St. Paul, and baptized by him; celebrated in the Christian calendar on October 3rd; mentioned in Acts 17-18)
  • Hē ennoia tou kallous sto Dionysio Areopagitē, theōrētikē prosengisē tēs Vyzantinēs technēs, 2002:p. 179 (Dionysius Areopagita or Ps. Dionysius)
  • Écrits dionysiens, 2006:p. 7, etc. (Denys l'Aréopagite; Saint Denis)
  • Corpus des Dionysios Areiopagites in der slavischen Übersetzung von Starec Isaija (14. Jahrhundert), 2010-:t.p., v. 1 (Dionisiĭ Areopagit)