Dionysius the Areopagite

Saint

Dionysius the Areopagite
Saint; Dionysius the Areopagite
	Mosaic of Dionysius in Hosios Loukas monastery
Hieromartyr and Bishop of Athens
Born	1st century AD
Died	1st century AD
Venerated in	Catholicism; Eastern Orthodoxy; Oriental Orthodoxy;
Feast	3 October; Thursday after fifth Sunday after feast of the Holy Cross (Armenian Apostolic Church); 9 October; Church of England, 1662 Book of Common Prayer;
Attributes	Vested as a bishop, holding a Gospel Book
Patronage	Athens, Crotone, Jerez de la Frontera and Ojén

Dionysius the Areopagite (/daɪəˈnɪsiəs/; ‹See Tfd›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.

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

[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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