Dionysius
DIONYSIUS
A member of the court of the Areopagus at Athens, converted under the preaching of Paul, Mal 17:34 . Tradition says that he was eminent for learning, that he was ordained by Paul at Athens, and after many labors and trials, suffered martyrdom by fire. The works ascribed to him are spurious, being the product of some unknown writer in the fourth or fifth century.
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Dionysius
See Areopagite.
Fuente: Dictionary of the Apostolic Church
Dionysius
bishop of Corinth, A.D. 170, of whom little now is known, appears to have been in considerable repute in the days of Eusebius, for eight epistles which he had written:
1, to the Lacedaemonians;
2, to the Athenians;
3, to the believers of Nicomedia, the capital of Bithynia;
4, to the Church at Gortyna, and the other churches of Crete;
5, to the Church in Amastris, together with those throughout Pontus;
6, to the Gnossians;
7, to the Romans
8; to Chrysophora, an eminent Christian matron.
These are all lost except a few fragments preserved by Eusebius; Hist. Eccl. 4:23, and 2:25. See extracts from these fragments in Lardner, Works (ed. Kippis), 2:144 sq. The Fragmenta are given in Gallandii Bibl. Patr. 1:675, and in Routh, Reliquiae Sacrae (Oxon. 1814), 1:163 sq. See Fabricius, Bibliotheca Graeca, 4:408; 12:175 (ed. Harles); Ceillier, Hist. Gin. d. auteurs sacres (Paris, 1865), 1:461.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Dionysius (2)
bishop of Rome, was at first a presbyter of the Church of Rome, and afterwards, on the martyrdom of Sixtus II (Eusebius, Hist. Ecc 7:7; Ecc 7:27), was chosen bishop of that see A.D. 259, which he held about ten years. He died A.D. 269. Dionysius Alexandrinus (q.v.) was accused before Dionysius of Rome of error as to the person of Christ in his letter to Ammonius and Euphranor, and a synod was called by the bishop of Rome to consider the matter, and an explanation was made by the bishop of Alexandria. The only fragment we have of the writings of Dionysius Romanus relates to this matter; it is a letter to the African bishops, of which Athanasius preserves a large part in his De Decret. Synod. Nic. c. 26; compare also his De Sententia Dionysii, c. 13. It is given also in Migne, Patrol. Latin, tom. 5. See Hefele, Conciliergeschichte, 1:222; Dorner, Doctrine of the Person of Christ, Edinb. transl. 2:182 sq.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Dionysius (3)
(1) Martyr in Lower Armenia with Amelianus and Sebastian; commemorated February 8.
(2) Martyr; commemorated with Ammonius, February 14.
(3) Martyr at Aquileia, with Hilarius, Tatian, Felix, and Largus; commemorated March 16.
(4) Saint, uncle of Pancratius; commemorated May 12.
(5) Bishop and confessor under Constantius; deposition at Milan. May 25.
(6) Martyr at Sinnada, with Democritus and Secundus; commemorated July 31.
(7) Saint, of Phrygia; commemorated Sept. 20.
(8) Bishop of Paris, martyr with Rusticus and Eleutherius, probably in A.D. 272; commemorated October 9.
(9) Pope, under Claudius II; deposition at Rome, December 26 or 27.
(10) Martyr, with Petrus and Lampsacensus; commemorated May 18.
(11) One of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus; commemorated October 22.
(12) Sixth bishop of Vienne, in France, thought to have been martyred A.D. 193; commemorated May 9.
(13) Three young men of the same name, martyred at Tripoli, March 24, A.D. 304.]
(14) A disciple of Quadratus, and a martyr at Corinth, probably under Diocletian.
(15) Two of this name martyred together at Caesarea, under Diocletian.
(16) Fifteenth bishop of Mentz for twenty-six years, in the beginning of the 4th century.
(17) Saint, bishop of Milan after Protasius, A.D. 346.
(18) Bishop of Lydda, present at the Council of Constantinople, A.D. 381.
(19), Eleventh bishop of Tours, a native of Burgundy, seems to have died about A.D. 513.
(20) Bishop of Ascalon, who attended the third synod of Jerusalem, A.D. 536.
(21) Bishop of Seleucia Pieria in the middle of the 6th century.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Dionysius
the Areopagite, one of Paul’s converts at Athens (Acts 17:34).
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Dionysius
d-o-nishi-us (, Dionusios, surnamed the Areopagite): One of the few Athenians converted by Paul (Act 17:34). We know nothing further about him (see AREOPAGUS). According to one account he was the first bishop of the church at Athens; according to another he suffered martyrdom in that city under Domitian. We are even told that he migrated to Rome and was sent to Paris, where he was beheaded on Montmartre (Mount of the Martyr). The patron saint of France is Denys; compare the French Denys d’Halicarnasse (Dionysius of Halicarnassus). The mystical writings which were circulated in the Middle Ages and are still extant, are pronounced by the best authorities to be forgeries, and date from a period not earlier than the 5th century.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Dionysius
[Dionys’ius]
Member of the supreme court at Athens, converted under the preaching of Paul. Act 17:34.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Dionysius
A convert of Paul.
Act 17:34
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Dionysius
Dionysius (d’o-nsh’-s), belonging to Dionysus, or Bacchus. An eminent Athenian, converted by means of Paul’s preaching. Act 17:34. Tradition reports him to have been bishop of Athens, and to have suffered martyrdom there.
Fuente: People’s Dictionary of the Bible
Dionysius
Dionys’ius. (devoted to Dionysus, that is, Bacchus). Dionysius. the Areop’agite, Act 17:34. An eminent Athenian, converted to Christianity by the preaching of St. Paul. (A.D. 52). He is said to have been first bishop of Athens. The writings which were once attributed to him are now confessed to be the production of some neo-Platonists of the sixth century.
Fuente: Smith’s Bible Dictionary
Dionysius
the Areopagite, a convert of St. Paul, Act 17:34. Chrysostom declares Dionysius to have been a citizen of Athens, which is credible, because the judges of the Areopagus generally were so. After his conversion, Dionysius was made the first bishop of Athens; having laboured, and suffered much in the Gospel, he is said to have been burnt at Athens, A.D. 95. The works attributed to Dionysius are generally reputed spurious.