Dionysius the Areopagite
Greek bishop and saint
b. 1st century · d. 1st century
Dionysius the Areopagite 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.
Related people
- Damaris spouse of · traditional
Events
Commemorated
Places
- Athens death
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Acts of the Apostles 1 claim — Paul before the Areopagus
Glosses
- The pseudo-Areopagite One verse of Acts gives Dionysius the Areopagite a name and a council seat and nothing else. Around the year 500 a body of Greek theological writing appeared under that name — the Divine Names, the Mystical Theology…