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DIONYSIUS

(Gk. Dionysios)

A convert to Christianity through Paul’s ministry in Athens (Acts 17:34). Called “the Areopagite,” Dionysius was a member of Athens’ chief governing council, the Areopagus, and the first bishop of Athens (Eusebius HE 3.4.11; 4.23.3). Tradition also names him as Athens’ first Christian martyr and its patron saint. A body of pseudonymous mystic literature, melding Christian and Neo-Platonic thought, is attributed to him. His name was derived from that of Dionysus (Gk. Diónysos), the Greek god of wine, ecstatic experience, vegetation, and drama (cf. 2 Macc. 6:7; 14:33).

Eric F. Mason







Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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