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Easton's Bible Dictionary - Dionysius

Dionysius [N] [H] [S]

the Areopagite, one of Paul's converts at Athens ( Acts 17:34 ).

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M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.
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Easton, Matthew George. "Entry for Dionysius". "Easton's Bible Dictionary". .

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary - Dionysius

Dionysius [N] [E] [S]

divinely touched
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Hitchcock, Roswell D. "Entry for 'Dionysius'". "An Interpreting Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names". . New York, N.Y., 1869.

Smith's Bible Dictionary - Dionysius

Dionysius [N] [E] [H]

(devoted to Dionysus , i.e., Bacchus ) the Areopagite, ( Acts 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.

[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
[E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary
[H] indicates this entry was also found in Hitchcock's Bible Names
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Smith, William, Dr. "Entry for 'Dionysius'". "Smith's Bible Dictionary". . 1901.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Dionysius

DIONYSIUS

di-o-nish'-i-us (Dionusios, surnamed "the Areopagite"):

One of the few Athenians converted by Paul (Acts 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.

J. E. Harry

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'DIONYSIUS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.