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Dionysius the Areopagite

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Dionysius the Areopagite (; Ancient 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dionysius the Areopagite is the 499th most popular religious figure (down from 405th in 2019), the 107th most popular biography from Greece (down from 93rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Greek Religious Figure.

Dionysius the Areopagite is most famous for his work "The Divine Names," which is a commentary on the names of God found in the Bible.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Dionysius the Areopagite ranks 499 out of 3,187. Before him are Basilios Bessarion, Antipope Benedict XIII, Pope Benedict V, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Pope Stephen II, and Zaynab bint Ali. After him are Alcuin, John Climacus, Pope Victor II, Eric IX of Sweden, Thomas à Kempis, and Charbel Makhlouf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 100, Dionysius the Areopagite ranks 12. Before him are Pope Hyginus, Pope Telesphorus, Pope Victor I, Saint Sarah, James the Less, and Decebalus. After him are Thecla, Apollos, Philemon, Lydia of Thyatira, Ananias of Damascus, and Cornelius the Centurion. Among people deceased in 100, Dionysius the Areopagite ranks 23. Before him are Saint Sarah, Salome, Herodias, Barabbas, Zacchaeus, and Apollonius of Tyana. After him are Nicodemus, Thecla, Apollos, Zebedee, Lydia of Thyatira, and Pontius Pilate's wife.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Dionysius the Areopagite ranks 107 out of 1,024. Before him are John V Palaiologos (1332), Cimon (-510), Myron (-500), Theo Angelopoulos (1935), Antiochus V Eupator (-173), and Admetus (null). After him are Aristides (-550), Agrippina the Elder (-14), Eleftherios Venizelos (1864), Melina Mercouri (1920), Pheidippides (-600), and Mahfiruz Hatun (1590).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Greece

Among religious figures born in Greece, Dionysius the Areopagite ranks 7. Before him are Saint Stephen (1), Pope Sixtus II (215), Pope Eleutherius (171), Pope Dionysius (200), Demetrius of Thessaloniki (270), and Pope Hyginus (100). After him are Athenagoras I of Constantinople (1886), Saint Titus (13), Philomena (291), Antipope Alexander V (1339), Saint Giles (640), and Porphyry of Gaza (347).

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