See Also: Dionysius the Areopagite(encyclopedia)
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite(encyclopedia)
Areopagite(dictionary)
AREOPAGITE(law)
Dionysius I(encyclopedia)
Dionysius (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Dionysius of Halicarnassus(encyclopedia)

Dionysius the Areopagite (sh)




flourished 1st century

Biblical figure, converted by St. Paul.

His conversion at Athens is mentioned in Acts 17:34, and he acquired a posthumous reputation largely through confusion with later Christians similarly named. Around AD 500, a series of influential Greek treatises uniting Neoplatonism and Christian theology were forged in his name; the writer, probably a Syrian monk, is now known as Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite.