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Denis the Areopagite

At Paris, the birth-day of the holy martyrs Denis, the Areopagite bishop, Rusticus, priest, and Eleutherius, deacon; of whom, St. Denis, being baptized by St. Paul the apostle, and ordained the first bishop of Athens, going after to Rome, was sent thence into…

Feast: 9 October

Martyrological notice

At Paris, the birth-day of the holy martyrs Denis, the Areopagite bishop, Rusticus, priest, and Eleutherius, deacon; of whom, St. Denis, being baptized by St. Paul the apostle, and ordained the first bishop of Athens, going after to Rome, was sent thence into France, by St. Clement, pope, to preach the Gospel and coming to Paris, when he; had for some years faithfully fulfilled the office committed to his charge, at last, together with his foresaid companions, after most grievous torments, by the governor Fescenninus being beheaded, accomplished his martyrdom.