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Dionysius the Areopagite.

1. Converted by Paul at Athens (Acts 17:34); tradition regards him as the 1st bp. Athens (Eusebius, HE, III, iv, 11; IV, xxiii, 3). 2. Unknown author (ca. AD 500), long identified wrongly with Paul's convert. Works include The Celestial Hierarchy; The Divine Names. Called “Pseudo-Areopagite” and “Pseudo-Dionysius.” See also Angels, Good, 5.


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