Dionysius

Also known as Pope Dionysius

Pope and bishop of Rome from 259 to 268

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Dionysius was a Pope and bishop of Rome who led the Catholic Church from 259 to 268. He served during a period of Roman persecution of Christians, making his papacy historically significant in the early development of the Church.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 5th cent.
Died: 6th cent.
Works: 94

Top works

Dionysius, the Areopagite, on the Divine names and the Mystical theology
The divine names and the Mystical theology
Opera omnia
Operum omnium quae extant ... et Georgii Pachymerae paraphrasis
Des heiligen Dionysius Areopagita angebliche Schriften ueber die beiden Hierarchien

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Dingolfing
Active from: 1748
Active to: 1817-08-14

Discography

Alte Passauer Kirchenmusik aus der Musikgeschichte der Passauer Domkirche1996

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Listeners: 160,673
Total plays: 1,917,420

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5 total works indexed

System identification of suspension bridge from ambient vibration response
· 2008 · cited 224x
Brown Adipose Tissue Responds to Cold and Adrenergic Stimulation by Induction of FGF21
· 2011 · cited 213x
Global Conservation Status of Turtles and Tortoises (Order Testudines)
· 2018 · cited 201x
Vibration Mechanisms and Controls of Long-Span Bridges: A Review
· 2013 · cited 179x
Estimating Bridge Fundamental Frequency from Vibration Response of Instrumented Passing Vehicle: Analytical and Experimental Study
· 2012 · cited 154x

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Commons category: Dionysius (pope)
date of birth: 0200-00-00
date of death: 0268-12-26

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Pope Dionysius (Greek: Διονύσιος) was the Bishop of Rome from 22 July 259 to 26 December 268. His pontificate oversaw the transition from Valerian's persecutions to the toleration issued by Gallienus in 260. During this period, he reorganized the Roman church, assigning presbyters to individual parishes.

Dionysius participated in early conciliar disputes with wide ecclesial effect. The Synods of Antioch (264–268), which condemned Paul of Samosata, addressed their synodal letter jointly to Dionysius and Maximus of Alexandria, marking the earliest known conciliar decree of its kind. In the same decade, he convened a Roman synod in response to Egyptian Christians of the Libyan Pentapolis who challenged Dionysius of Alexandria's erroneous anti-Sabellian formulations.