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Dionysius the Great (Ancient Greek: Διονύσιος Ἀλεξανδρείας) was the 14th Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria from 28 December 248 until his death on 22 March 264. Most information known about him comes from a large corpus of correspondence.
St. Dionysius of Alexandria (born c. 200, Alexandria, Egypt—died c. 265, Alexandria; feast day November 17) was the bishop of Alexandria, then the most important Eastern see, and a chief opponent of Sabellianism. A Christian convert, Dionysius studied in Alexandria at the catechetical school headed by Origen, whom in 231/232 he was elected to ...
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Dionysius of Alexandria (bishop from 247-8 to 264-5), called “the Great” by Eusebius, St. Basil, and others, was undoubtedly, after St. Cyprian, the most eminent bishop of the third century. Like St. Cyprian he was less a great theologian than a great administrator.
Learn about Dionysius, a bishop and theologian of Alexandria in the third century. He studied under Origen, opposed chiliasm, and used the title "Theotokos" for Mary.
St. Dionysius ; feast day December 6) was the pope from 259/260 to December 26, 268. While a presbyter during the pontificate of Pope Stephen I (254–257), he took part in the controversy on rebaptism of converts and received an appeal from St. Dionysius the Great, bishop of Alexandria, to avoid a
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New Catholic Encyclopedia. DIONYSIUS OF ALEXANDRIA, ST. Bishop of Alexandria, 247–265, disciple of origen, and father of the church; b. c. 190; d. Alexandria, 265.
Pope Dionysius ( Greek: Διονύσιος) was the bishop of Rome from 22 July 259 CE to his death on 26 December 268. His task was to reorganise the Catholic Church, after the persecutions of Emperor Valerian I, and the edict of toleration by his successor Gallienus.
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