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Dionysius the Areopagite

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Dionysius the Areopagite (; Ancient Greek: Διονύσιος ὁ Ἀρεοπαγίτης Dionysios ho Areopagitēs) was an Athenian judge at the Areopagus Court in Athens, who lived in the first century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dionysius the Areopagite has received more than 656,731 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Dionysius the Areopagite is the 405th most popular religious figure (down from 346th in 2019), the 93rd most popular biography from Greece (down from 92nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Greek Religious Figure.

Dionysius the Areopagite is most famous for his work "The Divine Names," which is a commentary on the names of God found in the Bible.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Dionysius the Areopagite ranks 405 out of 3,187. Before him are Zacchaeus, Maximus the Confessor, Pope Zosimus, Pope Agapetus II, Pope John IX, and Pope John XVII. After him are Pope Celestine II, Saint Nino, Pope Anastasius IV, Pope Stephen VII, Pope Mark, and Gad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 100, Dionysius the Areopagite ranks 5. Before him are Ptolemy, Pope Alexander I, Joseph of Arimathea, and Decebalus. After him are Thecla, James the Less, Longinus, Saint Sarah, Pope Victor I, Pope Telesphorus, and Pope Hyginus. Among people deceased in 100, Dionysius the Areopagite ranks 16. Before him are Zechariah, John the Evangelist, Caiaphas, Herodias, Simon of Cyrene, and Zacchaeus. After him are Thecla, Apollonius of Tyana, Barabbas, Salome, Longinus, and Saint Sarah.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Dionysius the Areopagite ranks 93 out of 1,024. Before him are Giorgio de Chirico (1888), Creon (null), Archilochus (-680), Cimon (-510), Lysimachus (-361), and Nâzım Hikmet (1902). After him are Alexander of Greece (1893), Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt (1789), Simonides of Ceos (-556), Aristides (-550), Saint Titus (13), and Philomena (291).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Greece

Among religious figures born in Greece, Dionysius the Areopagite ranks 5. Before him are Saint Stephen (1), Pope Sixtus II (215), Demetrius of Thessaloniki (270), and Pope Dionysius (200). After him are Saint Titus (13), Philomena (291), Antipope Alexander V (1339), Pope Hyginus (100), Pope Eleutherius (171), Saint Giles (640), and Athenagoras I of Constantinople (1886).

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