Dionysius was
Bishop of Vienne
The Archbishopric of Vienne, named after its episcopal seat in Vienne in the Isère département of southern France, was a metropolitan Roman Catholic archdiocese. It is now part of the Archdiocese of Lyon.
History
The legend according to whi ...
. He was among the ten missionaries sent by
Pope St. Sixtus I with
St. Peregrinus to Gaul. Dionysius later succeeded St. Justus as
Bishop of Vienne
The Archbishopric of Vienne, named after its episcopal seat in Vienne in the Isère département of southern France, was a metropolitan Roman Catholic archdiocese. It is now part of the Archdiocese of Lyon.
History
The legend according to whi ...
, in
Dauphiné
The Dauphiné (, ) is a former province in Southeastern France, whose area roughly corresponded to that of the present departments of Isère, Drôme and Hautes-Alpes. The Dauphiné was originally the Dauphiné of Viennois.
In the 12th centu ...
, France.
St. Dionysius
Catholic Online
References
193 deaths
2nd-century bishops in Gaul
2nd-century Christian saints
Gallo-Roman saints
Year of birth unknown
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