Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
c. 470* – c. 530
Also known as Dionysius the Areopagite · Denys · Pseudo-Denys
Feast: 9 October (Catholic)
Highlights
- Main contribution
- Anonymous late 5th/early 6th-century Syrian Christian Neoplatonist who wrote under the pseudonym of Dionysius the Areopagite (Acts 17:34).
- Best first read
- The Complete Works
- Primary source
- Pseudo-Dionysius, De Divinis Nominibus
Anonymous late 5th/early 6th-century Syrian Christian Neoplatonist who wrote under the pseudonym of Dionysius the Areopagite (Acts 17:34). Author of the Corpus Areopagiticum: Divine Names, Mystical Theology, Celestial Hierarchy, Ecclesiastical Hierarchy, and Letters. Hugely influential on later mystical and scholastic theology. NOT Paul's Athenian convert; identity disputed.
Notable works
- ·The Complete Works · 500
Primary sources
- ·Pseudo-Dionysius, De Divinis Nominibus
- ·Pseudo-Dionysius, De Mystica Theologia
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