. Patron saint of France and bishop of Paris. The earliest Life of the saint, known from its incipit as the Gloriosae (ca. 500), stated that Denis (Dionysius) had been sent to preach to the pagans by a “successor of the Apostles.” Settling...

(ca. 775-ca. 855/59). Born of noble parents (his aunt was mother of Louis the Pious), Hilduin was abbot of Saint-Denis near Paris from 814 and then became archbishop of Cologne (842–50) and chancellor of the German emperor Lothair I...

Saint Denis of Paris (also called Dionysius, Dennis, or Denys) is a Christian martyr and saint. In the third century, he was bishop of Paris. He was martyred in approximately 250, and is venerated especially in the Roman Catholic Church as patron of...