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Pope St Dionysius

† AD 268 · pontificate 22 July AD 259 – 26 December 268

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Pope St Dionysius

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The anonymous author of the Liber Pontificalis, who reflects the historical mentality of the 6th century, asserts that he came from the monastic order; perhaps he meant to allude to D.'s quality as an ascetic. He reigned as pontiff (by conventional chronology) from the consulate of Aemilianus and Bassus (259) to that of Claudius and Paternus (265). In any case, it is certain that he must be a pope of the 3rd century. He was buried in the cemetery of Callistus on the Appian …

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