Jerome. Lives of Illustrious Men 27
27 Dionysius the bishop PL 23, 645
Dionysius, bishop of the church of Corinth, was of so great eloquence and industry that he taught not only the people of his own city and province but also those of other provinces and cities by his letters. Of these one is To the Lacedæmonians, another To the Athenians, a third To the Nicomedians, a fourth To the Cretans, a fifth To the church at Amastrina and to the other churches of Pontus, a sixth To the Gnosians and to Pinytus bishop of the same city, a seventh To the Romans, addressed to Soter their bishop, an eighth To Chrysophora a holy woman. He flourished in the reign of Marcus Antoninus Verus and Lucius Aurelius Commodus.
Dionysius Corinthiorum Ecclesiae episcopus, tantae eloquentiae et industriae fuit, ut non solum suae civitatis 869 et provinciae populos, sed et aliarum urbium et provinciarum episcopos epistolis erudiret. Ex quibus est una ad Lacedaemonios, alia ad Athenienses, tertia ad Nicomedienses, quarta ad Cretenses, quinta ad Ecclesiam Amastrianam, et ad reliquas Ponti Ecclesias, sexta ad Cnossianos, et ad Pinytum ejusdem urbis episcopum, septima ad Romanos, quam scripsit ad Soterem episcopum eorum, octava ad Chrysophoram, sanctam feminam. Claruit sub impp. M. Antonino Vero, et L. Aurelio Commodo.
Διονύσιος τῆς κατὰ Κόρινθον Ἐκκλησίας ἐπίσκοπος τοσοῦτον εὐφραδὴς καὶ σπουδαῖος ἐγένετο, ὥστε μὴ μόνον τοὺς λαοὺς τῆς ἰδίας 870 πόλεως καὶ ἐπαρχίας, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἑτέρων ἐπαρχιῶν καὶ πόλεων, δι' οἰκείων ἐπιστολῶν πεπαιδευκέναι, ἀφ' ὧν ἐστι μία πρὸς Λακεδαιμονίους, ἄλλη πρὸς Ἀθηναὶους, τρίτη πρὸς Νικομηδεῖς, τετάρτη πρὸς Κρῆτας, πέμπτη πρὸς Ἀμαστριανὴν Ἐκκλησίαν, καὶ ἑτέρας Πόντου Ἐκκλησίας, ἕκτη πρὸς Κνωσσιανοὺς καὶ Πινυτὸν τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως ἐπίσκοπον, ἑβδόμη πρὸς Ῥωμαίους, ἣν ἔγραψε πρὸς Σωτῆρα τὸν τούτων ἐπίσκοπον, ὀγδόη πρὸς Χρυσοφόραν εὐλαβῆ γυναῖκα. Διέπρεψεν ἐπὶ Μάρκου Ἀντωνίνου Βήρου, καὶ Λουκίου Αὐρηλίου Κομόδου.