Dionysios of Zakynthos
{{Short description|Greek archbishop (c. 1547 – 1622)}}
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|birth_date=c. 1547
|death_date=December 17, 1622
|feast_day= December 17
|venerated_in=Eastern Orthodox Church
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|caption= Icon of Saint Dionysios
|titles= Archbishop and Wonderworker of Aegina
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Saint Dionysios of Zakynthos was a 16th-century Orthodox Christian Archbishop of Aegina. He was born on the Greek island of Zakynthos in 1547. He is the patron saint of Zakynthos (sometimes called Zante in English) and is celebrated on August 24 and December 17.{{cite book| last =McGinnis| first =Maura| title =Greece: A Primary Source Cultural Guide| publisher =Rosen Pub. Gp.| year =2004| location =New York| pages =54| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=N69iOTtVHGYC&q=saint+Dionysios&pg=PT55| isbn =978-0-8239-3999-2 }}
Biography
In his early life, Dionysios joined a monastery a few miles off the coast of Zakynthos. After a while living there, he was encouraged by his fellow monks to be ordained as a priest, which he did. He eventually decided to travel to the Holy Land by way of Athens. After arriving in Athens, he was made Archbishop of Aigina despite personal protests in humility. In about the year 1589, the Patriarch of Constantinople made Archbishop Dionysios the Archbishop of Zakynthos, he stayed in this position until a permanent Archbishop arrived. After this, he returned to his island monastery where he lived out the rest of his life until his death on December 17, 1622.Basil E. Eleftheriou, Ph.D, Encyclopedia of the Major Saints and Fathers of the Orthodox Church: Volume 1 {{ISBN|1-880971-51-8}}, (Light & Life Publishing Company, 2000).
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Sources
- [http://www.orthodoxchristian.info/pages/St_Dionysios.htm St Dionysios of Zakynthos]
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Category:17th-century Greek clergy
Category:Bishops of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
Category:Eastern Orthodox bishops in Greece
Category:Eastern Orthodox theologians
Category:Greek saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church