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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
"But certain men joined him and believed; among them was Dionysius the Areopagite." The court was located on Mars Hill, outside the city. The Areopagites adjudicated all grievances and all crimes. Therefore Paul, as a preacher of foreign gods, was brought before the assembly of the Areopagus; but one of the members of the Areopagus at that time, the divine Dionysius, by the right of a judge cast his vote for the truth and, having bid farewell to the senseless solemn assembly of the Areopagites, was deemed worthy of enlightenment by …
Western Saints
Bede
Among whom also is Dionysius the Areopagite. This is Dionysius, who later gloriously ruled the Church as bishop of the Corinthians, and left many volumes of his genius beneficial to the Church, which remain to this day, taking his cognomen from the place he presided over. For the Areopagus is the court of Athens, deriving its name from Mars. For indeed in Greek, Mars is called ἄρης, and 'pagos' means hill.
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