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-'''Saint Denis''' (also called '''Dionysius''', '''Dennis''', or '''Denys''') is a [[Christian martyrs|Christian martyr]] and [[saint]]. In the third century, he was [[Bishop of Paris]]. He was martyred in approximately [[A.D.]] 250, and is venerated in the [[Roman Catholic Church]] as patron of [[Paris]], [[France]] and as one of the [[Fourteen Holy Helpers]]. The medieval and modern French name "Denis" derives from the ancient name [[Dionysius]]. +
-===Martyrdom===+
-Denis, having alarmed the pagan priests by his many [[Religious conversion|conversions]], was [[capital punishment|executed]] by [[beheading]] on the highest hill in Paris (now [[Montmartre]]), which was likely to have been a [[druid]]ic holy place. The martyrdom of Denis and his companions is popularly believed to have given it its current name, derived from the Latin ''mons martyrium'' ''"The Martyrs' Mountain"'', although in fact the name is more likely to derive from ''mons mercurei et mons martis'', ''Hill of Mercury and Mars''. After his head was chopped off, Denis is said to have picked it up and walked six miles, preaching a [[sermon]] the entire way, making him one of many [[cephalophore]]s in [[hagiology]]. Of the many accounts of this martyrdom, this is noted in detail in the ''[[Golden Legend]]'' and in [[Alban Butler]]'s ''[[Lives Of The Saints]]''. The site where he stopped preaching and actually died was marked by a small shrine that developed into the [[Saint Denis Basilica]], which became the burial place for the [[list of French monarchs|kings of France]]. Another account has his corpse being thrown into the [[Seine]], but recovered and buried later that night by his converts.+
-==See also==+
-*[[Cephalophore]]+
-*[[Headlessness]]+
-*[[Mural of the martyrdom of St. Denis ]]+
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