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Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
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Not to be confused with Dionysius the Areopagite.
"Pseudo-Dionysius" redirects here. For the chronicle once attributed to Dionysius Telmaharoyo, see Zuqnin Chronicle.
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (or Dionysius the Pseudo-Areopagite) was a Greek[1] author, Christian theologian and Neoplatonic philosopher of the late 5th to early 6th century, who wrote a set of works known as the Corpus Areopagiticum or Corpus Dionysiacum.
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Born | unknown (5th–6th century AD) |
Died | unknown (5th–6th century AD) |
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Notable work | De Coelesti Hierarchia |
Era | Ancient philosophy Medieval philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Neoplatonism Christian philosophy |
Main interests | Apophatic theology Christian angelology Christian mysticism |
Notable ideas | Seven Archangels Hierarchy of angels |
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The author pseudepigraphically identifies himself in the corpus as "Dionysios", portraying himself as Dionysius the Areopagite, the Athenian convert of Paul the Apostle mentioned in Acts 17:34.[2][3][note 1]