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Dionysius of Vienne
Bishop of Vienne and missionary
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 8 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
200
Died
193
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Vienne in Gallia Lugdunensis, in France, Saint Dionysius, bishop.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 9 May as a bishop of Vienne.
Connected on this site
- Sixtus I Saint“Sixtus I with St.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 9 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1227021 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Dionysius of Vienne (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.