# Denis

> He's venerated as the patron saint of France and Paris, but Denis is best remembered for what came after his execution: according to legend, the decapitated 3rd-century bishop picked up his severed head and walked several miles preaching repentance.

*3rd-century Bishop of Paris and saint*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/denis

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Born:** 201
- **Died:** 250
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Denis served as bishop of Paris—then called Lutetia—in the third century, when professing Christianity could cost you your life. Around AD 250, likely during Emperor Decius's persecution, he and two companions, Rusticus and Eleutherius, were martyred by beheading. The story that grew around his death made him Christianity's most famous cephalophore: a saint who carried his own head. A local Christian woman built a chapel where he was buried. That chapel became an abbey, then a basilica, and eventually the center of Saint-Denis, now a suburb folded into the edges of Paris. He was later named one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, a group of saints invoked against specific afflictions.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 55.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 22.8 / 100
- **Now attention:** 20.8 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Topics
#Religious Figures, #Religious Figure, #Religion, #Ancient History

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q244380)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Denis)
- [Dionís de París](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion%C3%ADs_de_Par%C3%ADs)
- [Svatý Diviš](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svat%C3%BD_Divi%C5%A1)
- [Denis](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis)
- [Dionysius von Paris](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysius_von_Paris)
- [Denis of Paris](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_of_Paris)
- [Denizo de Parizo](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denizo_de_Parizo)
- [Dionisio de París](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionisio_de_Par%C3%ADs)
- [Denis](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis)
- [Denis Pariskoa](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Pariskoa)
- [Dionysius (pyhimys)](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysius_(pyhimys))
- [Denis de Paris](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_de_Paris)
- [Dionysius fan Parys](https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysius_fan_Parys)
- [דיוניסיוס הקדוש](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1_%D7%94%D7%A7%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A9)
- [Sveti Dionizije Pariški](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sveti_Dionizije_Pari%C5%A1ki)
- [Denis de Paris](https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_de_Paris)
- [Párizsi Szent Dénes](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1rizsi_Szent_D%C3%A9nes)
- [Դիոնիսիոս Փարիզեցի](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B4%D5%AB%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%AB%D5%BD%D5%AB%D5%B8%D5%BD_%D5%93%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%A6%D5%A5%D6%81%D5%AB)
- [Denis](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis)
- [Dionigi di Parigi](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionigi_di_Parigi)
- [パリのディオニュシウス](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%83%AA%E3%81%AE%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%AA%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A5%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A6%E3%82%B9)
- [파리의 디오니시우스](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8C%8C%EB%A6%AC%EC%9D%98_%EB%94%94%EC%98%A4%EB%8B%88%EC%8B%9C%EC%9A%B0%EC%8A%A4)
- [Dionysius Parisiensis](https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysius_Parisiensis)
- [Denis vu Paräis](https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_vu_Par%C3%A4is)
- [متياس دينيس](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3)
- [Дыянісій Парыжскі](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%8B%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%81%D1%96%D0%B9_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B6%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96)

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