# Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite

> A Greek theologian writing around 500 AD who borrowed the name of a first-century convert to lend his mystical texts ancient authority — and it worked. His writings on how God can only be described by what He is not shaped Christian thought for a thousand years.

*Greek philosopher*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/pseudo-dionysius-the-areopagite

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Born:** 500
- **Died:** 600
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Writing in the late 5th to early 6th century, this anonymous Christian theologian and Neoplatonic philosopher produced the Corpus Areopagiticum under a stolen identity: he claimed to be Dionysius the Areopagite, the Athenian whom Paul converted in Acts 17:34. The disguise held for centuries. His actual contribution was Mystical Theology and related works that fused Greek philosophy with Christian doctrine, establishing him as the founder of apophatic theology — the idea that God is best approached through negation, by naming what He is not. The pseudonym gave him a voice that echoed through medieval Europe long after the trick was exposed.

## Fame
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## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312816)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudo-Dionysius_the_Areopagite)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Pseudo-Dionysius%20the%20Areopagite)
- [Псевдо-Дионисий Ареопагит](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B4%D0%BE-%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%82)
- [Pseudo-Dionís l'Areopagita](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudo-Dion%C3%ADs_l'Areopagita)
- [Pseudo-Dionysios Areopagita](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudo-Dionysios_Areopagita)
- [Pseudo-Dionysius Areopagita](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudo-Dionysius_Areopagita)
- [Ψευδο-Διονύσιος ο Αρεοπαγίτης](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A8%CE%B5%CF%85%CE%B4%CE%BF-%CE%94%CE%B9%CE%BF%CE%BD%CF%8D%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%BF_%CE%91%CF%81%CE%B5%CE%BF%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%AF%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82)
- [Pseŭdo-Dionizio la Areopagano](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pse%C5%ADdo-Dionizio_la_Areopagano)
- [Pseudo Dionisio Areopagita](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudo_Dionisio_Areopagita)
- [Pseudo-Dionysios Areopagita](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudo-Dionysios_Areopagita)
- [دیونوسیوس مجعول](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%B9%D9%88%D9%84)
- [Pseudo-Dionysios Areopagita](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudo-Dionysios_Areopagita)
- [Pseudo-Denys l'Aréopagite](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudo-Denys_l'Ar%C3%A9opagite)
- [פסבדו-דיוניסיוס האראופגיטי](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%A1%D7%91%D7%93%D7%95-%D7%93%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1_%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%92%D7%99%D7%98%D7%99)
- [Pseudo-Dionizije Areopagit](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudo-Dionizije_Areopagit)
- [Pszeudo-Dionüsziosz](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pszeudo-Dion%C3%BCsziosz)
- [Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudo-Dionysius_the_Areopagite)
- [Pseudo-Dionigi Areopagita](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudo-Dionigi_Areopagita)
- [偽ディオニュシオス・ホ・アレオパギテース](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%81%BD%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%AA%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A5%E3%82%B7%E3%82%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9B%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AA%E3%83%91%E3%82%AE%E3%83%86%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9)
- [위 디오니시우스](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%84_%EB%94%94%EC%98%A4%EB%8B%88%EC%8B%9C%EC%9A%B0%EC%8A%A4)
- [Pseudo-Dionysius Areopagita](https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudo-Dionysius_Areopagita)
- [Pseidodionīsijs Areopagīts](https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseidodion%C4%ABsijs_Areopag%C4%ABts)
- [വ്യാജദിയൊനുസ്യോസ്](https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%9C%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%8A%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D)
- [Pseudo-Dionysius](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudo-Dionysius)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Pseudo-Dionysius_the_Areopagite)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Pseudo-Dionigi_l'Areopagita)
- [Wikiquote](https://ja.wikiquote.org/wiki/%E5%81%BD%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%AA%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A5%E3%82%B7%E3%82%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AA%E3%83%91%E3%82%AE%E3%83%86%E3%82%B9)
- [Wikiquote](https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Pseudo-Dionizy_Areopagita)
- [Wikiquote](https://ru.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B4%D0%BE-%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%82)

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