Pope Dionysius

Giovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754 · Public domainGiovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754

Pope259–268

Who

Wrote against Sabellianism and the subordinationist language of Dionysius of Alexandria, who answered him in a work of defence (Athanasius, On the Decrees).

Sources

Eusebius, Church History
Liber Pontificalis
Annuario Pontificio

Lineage

In the succession →

See of Rome, 259–268.

Succeeded: Pope Sixtus II257–258
See of Rome, 259–268
Succeeded by: Pope Felix I269–274
See of Rome, 269–274

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