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SUMMARY:Saint Denis and Companions
DESCRIPTION:Image: Detail | Louis XII of France Kneeling in Prayer | Jean Bourdichon\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaint Denis and Companions\nSaint of the Day for October 9\n(d. 258?)\nClick to hear audio clip ► \nSaint Denis and Companions’ Story\nThis martyr and patron of France is regarded as the first bishop of Paris. His popularity is due to a series of legends\, especially those connecting him with the great abbey church of St. Denis in Paris. He was for a time confused with the writer now called Pseudo-Dionysius. \nThe best hypothesis contends that Denis was sent to Gaul from Rome in the third century and beheaded in the persecution under Emperor Valerius in 258. \nAccording to one of the legends\, after he was martyred on Montmartre (literally\, “mountain of martyrs”) in Paris\, he carried his head to a village northeast of the city. Saint Genevieve built a basilica over his tomb at the beginning of the sixth century. \n\nReflection\nAgain\, we have the case of a saint about whom almost nothing is known\, yet one whose cult has been a vigorous part of the Church’s history for centuries. We can only conclude that the deep impression the saint made on the people of his day reflected a life of unusual holiness. In all such cases\, there are two fundamental facts: A great man gave his life for Christ\, and the Church has never forgotten him—a human symbol of God’s eternal mindfulness. \n\nSaint Denis is the Patron Saint of:\nFrance
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