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The future [[patriarch]] was born in Dimitsana in the Peloponnese. The date of his birth is not known. Having chosen a [[monasticism|monastic]] life, he was [[tonsure]]d a [[monk]] at the Magganon Monastery in Constantinople, under the spiritual guidance of [[Mark of Ephesus|Mark the Eugenikos]], the future [[metropolitan]] of Ephesus and saint. Dionysius was [[ordination|ordained]] by St. Mark into the [[diaconate]] and the [[priest]]hood.
After the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks, Dionysios Dionysius was held captive by the Turks in Adrianoupolis, but was liberated through the efforts of a noble by the name of Kyritzis. After obtaining his freedom, Dionysius was consecrated to the episcopate and assigned as Metropolitan of Philippoupolis by Patriarch [[Gennadius Scholarius|Gennadius II Scholarius]].
In January 1467, with the influence of the step-mother of Sultan Mechmet II, a Christian named Madam Maros, he became Patriarch of Constantinople, a position he held until 1471.