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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, 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 through the influence of the step-mother of Sultan Mechmet Mehmed II, a Christian named Madam MarosMara Brankovic, he became Patriarch of Constantinople, a position he held until 1471.
Dionysius came under accusation that he had renounced his Christian faith and accepted circumcision during his captivity in Adrianoupolis. That this was false he proved before a panel of [[bishop|hierarchs]] and [[laity|laymen]] "by showing his flesh to all the people". Having proven his point, Dionysius left the patriarchate in 1471 and entered the Monastery of Eikosifinissa in Drama.
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{{succession|
before=[[Symeon Iof Trebizond |Symeon I]]|title=[[List of Patriarchs of Constantinople|Patriarch of Constantinople]]|
years=1467-1471|
after=[[Symeon Iof Trebizond |Symeon I]]}}
{{succession|
before=Nifon II|
title=Patriarch of Constantinople|
years=1488-1490|
after=[[Maximus IVof Constantinople|Maximus IV]]}}
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