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Seeing St. Paul martyred in Rome, St. Dionysius desired to be a [[martyr]] as well. He went to Gaul, along with his presbyster Rusticus and the deacon Eleutherius, to preach the gospel to the barbarians where his suffering was equalled only by his success in converting many pagans to Christianity. He built a small church in Paris where the [[Divine_Liturgy|Divine Services]] were celebrated.
In the year 96, St. Dionysius was seized and tortured for Christ, along with Rusticus and Eleutherius, and all three were beheaded under the reign of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domitian DometianDomitian]. St. Dionysius' head rolled a rather long way until it came to the feet of Catula, a Christian. She honorably buried it along with his body.
St. Dionysius wrote many famous books, including: ''The Divine Names of God'', ''Celestial and Ecclesiastical Hierarchies'' and ''Mystical Theology''. His [[feast day]] is [[October 3]]rd. His ''Letter to Titus'' is quoted by [[John_of_Damascus|St. John of Damscus]] in his work ''On the Divine Images'', a defense of [[icons]] during the [[iconoclast|iconocalstic controveries]].