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St. Denis of Paris, saint we proposed a couple of weeks. His life was spent at the end of the third century and soon appropriated the legend of Dionysius the Areopagite, a character referred to the Acts of the Apostles and would have been converted by St. Paul, becoming bishop of Athens. So, after being the head of the Christian community in this place, goes to Gaul, becoming the first bishop of Paris, where he would be arrested by the emperor and suffer all the tortures that are reserved to the early martyrs, supporting them all with stoicism and resignation. Finally, Dionisio will be beheaded along with two companions, the priest Rusticus and the deacon Eleuterio.
However, after execution, the saint stands up and, grabbing his head in his hands, starts to walk to the location of his tomb.
is probably the holy cefalóforo best known, and its shape is easy to identify: it can appear with his throat cut, taking his head in his hands (left) or with two heads, one on the shoulders (right). As a bishop who was also usually carry a miter.
His cult, which originated in Paris, went to Germany, and is especially loved in Bavaria, and Italy. The kings of France made him master of his kingdom in 639, King Dagobert transferred his relics to the church of Saint Denis.
Bibliography: Duchet-SUCHAUX, Gaston and Pastoureau, Michel, The Bible and the saints , Madrid, Alianza Editorial, 2003, pp. 136-137
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