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Dionysius of Alexandria

Head of the Church in Alexandria from 248 to 264

Lived
190–264

Updated September 2026

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About Dionysius of Alexandria

Dionysius the Great was the 14th Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria from 28 December 248 until his death on 22 March 264. Most information known about him comes from a large corpus of correspondence. Only one complete letter survives; the remaining letters are excerpted in the works of Eusebius.

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