Feast May 8
Dionysius of Vienne
Pope · Feast May 8
Biography
Dionysius was Bishop of Vienne. He was among the ten missionaries sent by Pope St. Sixtus I with St. Peregrinus to Gaul. Dionysius later succeeded St. Justus as Bishop of Vienne, in Dauphiné, France.
Feast day
May 8
Death date
193
Canonization status
Canonized
Feast month
5
Feast day of month
8