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The Tale of St. Denis
St. Denis came from either Rome or Greece during the early history of the church, somewhere in the 1st-3rd centuries. The exact time and place of his origins are in dispute. What is certain is that he was beheaded for preaching Chrisianity in the area around Paris. The Romans at that time controlled Paris. Christianity was outlawed by the Romans as a strange sect. Denis denied the divinity of the Roman empreor and was arrested, taken to the Temple of Mercury on Monmarte Hill and beheaded.
st-dennis.org
st-dennis.org
What made his beheading more amazing is that after his head was removed, St. Denis picked it up and walked over to a nearby river to wash it off. He then walked another 6000 paces before he fell over and died. A church known as St. Denis was built on the site where he was buried.
He is the patron saint of France.
ssa.paris.online.fr/pages/SaintDenis.htm
He is the patron saint of France.
ssa.paris.online.fr/pages/SaintDenis.htm
