Rustique

Who they were

At Paris, the birthday of the holy martyrs the Bishop Dionysius the Areopagite, the priest Rusticus, and the deacon Eleutherius. Dionysius was baptized by the Apostle Paul, and ordained first Bishop of Athens. Then, coming to Rome, he was sent into Gaul by the Roman Pontiff, St. Clement, to preach the Gospel. Arriving at Paris, he faithfully carried out for a number of years the work entrusted to him. At last, after being subjected to most severe tortures by the prefect Fescenninus, he underwent martyrdom, together with his companions, by being put to the sword.

The miracles

There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.

Why that counted as sanctity

The Dominican Martyrology (1955) remembers him on 9 October.

Connected on this site

• Dionysius the Areopagite Saint
  “At Paris, the birthday of the holy martyrs the Bishop Dionysius the Areopagite, the priest Rusticus, and the deacon Eleutherius.” — this site's research