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Pseudo-Dionysius (so̵̅o̅′dō dī′ə nis̸h′əs, -nis′ē əs)

fl. c. 500; author of Neoplatonic Christian writings that were highly influential in the Middle Ages: Pseudo-Dionysius is the traditional name ascribed to this otherwise unknown author, after the Dionysius the Areopagite mentioned in Acts 17:34

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