Dionysius of Corinth

Holy Martyr Dionysius of Corinth was a disciple of the Holy Martyr Quadratus and received a martyr's death in Corinth, in the time of Emperor Decius (249-251), stabbed with a knife. He is commemorated on 23 March, in the company of Quadratus and his companions, in which there are two Dionysii.

After Quadratus, the eldest of the martyrs, was beheaded with the sword together with those who followed him, the other disciples also suffered for Christ in various ways. Dionysius, the other of this name, was stabbed with a knife; Victorinus, Victor and Nicephorus were crushed alive in a huge stone mortar; Claudius had his hands and feet cut off; Diodorus threw himself into the prepared pyre; Serapion was beheaded; Papias and Leonides were drowned in the sea. Following in the steps of the men, many holy women also went willingly to torments.