Denis: Name Day
Orthros keeps the name day for Denis on October 9 on the New Calendar and October 22 on the Old Calendar: the feast of St Denis of Paris.
The saint
St Denis of ParisDionysius, known in France as Saint Denis, was sent, tradition says, from Italy to preach the Gospel in Gaul in the third century, and became the first bishop of the small Christian community at Lutetia, the city that would become Paris.Read the life ›Questions
- When is the name day for Denis?
- Orthros keeps the name day for Denis on October 9 on the New Calendar and October 22 on the Old Calendar.
- Which saint's feast is the name day for Denis?
- It is the feast of St Denis of Paris.