Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (Greek: Διονύσιος ὁ Ἀρεοπαγίτης) also known as Pseudo-Denys was a Christian theologian and philosopher of the late 5th to early 6th century (writing before 532) probably Syrian the author of the set of works commonly referred to as the Corpus Areopagiticum or Corpus Dionysiacum. The author pseudonymously identifies himself in the corpus as Dionysios portraying himself as the figure of Dionysius the Areopagite the Athenian convert of St.