It was named after Dionysius the Areopagite, the first member of the Areopagus Court, who converted to Christianity in 52 AD during the visit of Paul the Apostle to Athens. The street was initially ...

Speaking to local Greek media, Father Georgios of the Catholic Cathedral of Saint Dionysius, where the first POS has been installed, said Catholic tourists visiting the church had requested the option ...

(It appears Pope Dionysius, who reigned from 259 to 268, did not feel it necessary to create the same distance from the party-loving Greek god of wine; Dionysius was a common name at that time).