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St. Denis was a Christian missionary in Gaul who was martyred in the 3rd century. He was beheaded on Montmartre Hill in Paris. Over time, miracles were attributed to his intercession, and he became venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church.

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Denis and his companions were so effective in converting people that the pagan priests

became alarmed over their loss of followers.

At their instigation, Roman Governor arrested the missionaries.

After a long imprisonment, Denis and two of his clergy were executed by beheading

on the highest hill in Paris (now Montmartre), which was likely to have been a druidic holy place.

The martyrdom of Denis and his companions is popularly believed to have given the site its current name, derived from the Latin Mons Martyrum "The Martyrs' Mountain",

although the name is possibly derived from Mons Mercurii et Mons Martis, Hill of Mercury and Mars.

After his head was cut off, Denis is said to have picked it up and walked ten kilometres (six miles)

from the summit of the hill, preaching a sermon the entire way, making him one of many cephalophores in hagiology.

Of the many accounts of this martyrdom, this is noted in detail in the Golden Legend

and in Butler's Lives Of The Saints.

The site where he stopped preaching and actually died was marked by a small shrine

that developed into the Saint Denis Basilica, which became the burial place for the kings of France.

Another account has his corpse being thrown into the Seine, but recovered and buried later that night by his converts.

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