His Early Career
Dionysius was born in the village of Tel Mahre, near Raqqa on the Balikh River. He spent his early years as a monk at the monastery of Qenneshrin on the upper Euphrates near Antioch. In 815 the monastery of Qenneshrin was badly damaged by fire and its monks dispersed, and Dionysius moved northwards to the monastery of Mar Yaʿqob of Kaishum in the district of Samosata. In both monasteries he devoted himself to the study of history, and by 818 had gained a reputation as a scrupulous historian.
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