What is Saint Denis?
'''Saint Denis''' is the [[patron saint]] of [[France]]. Saint Denis was the first [[bishop]] of [[Paris]]. He supposedly went there between [[250]] and [[270]]. He was executed in [[272]]. According to legend, he was [[behead]]ed. After his beheading, he walked away, his head under his arms, along what is today the Rue des Martyrs in [[Paris]]. After about {{convert|6|km|mi|1|abbr=on|lk=on}}, he gave his head to a pious woman, who had a basilica erected in the spot. {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Denis, Saint}} [[Category:3rd-century births]] [[Category:272 deaths]] [[Category:Christian saints]]