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Den⋅îs

[den-is; Fr. duh-nee]
–noun
Saint, died a.d. c280, 1st bishop of Paris: patron saint of France.
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De·nis or De·nys   (děn'ĭs, də-nē')   
Patron saint of France. Sent to minister to the Gauls as the first bishop of Paris, he suffered martyrdom by decapitation.
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