Dionisiy Divniy was a Bulgarian

Bulgarians

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 writer and translator of the second half of the 14th century. He was a representative of the Tarnovo Literary School

Tarnovo Literary School

The Tarnovo Literary School of the late 14th and 15th century was a major medieval Bulgarian cultural academy with important contribution to the Medieval Bulgarian literature established in the capital of Bulgaria Tarnovo...

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Dionisiy was a disciple of the cleric and noted hesychast

Hesychasm

Hesychasm is an eremitic tradition of prayer in the Eastern Orthodox Church, and some of the Eastern Catholic Churches, such as the Byzantine Rite, practised by the Hesychast Hesychasm is an eremitic tradition of prayer in the Eastern Orthodox Church, and some of the Eastern Catholic Churches,...

 Theodosius of Tarnovo

Theodosius of Tarnovo

The Holy Venerable Theodosius of Tarnovo was a high-ranking 14th-century Bulgarian cleric and hermit and the person credited with establishing hesychasm in the Second Bulgarian Empire...

. Records for his work are contained in the Passional for Theodosius of Tarnovo written by the Patriarch of Constantinople

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 Callistus I

Patriarch Callistus I of Constantinople

Kallistos I was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople for two periods from June 1350 to 1353 and from 1354 to 1363. Kallistos I was an Athonite monk and supporter of Gregory Palamas. He died in Constantinople in 1363.-Life:...

. Dionisiy was mentioned among the most notable disciples of Theodosius and received a lot of attention. His skills in translation of books from Greek to Bulgarian was emphasized and hence his nickname Divniy, meaning marvelous or wonderful. Callistus wrote that Dionisiy translated many books. It is also mentioned in the passional that he was present in the council against the heretics in Tarnovo, organized by emperor Ivan Alexander

Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria

Ivan Alexander , also known as John Alexander, ruled as Emperor of Bulgaria from 1331 to 1371, during the Second Bulgarian Empire. The date of his birth is unknown. He died on February 17, 1371. The long reign of Ivan Alexander is considered a transitional period in Bulgarian medieval history...

 in 1360.

When in 1469 Vladislav the Grammarian

Vladislav the Grammarian

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 made a copy of the works of John Chrysostom

John Chrysostom

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, he specified that the translation was made by Dionisiy Divniy.