After his consecration , he issued a proclamation and held three councils in Raqqa in the same year , at which he issued twelve canons .
In 818 , Dionysius was elected Patriarch of Antioch unanimously by a synod of forty - eight bishops .
After Dionysius ' consecration , Dionysius issued a proclamation and held three councils in Raqqa in the same year , at which he issued twelve canons .
In 818 , Dionysius was elected Patriarch of Antioch unanimously by a synod of forty - eight bishops .