Irenaeus
Irenaeus, ir-e-nee'us, [Gr. TZiprivalog ; Fr. Irenee, e'ra'-
na'; It. Ireneo, e-ra-na'o,] Saint, a Christian martyr,
born about 130 or 140 A.D., was a Greek by birth, and
was probably a native of Asia Minor, as he was a pupil
of the eminent Bishop Polycarp of Smyrna. About 177
he became Bishop of Lyons, (Lugdunum,) in France, in
place of Pothinus, ...
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Saint Irenaeus (Greek: Εἰρηναῖος), (2nd century AD – c. 202)
was Bishop of Lugdunum in Gaul, then a part of the Roman
Empire (now Lyons, France). He was an early church father
and apologist, and his writings were formative in the early
development of Christian theology. He was a hearer of
Polycarp,[1] who in turn was a disciple of John the
Ev...
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（Εἰρηναῖος). A native of Greece, disciple of Polycarp, and
bishop of Lyons, in France. The time of his birth and the
precise place of his nativity cannot be satisfactorily
ascertained. On the martyrdom of Photinus, his predecessor
in the see of Lyons, Irenaeus, who had been a distinguished
member of the church in that quarter, was appointed hi...
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