Saint Irenaeus of Lyon
Originally from Asia Minor and a disciple of Saint Polycarp, Irenaeus became the second Bishop of Lyon following the mar…
Place
Lugdunum
FR
Today: Lyon
3 saints associated
Saint Pothinus and his companions (Martyrs of Lyon)
In 177, under Marcus Aurelius, forty-eight Christians from Lyon and Vienne, led by Bishop Pothinus and the slave Blandin…
Saint Valerian of Tournus
A deacon who escaped from the prisons of Lyon in the 2nd century, Valerian took refuge in Tournus where he evangelized t…