For the second day in a row, the Church celebrates the Memorials of Bishops. Tuesday of this week was the liturgical memorial of Saint Irenaeus.
Born around the year 130AD, he was educated at Smyrna, he was a disciple of Saint Polycarp, who himself was bishop of that city. In the year 177, he was ordained a priest in Lyons (France) and shortly thereafter was made bishop of that city. he composed works defending the Catholic faith against errors of the Gnostics, and it is said that he received the martyr's crown around the year 200.
Born around the year 130AD, he was educated at Smyrna, he was a disciple of Saint Polycarp, who himself was bishop of that city. In the year 177, he was ordained a priest in Lyons (France) and shortly thereafter was made bishop of that city. he composed works defending the Catholic faith against errors of the Gnostics, and it is said that he received the martyr's crown around the year 200.
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