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Irenaeus
(*Ei)rhnai=os).
1. St., bishop of Lyon, in Gaul, during the latter part of the second century after Christ, seems to have been a native of Smyrna, or of some neighboring place in Asia Minor.
The time of his birth is not known exactly, but Dodwell is certainly wrong in placing it so early as A. D. 97; it was probably between A. D. 120 and A. D. 140.
In his early youth he heard Polycarp, for whom he felt throughout life the greatest reverence.
The occasion of his going from Asia to Gaul is uncertain; the common account is that he accompanied Pothinus on his mission to Gaul, which resulted in the formation of the churches at Lyon and Vienne.
He became a presbyter to Pothinus, on whose martyrdom, in A. D. 177, Irenaeus succeeded to the bishopric of the church at Lyon. His government was signalised by Christian devotedness and zeal, and he made many converts from heathenism.
He was most active in opposing the Gnostics, and especially the Valentinians.
He also took part in the co
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)