Irenaeus

Iranaeus was bishop of Lyons, in what is now France, in the second century A.D. He has been widely recognized as a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church, and his writings were formative in the early development of Christian theology. The Roman Church considers him a [Father of the Church]?. He was a disciple of Polycarp?, who himself was a disciple of [John the Evangelist]?.

• Born: 120 A.D.
• Died: 202 A.D.