Saint Pothinus

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Feast2 June

Saint Pothinus (

Irenaeus of Lyon. The letter was sent from the Christian communities of Lyon and Vienne to the Roman province of Asia
.

History

According to Irenaeus, Pothinus was born around the year 87,[1] probably at Smyrna. He was a disciple of Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna, and accompanied him to Rome in 158.[2]

bishop of Lyon
, Irenaeus says that Pothinus had been his predecessor in the position, and the first holder of that office.

By 177, a large number of the Christians in the area of Vienne and Lyons were Greeks from Asia. A violent persecution was there against them while Pothinus was bishop of Lyons, and Irenæus, who had been sent there by Polycarp out of Asia, was a priest of that city.[3]

Church of Saint-Pothinus in Lyon.

Pothinus died at the age of ninety, in about 177 AD,

amphitheater
.

The similarity of the name Pothinus and the

Saint Foutin
.

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Catholic Church titles
New title
Bishop of Lyon

2nd century
Succeeded by
Irenaeus