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Irenæus

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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One of the Fathers of the Church; was bishop of Lyons, and suffered martyrdom about 202; had been a disciple of Polycarp; wrote against the Gnostics in a work in Greek, which all to a few fragments in Latin is lost.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Irenæus'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​i/irenus.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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