A mob and then the authorities destroy the church at Lyons in Gaul; the letter of the survivors, preserved by Eusebius, names the martyrs Blandina and Pothinus.
Tagged: Persecution Christian
The Event
- Date
- 177 (exact)
- Era
- Patristic; Standard ecumenical periodization
- Location
- Lyons, Gaul; today Lyon, France
- Traditions
- Christianity
- Key figures
- Blandina, Pothinus, Irenaeus
- Key texts
- Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History 5.1
Primary Sources
- Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History 5.1 (the Lyons letter)
Secondary Sources
- Frend, The Rise of Christianity (Fortress, 1984)
Provenance: HIST-0009; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-26.
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