Saint Pothinus
2nd century bishop of Lyon and saint
Feast: 2 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Saint Pothinus (French: Saint Pothin; c. 87 – c. 177) was the first bishop of Lyon and the first bishop of Gaul. He is first mentioned in a letter attributed to Irenaeus of Lyon. The letter was sent from the Christian communities of Lyon and Vienne to the Roman province of Asia.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- Wikidata Q984169 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Pothinus (CC BY-SA)
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