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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hrefn, post: 7724076, member: 115171&quot;]This arrived today, a silver denier of Lyon, circa 1200-1260 AD.&nbsp;&nbsp; This coin proudly parades the fact that Lyon, then Lugdunum, was the first seat of a Christian bishop in Gaul.&nbsp; I erroneously believed the first bishop of Lyon was Irenaeus, and I was reviewing his Wikipedia entry in conjunction with cataloguing this coin.&nbsp; Thus I learned Irenaeus had a predecessor in the episcopate of Lugdunum, named Saint Pothinus, who was martyred by an unruly crowd during the usually tolerant reign of Marcus Aurelius.&nbsp; And oddly enough, today June 28th is Irenaeus’ feast day.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1324026[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1324027[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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