LISTEN | Morning Prayer - June 28, 2023 | Memorial of St. Ireneaus, Bishop, Martyr and Doctor of the Church "Come, let us worship Christ, the King of martyrs." - invitatory antiphon
The Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Irenaeus of Lyons, Bishop and Martyr (130-202). He was born in Asia Minor around the year 140. It is not known when he came to Gaul. He was a priest of the Church of Lyons during the persecution of 177 when St. Pothinus, first bishop of the city and the first martyr of Lyons, was put to death. Irenaeus succeeded him as bishop and twenty-five years later was martyred in his turn during a fresh persecution. At a time when Gnostic sects threatened to undermine Christianity by a perversion of Christian thought, St. Irenaeus vigorously denounced all heresies and safeguarded unity of belief by laying down the principles of the doctrinal tradition of the Church.
In 2022, Pope Francis declared St. Irenaeus to be Doctor of the Universal Church, with the title “Doctor Unitatis” (“Doctor of Unity”).
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