Irenaeus

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Timeline

Names of Roman emperors are in small caps under year of accession.

138 Antoninus Pius

140 (?) Valentinus the Gnostic comes to Rome from Egypt

Mid-140s (?) Birth of Irenaeus—at Smyrna?

157 (23 Feb.) Martyrdom of Polycarp in Smyrna

161 Marcus Aurelius (with Lucius Verus until 169)

Early 160s (?) Irenaeus moves to Lyon

175–189 Eleutherus bishop of Rome

177/180 Persecution in Lyon and Vienne;
Irenaeus becomes bishop of Lyon

180–185 (?) Writing of Against the Heresies

181 Commodus

185–190 (?) Writing of Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching

189–199 Victor bishop of Rome

193 Civil war and accession of Septimius Severus

??? Death of Irenaeus