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Christian feast day: Martyrs of Lyon, including Blandina
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Persecution in Lyon
Persecution of Christians in Lugdunum, Gaul (c.177)
The persecution in Lyon in AD 177 was an outbreak of persecution of Christians in Lugdunum, Roman Gaul, during the reign of Marcus Aurelius, recorded in a contemporary letter preserved in Eusebius's Ecclesiastical History, book 5, chapter 1, which was written 150 years later in…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Blandina
2nd century Gallic Christian martyr
Saint Blandina was a Christian martyr who died in Lugdunum during the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)