holidays
June 2,
Christian feast day: Martyrs of Lyon, including Blandina
Persecution in Lyon
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 Palestine. Gregory of Tours also describes the persecution in the 6th century in De Gloria martyrum.
Blandina
Saint Blandina was a Christian martyr who died in Lugdunum during the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius.