2nd century bishop of Lyon and saint
b. 87 · d. 177
1st Bishop of Lyon · ?–c. 177
Saint Pothinus was the first bishop of Lyon and the first bishop of Gaul. He is first mentioned in a letter attributed to Irenaeus of Lyon. The letter was sent from the Christian communities of Lyon and Vienne to the Roman province of Asia.
Phrygia · Lugdunum