Martyrs of Lyons and Vienne
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A group of 48 Christians from the areas of Vienne and Lyon, France, who were attacked by a pagan mob, arrested and tried for their faith, and murdered in the persecutions of Marcus Aurelius. A letter describing their fate, possibly written by Saint Irenaeus of Lyons, was sent to the churches in the Middle East.
- Alexander of Vienne
- Attalus of Pergamos
- Biblis (Biblides)
- Blandina of Lyon
- Cominus
- Maturus the Novice
- Photinus of Lyons (or Pothinus)
- Ponticus
- Sanctius (Sanctus of Vienne)
- Vettius Epagathus
- assorted dates and methods during 177
