Returning to Gaul, Irenaeus succeeded the martyr Saint Pothinus as Bishop of Lyons. During the religious peace which followed the persecution of Marcus Aurelius, the new bishop divided his ...

Pompey fled to Egypt, where he was murdered on the orders of Pothinus, advisor to Ptolemy Xlll. Pompey may have been an adversary, but he was also Caesar's son-in-law. Caesar was enraged by the ...