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Hieromartyr · 4th century

Irenaeus of Sirmium

Also known as Hieromartyr Irenaeus · Irenaeus Bishop of Sirmium

Bishop of Sirmium in Pannonia who was arrested during the persecution under Diocletian and Maximian; refusing to sacrifice to the idols and unmoved by appeals to spare himself for the sake of his family, he was beheaded and his body cast into the river.

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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints