03 July 2009

Irenaeus of Clusium (Tuscany)

3 July

Irenaeus, deacon and martyr, with the Roman matron Mustiola, killed at Clusium (Chiusi) in Tuscany, in the reign of the emperor Aurelian, in 273. Irenaeus was arrested for burying the martyred Felix of Sutri and was slain in the presence of Mustiola. She was beaten to death with a club after spurning the advances of a local magistrate.

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