'Tis the Memorial of Saint Irenaeus, Bishop & Martyr & Doctor of the Church (circa 130-202, of Lyon), second (II) Bishop of Lyon (then Lugdunum), martyred in the reign of the Roman emperor Septimius Severus; a Father of the Church, author of On the Detection & Overthrow of the So-Called Gnosis, also known as Adversus Haereses ("Against Heresies").
'Tis the Friday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time (Tempus per annum, "time through the year"): Wikipedia-link.
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