masculine Irenäus

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greek
Name Root:
eiríni > eirḗnē > Eirēnáios
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This name derives from the Ancient Greek “Eirēnáios (Εἰρηναῖος),” from “eiríni (ειρήνη) eirḗnē ‎(εἰρήνη),” meaning “peace, tranquility, harmony.” Saint Irenaeus was Bishop of Lugdunum in Gaul, then a part of the Roman Empire (now Lyons, France). He was an early church father and apologist, and his writings were formative in the early development of Christian theology. He was a hearer of Polycarp, who in turn was a disciple of John the Evangelist.

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Irenäus Eibl-eibesfeldt (born 1928) Austrian Ethologist, Founder Of The Field Of Human Ethology