Polycarp
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Polycarp was a Christian bishop of Smyrna. According to the Martyrdom of Polycarp, he died a martyr, bound and burned at the stake, then stabbed when the fire failed to consume his body. Polycarp is r
fresco from the Church of St. George, Staro Nagoričane
Mosaic of Saint Polycarp from the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna, Italy
Polycarp miraculously extinguishing the fire burning the city of Smyrna
Tomb of Polycarp in Smyrna (modern-day Izmir), 1895
Apostolic Fathers
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The Apostolic Fathers were core Christian theologians among the Church Fathers who lived in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD and are believed to have personally known some of the Twelve Apostles or to hav
Polycarp
…similarly writes that Polycarp was a disciple of John the Apostle, who had ordained him as a bishop of Smyrna. Polycarp is regarded as one of three chief Apostolic Fathers, along with Clement of Rome and Ignatius of Antioch. The sole surviving work attributed to him is the Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians, a mosaic…
Clement of Rome
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Polycarp of Smyrna
Quadratus of Athens