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'''Saint Polycarp''' (AD 70-156) was [[Bishop]] of [[Smyrna]] in [[Asia Minor]]. After 86 years of serving Christ the Lord, he laid down his life for Him in a heroic [[martyrdom]] by the [[Roman]]s. His Letter to the [[Philippians]] <ref>http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf01.iv.ii.html</ref> gives a good indication of what Catholic [[Christianity]] was like at the time.  He knew [[Ignatius of Antioch]] who was also martyred.

'''Saint Polycarp''' (AD 70-156) was [[Bishop]] of Smyrna in [[Asia Minor]]. He was a disciple of [[Saint John]].  

 

After 86 years of serving Christ the Lord, he laid down his life for Him in a heroic [[martyrdom]] by the [[Roman]]s. His Letter to the [[Philippians]] <ref>http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf01.iv.ii.html</ref> gives a good indication of what Catholic [[Christianity]] was like at the time.  He knew [[Ignatius of Antioch]] who was also martyred.

"Our chief sources of information concerning St. Polycarp are: (1) the Epistles of St. Ignatius; (2) St. Polycarp's own Epistle to the Philippians; (3) sundry passages in St. Irenæus; (4) the Letter of the Smyrnaeans recounting the martyrdom of St. Polycarp."<ref>https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12219b.htm</ref>

"Our chief sources of information concerning St. Polycarp are: (1) the Epistles of St. Ignatius; (2) St. Polycarp's own Epistle to the Philippians; (3) sundry passages in St. Irenæus; (4) the Letter of the Smyrnaeans recounting the martyrdom of St. Polycarp."<ref>https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12219b.htm</ref>

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