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[[File:512px-Izmir St Polycarp Church Icon Miraculously Extinguishing Smyrna Fire.jpeg|thumbnail|right|500px|Polycarp miraculously extinguishing fire of the city of Smyrna (Izmir, Turkey).]]

[[File:512px-Izmir St Polycarp Church Icon Miraculously Extinguishing Smyrna Fire.jpeg|thumbnail|right|500px|Polycarp miraculously extinguishing fire of the city of Smyrna (Izmir, Turkey).]]

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

'''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.

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.