Polycarp (Greek: Πολύκαρπος Polýkarpos; AD 69–155) was a 2nd-century 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 touch him. Polycarp is regarded as a saint in the Roman Catholic Eastern Orthodox Oriental Orthodox Anglican and Lutheran churches.It is recorded by Irenaeus who heard him speak in his youth and by Tertullian that he had been a disciple of John the Apostle.
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birth date
0069-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
death date
0155-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
death place
Smyrna
title
Martyr Church Father and Bishop of Smyrna
venerated in
Anglican Communion, Eastern Orthodox Church, Lutheranism, Oriental Orthodoxy, Catholic Church
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