Saint Polycarp of Smyrna (–155)
Author of Ignatius of Antioch & Polycarp of Smyrna (Early Christian Fathers)
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Works by Saint Polycarp of Smyrna
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The Apostolic Fathers: Volume I (Translated by Bart D. Ehrman) (2003) — Contributor — 278 copies, 2 reviews
The Didache: The Epistle of Barnabus, the Epistles and the Martyrdom of St. Polycarp, the Fragments of Papias, the Epistle to Diogn (Ancient Christian Writers) (1948) 264 copies, 3 reviews
The Divine Office, Volume 1: Daily Prayer for Advent, Christmastide and Weeks 1-9 (1974) — Contributor — 197 copies, 1 review
The Liturgy of the Hours According to the Roman Rite (Volume II Lenten Season and Easter Season) (1974) — Contributor — 189 copies
The Liturgy of the Hours According to the Roman Rite (Volume III: The Weeks of the Year 6 - 34) (1974) — Contributor — 72 copies
Witness of the Saints: Patristic Readings in the Liturgy of the Hours (2012) — Contributor — 29 copies, 1 review
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- Canonical name
- Saint Polycarp of Smyrna
- Other names
- Polycarp of Smyrna
Polycarp - Birthdate
- 69
- Date of death
- 155
- Gender
- male
- Occupations
- bishop
- Organizations
- Roman Catholic Church
- Short biography
- 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.
- Nationality
- Roman Empire
- Places of residence
- Smyrna, Asia Minor
- Place of death
- Smyrna, Asia Minor
- Associated Place (for map)
- Smyrna, Asia Minor
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Ignatius of Antioch and Polycarp of Smyrna were two of the greatest leaders of Christianity in the first half of the second century. Both suffered martyrdom: Ignatius in Rome during the reign of Trajan, and Polycarp in Smyrna some time in the mid-century.
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