St. Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna

(69 c.-155 c.)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Polycarp, Saint, Bishop of Smyrna LBT ID: StPolyc155 VIAF ID: 2475604 LOC ID: n50080400	B/BAP: 0069 DIED: 0155
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A defender of orthodoxy who was burned to death by the Roman authorities.
REFERENCES TO St. Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna: Kennedy, James, 1793?-1827, Conversations on Religion, with Lord Byron and others, held in Cephalonia, a short time previous to His Lordship’s Death (London: John Murray, 1830) Kennedy on Scripture Found 1: ¶ 6