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Polycarp (/ ˈ p ɒ l i k ɑːr p /; Greek: Πολύκαρπος, Polýkarpos; Latin: Polycarpus; AD 69 – 155) was a Christian bishop of Smyrna. [2] According to the Martyrdom of Polycarp, he died a martyr, bound and burned at the stake, then stabbed when the fire failed to consume his body. [3]
Polycarp was martyred, the next bishop of Smyrna was Papirius. Papirius was later succeeded by Camerius, [4] Smyrna was also the place of martyrdom of Saint Pionius, during the reign of Decius. [5] Already from the early Christian years Smyrna was an autocephalous archbishopric as part of the wider Metropolis of Ephesus.
Polycarp (/ ˈ p ɒ l i k ɑːr p /; Greek: Πολύκαρπος, Polýkarpos; Latin: Polycarpus; AD 69 – 155) was a 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 consume his body.
Martyrdom of Polycarp (latin: Martyrium Polycarpi) is a manuscript written in the form of a letter that relates the religious martyrdom of Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna (the site of the modern city of İzmir, Turkey) in the 2nd century AD. It forms the earliest account of Christian martyrdom outside of the New Testament.
Saint Ignatius of Antioch visited Smyrna and later wrote letters to its bishop, Polycarp. A mob of Jews and pagans abetted the martyrdom of Polycarp in AD 153. [11] Saint Irenaeus, who heard Polycarp as a boy, was probably a native of Smyrna. [11] Another famous resident of the same period was Aelius Aristides. [13]
Saint Polycarp Church was built in 1625 with the permission of the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman I and at the request of the French King Louis XIII. [1] [2] The church building was damaged in the 1688 Smyrna earthquake and the fire that broke out in the following months. [2] It was repaired between 1690–1691. [2]
The Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians (commonly abbreviated Pol. Phil.) [1] is an epistle attributed to Polycarp, an early bishop of Smyrna, and addressed to the early Christian church in Philippi. [2] It is widely believed to be a composite of material written at two different times (see § Unity), in the first half of the second century.
John mentions Smyrna, the modern İzmir, in Revelations 2:8-11 and one of his disciples, Polycarp, who is depicted in one of the stained glass windows of the church [2] became bishop of Smyrna. The church shares its name with the catholic cathedral of İzmir. The church was built in 1898-1899.