Polycarp of Smyrna

Polycarp of Smyrna's death, which may be referred with great certainty to 155-6.

In the 150s Polycarp of Smyrna visited Rome; no agreement was reached.

Among his works are four symphonies and an opera on the life of Polycarp of Smyrna, Fiery Chariots (1993).

Polycarp of Smyrna was a bishop of Smyrna (now İzmir in Turkey).

Especially noteworthy in this context is Irenaeus of Lyons, himself a pupil of Polycarp of Smyrna.

During this period St Polycarp of Smyrna visited Rome to settle with him the question of the date of Easter.

Hieromartyr Polycarp of Smyrna, Bishop of Smyrna (167)Name days celebrated today include:

Germanicus, second half of the 2nd century, Smyrna, (mentioned in the Martyrdom of Polycarp of Smyrna)

Important Apostolic Fathers of the 2nd century include Ignatius of Antioch and Polycarp of Smyrna.

Post-apostolic bishops of importance include Polycarp of Smyrna, Clement of Rome, and Ignatius of Antioch.

Irenaeus of Lyons, a native of Asia Minor and a disciple of Polycarp of Smyrna (a disciple of St.

Binitarians believe that statements from early Christian leaders such as Melito of Sardis and Polycarp of Smyrna were binitarian, though most mainstream scholars do not accept this assertion.

The development of Christianity in Philippi is indicated by a letter from Polycarp of Smyrna addressed to the community in Philippi around AD 160 and by funerary inscriptions.

Polycarp of Smyrna had a vision of Saint Irenaeus, already dead, in response to which he sent Benignus, as well as two priests and a deacon, to preach the Gospel in Gaul.

According to Irenaeus, it was during his pontificate that the aged Polycarp of Smyrna, a disciple of John the Evangelist, visited Rome to discuss the celebration of Passover with Anicetus.

Irenaeus (c. 180), who cites from Papias and "the elders" and also personally knew Polycarp of Smyrna, another disciple of John of Ephesus, is widely considered the most reliable authority we have on this John.

Polycarp Of Smyrna By way of summary, the short Epistle of Polycarp contains proportionately far more allusions to the writings of the New Testament than are present in any other of the Apostolic Fathers.

The Letter to the Philippians (often simply called To the Philippians) is an epistle composed around AD 110 to 140 by Polycarp of Smyrna, one of the Apostolic Fathers, from Antioch to the early Christian church in Philippi.

On 19 June 1791, the Oratory Church became a parish church and took the name of St. Polycarp, as a tribute to Polycarp of Smyrna, master of Saint Pothinus and Irenaeus, who were the first two bishops of Lyon.

To the left of the main entrance, the first painting is of three early bishops of this area: Ignatius of Antioch (Antakya); Polycarp of Smyrna and Irenaeus, priest of Smyrna, who went to Lyons in France and became bishop there.

Christianity has a long history in Anatolia (now part of the Republic of Turkey), which is the birthplace of numerous Christian Apostles and Saints, such as Paul of Tarsus, Timothy, Nicholas of Myra, Polycarp of Smyrna and many others.

However, bishop Ignatius of Antioch writing around 110 to bishop Polycarp of Smyrna exhorts, "[I]t becomes both men and women who marry, to form their union with the approval of the bishop, that their marriage may be according to God, and not after their own lust."

These hagiographic accounts have no historical basis; according to them Polycarp of Smyrna (died ca 155) had sent Benignus as a missionary to Dijon, where he had labored as a priest and had finally died a martyr, placed in the persecution under Aurelian (270-275), a possibility chronologically irreconcilable.