St. Polycarp was a bishop and martyr who lived in the first and second centuries of the Christian era. His time is often called the “sub-apostolic age,” because his was the first generation of ...

Approximately 1,982 years ago, a man died. In fact, many men died that day. We know for sure of three men. Two were tied to crosses and crucified. One was nailed to the cross. Had that been the end of ...

"Eighty and six years I have served Him, and He has done me no wrong," said Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, in A.D. 156 before climbing onto a pyre where Roman authorities would burn him to death.

"Eighty and six years I have served Him, and He has done me no wrong," said Polycarp, the bishop of Smyrna, in A.D. 156, before climbing onto a pyre -- where Roman authorities would burn him to death.

"Eighty and six years I have served Him, and He has done me no wrong," said Polycarp, the bishop of Smyrna, in A.D. 156, before climbing onto a pyre — where Roman authorities would burn him to death.

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