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About St. Polycarp
c. 69 – c. 155 · Feast February 23 · Bishop / Apostolic Father / Martyr
Greek bishop and martyr (c. 69-c. 155), disciple of St. John the Apostle, Bishop of Smyrna; visited Pope Anicetus at Rome on the Quartodeciman question. Burned and stabbed at the stake at Smyrna at age 86 in the persecution under Antoninus Pius. The "Martyrdom of Polycarp" is the earliest authentic account of a Christian martyrdom. Pre-Congregation.
St. Polycarp is the patron saint of Dysentery, Against Earache, Earache Sufferers, Bishops and Apostolic Fathers.
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