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The sole surviving work attributed to Polycarp is his letter [[w:Polycarp's letter to the Philippians|''To the Philippians'']] and an account of [[w:Martyrdom of Polycarp|''The Martyrdom of Polycarp'']] form part of the writings usually collected under the title ''The [[Apostolic Fathers]]''. The latter is considered the earliest genuine post-biblical account of a Christian martyrdom, and one of the very few genuine such writings from the actual age of the persecutions. It also is one of the earliest accounts of the veneration of [[relics]], as the ''Martyrdom'' records that after Polycarp's immolation, the faithful piously gathered up his bones as precious treasures.