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Polycarp of Smyrna

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==Life==
There are two chief sources of information concerning the life of Polycarp.<ref>The letter of the Smyrneans recounting the Martyrdom of Polycarp</ref><ref>Irenaeus' Adversus Haereses.</ref> 
Polycarp was a correspondent of St. [[Ignatius of Antioch]], one of the other [[Apostolic Fathers]]. Ignatius addressed a letter to him, and mentions him in the letters to the Ephesians and to the Magnesians. Polycarp visited Rome during the time of Pope Anicetus, and found their customs for observing [[Pascha]] differed. They agreed to peaceably disagree on this matter. Polycarp was offered the opportunity of celebrating the [[Eucharist]] in the Pope's church.
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