04 Works, Today, January 27th, is Saint Polycarp’s Day, With Footnotes – 27

Polycarp (AD 69 – 155) was a 2nd-century Christian bishop of Smyrna. It is recorded that he had been a disciple of John the Apostle. Saint Jerome wrote that Polycarp was a disciple of John and that John had ordained him bishop of Smyrna. He was reckoned the chief of all the Christians of Asia, because he had been taught by several of the Apostles…

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