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Polycarp of Smyrna

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Era: c. AD 69-155
Location: Smyrna (modern Izmir, Turkey)

Bishop of Smyrna and disciple of the apostle John himself. His Epistle to the Philippians and the Martyrdom of Polycarp together form one of the earliest direct links we have between the apostolic generation and the second-century church.

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