Polycarp
historical figure · 1 work · 1 mentions · 1 anchored passages · author page
in the texts
De Praescriptionibus Hereticorum
Bishop of Smyrna said to have been placed there by the apostle John.
For in this way the apostolic Churches present their reckonings, as the Church of the Smyrnaeans relates that Polycarp was placed there by John, as the Church of the Romans that Clement was likewise ordained by Peter.