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Polycarp

DEFINITIONS OF: Polycarp

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n Greek bishop of Smyrna who refused to recant his Christian faith and was burned to death by pagans (circa 69-155)

Synonyms:
Saint Polycarp, St. Polycarp
Type of:
martyr
one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion
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