Polycarp

How to use Polycarp in a sentence

• Eusebius speaks of the charred remains of Polycarp as more precious than the richest jewels, and more tried than gold.

  The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry Withrow

• Polycarp must have been a contemporary of St. John for about twenty years.

  The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 | Various

• Polycarp, the Bishop of Smyrna, in Asia, was one of the earliest of these.

  Olive Leaves | Lydia Howard Sigourney

• It was there that Polycarp suffered martyrdom, and it is there they still show you, or profess to show you, his tomb.

  Cities of the Dawn | J. Ewing Ritchie

• The hypothesis is possible, since it is historically certain that Polycarp provided Lyons with its first two bishops.

  How France Built Her Cathedrals | Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly