Martyrdom of Polycarp 19.1 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: Polycarp, though one of twelve martyrs, is remembered everywhere as a teacher and model martyr.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:336–338

Τοιαῦτα τὰ κατὰ τὸν μακάριον Πολύκαρπον, ὃς σὺν τοῖς ἀπὸ Φιλαδελφίας δωδέκατος ἐν Σμύρνῃ μαρτυρήσας, μόνος ὑπὸ πάντων μᾶλλον μνημονεύεται, ὥστε καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν ἐθνῶν ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ λαλεῖσθαι· οὐ μόνον διδάσκαλος γενόμενος ἐπίσημος, ἀλλὰ καὶ μάρτυς ἔξοχος, οὗ τὸ μαρτύριον πάντες ἐπιθυμοῦσιν μιμεῖσθαι κατὰ τὸ εὐαγγέλιον Χριστοῦ γενόμενον.

English · Claude translation

Such is the account of the blessed Polycarp, who, though he was the twelfth to be martyred in Smyrna, counting those from Philadelphia, is alone especially remembered by everyone, so that he is spoken of in every place even by the Gentiles. He was not only a notable teacher but also an outstanding martyr, whose martyrdom all desire to imitate, since it took place in accordance with the gospel of Christ.

About this passage

Source

Lake, LCL 25:336–338 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 2, LCL 25 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1913), 312–345 · Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0

Also in

PG 5:1044b (found by text match)

Translation

Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 25, 1913); made independently of existing English translations.

Topics

Martyrdom

Cite this passage

Mart. Pol. 19.1 (PG 5:1044b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/mart-pol/19/1/).

Plain text

Mart. Pol. 19.1 (PG 5:1044b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/mart-pol/19/1/).