Library / Ante-Nicene FathersThe Martyrdom of Polycarp (Encyclical Epistle of the Church at Smyrna)Date156 (155–160), approximateLanguageEnglishGenreHagiographyOther versions:Greek: First Thousand Years of GreekGreek: Patrologia Graeca (Open Greek and Latin)Loading the text…← The Martyrdom of the Holy Martyrs Justin, Chariton, Charites, Paeon, and LiberianusFragments of Papias →