city
Smyrna
İzmir, Turkey
38.419, 27.129
Attested. Polycarp's martyrdom at Smyrna is early tradition with a near-contemporary account. The exact year is debated.
A major Aegean port. Polycarp was bishop here and was executed in the city in the mid-second century.
Sources
No separate modern citation is attached to this place. The confidence note above is the atlas summary of the evidence.
Cited notes
95. One of the seven churches; Polycarp bishop, martyred c. 155-160
Rev 2:8-11; Martyrdom of Polycarp · Verified in the source note
Further reading
Councils here
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