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Polycarp

69 - 155

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Polycarp (; Greek: Πολύκαρπος, Polýkarpos; Latin: Polycarpus; AD 69 – 155) was a Christian bishop of Smyrna. According to the Martyrdom of Polycarp, he died a martyr, bound and burned at the stake, then stabbed when the fire failed to consume his body. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Polycarp has received more than 1,825,989 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 53 in 2019). Polycarp is the 25th most popular physician (up from 27th in 2019), the 117th most popular biography from Turkey (up from 144th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Turkish Physician.

Polycarp was a bishop and martyr in Smyrna (now İzmir in Turkey) in the 2nd century AD. He is the earliest known Christian martyr, and was a boyhood friend of the Apostle John. He is famous for refusing to deny Christ, even when threatened with death by wild animals in the arena.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Polycarp ranks 25 out of 502Before him are Michael Servetus, Nestorius, Pedanius Dioscorides, Jacques Rogge, Rudolf Virchow, and Joseph-Ignace Guillotin. After him are Camillo Golgi, Paul Ehrlich, Willem Einthoven, Alexis Carrel, Georgius Agricola, and Al-Zahrawi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 69, Polycarp ranks 1 Among people deceased in 155, Polycarp ranks 1

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Polycarp ranks 117 out of 1,301Before him are Julius Nepos (430), İsmet İnönü (1884), Romanos IV Diogenes (1030), Constantine IX Monomachos (1000), Stefan Dušan (1308), and Eudoxus of Cnidus (-408). After him are Manuel II Palaiologos (1350), Kara Mustafa Pasha (1634), Fethullah Gülen (1941), Marcion of Sinope (85), Michael III (840), and Şah Sultan (1509).

Among PHYSICIANS In Turkey

Among physicians born in Turkey, Polycarp ranks 5Before him are Galen (129), Basil of Caesarea (329), Nestorius (381), and Pedanius Dioscorides (40). After him are Herophilos (-335), Ctesias (-440), Aretaeus of Cappadocia (100), Asclepiades of Bithynia (-120), Soranus of Ephesus (98), Aëtius of Amida (502), and Caesarius of Nazianzus (330).