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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. Polycarp is regarded as a saint and Church Father in the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, Oriental Orthodox Churches, Lutheranism, and Anglicanism. Both Irenaeus and Tertullian say that Polycarp had been a disciple of John the Apostle, one of Jesus's disciples. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Polycarp is the 48th most popular physician (down from 40th in 2019), the 187th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 170th 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 48 out of 726. Before him are Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, Marcello Malpighi, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Claude Bernard, Elias Lönnrot, and Peter Damian. After him are Otto Fritz Meyerhof, Ronald Ross, Alexis Carrel, Emil von Behring, Joseph Murray, and Peter C. Doherty.

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

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    69 - 155

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    69 - 155

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Polycarp ranks 187 out of 1,347. Before him are Artemisia I of Caria (-500), John II Komnenos (1087), Süleyman Demirel (1924), Constantine IV (652), Isaac II Angelos (1155), and Apollonius of Tyana (15). After him are Gregory Palamas (1296), Antinous (111), Romanos I Lekapenos (870), Turgut Özal (1927), Michael VII Doukas (1050), and Stilicho (359).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Türkiye

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

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