Saint
Polycarp of Africa
A name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 31 January; few details survive.
Uncertain source. We are looking to verify this information as soon as we can.
- Feast
- January 31old style February 13
- Era
- unknown
- Place
- Africa
Life
The name Polycarp of Africa appears in the martyrology attributed to Saint Jerome, on 31 January, in a list of names linked with Africa. No other details have survived. He is counted among the saints of the undivided Church; the source shows no synodal canonization.
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