Saint o ka lā no Pepeluali 23: ka moʻolelo o San Policarpo

ʻO Polycarp, ka bihopa o Smyrna, he haumāna na St. John ka lunaʻōlelo a he hoaloha o St. Ignatius o ʻAnetioka, he alakaʻi Karistiano hanohano ʻo ia i ka hapa mua o ke kenekulia ʻelua.

ʻO St. Ignatius, i kona ala e hele aku ai i Roma e make make koa, hele aku ʻo ia iā Polycarp ma Smyrna, a ma hope ua kākau ʻo ia iā ia i kahi leka pilikino ma Troas. Ua ʻike nā hale pule o ʻAsia Minor i ke alakaʻi ʻana a Polycarp ke koho ʻana iā ia i lunamakaʻāinana e kūkākūkā me Pope Anicetus ka lā o ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana o ka mōliaola ma Roma, kekahi o nā hoʻopaʻapaʻa nui ma ka hale pule mua.

ʻO kahi wale nō o nā leka he nui i kākau ʻia e Polycarp i ola, ʻo ia kāna i kākau ai i ka Ekalesia o Pilipi ma Makedonia.

Ma ka 86, Lawe ʻia ʻo Polycarp i ke kahua pāʻani Smyrna i lehulehu e kuni ola ʻia. ʻAʻole ʻeha ʻo ia i ke ahi a make ʻo ia i ka pahi. Kauoha ka luna haneri i ke kino o ka haipule. ʻO nā "Hana" o ka make ana o Polycarp ka moʻolelo mālama mua a hilinaʻi piha hoʻi i ka make ʻana o kahi martyr Christian. Ua make ʻo ia i 155.

Nānā: Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Polycarp ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi Karistiano e nā Kristiano āpau ma ʻAsia Minor, kahi paʻa ikaika o ka hilinaʻi a kūpaʻa iā Iesū Kristo. Ua puka mai kona ikaika ponoʻī mai kona hilinaʻi i ke Akua, ʻoiai ke kūʻē i nā hanana i kēia hilinaʻi. Noho i waena o nā poʻe pagana a ma lalo o ke aupuni kūʻē i ka hoʻomana hou, alakaʻi ʻo ia a hānai i kāna ʻohana. E like me ke kahu hipa maikaʻi, hāʻawi ʻo ia i kona ola no kāna poʻe hipa a mālama iā lākou mai ka hoʻomaʻau hou ʻana ma Smyrna. Ua hōʻuluʻulu ʻo ia i kona hilinaʻi i ke Akua ma mua koke o kona make ʻana: "E ka makua ... hoʻomaikaʻi au iā ʻoe, no ka mea, ua kūpono wau i ka lā a me ka hola ..." (Acts of Martyrdom, mokuna 14).