Martyrdom of Polycarp

Lake, Loeb 1913

Chapter 21

The date

Now the blessed Polycarp was martyred on the second day of the first half of the month of Xanthicus, the seventh day before the kalends of March,¹ a great sabbath, at the eighth hour. And he was arrested by Herod, when Philip of Tralles was High Priest, when Statius Quadratus was Pro-Consul, but Jesus Christ was reigning² for ever, to whom be glory, honour, majesty and an eternal throne, from generation to generation. Amen.

Notes

I. e. Feb. 23.
This phrase is pointedly inserted instead of a reference to the reigning Emperor.