¶ Or this:
Fulfil our petitions, O Lord, we beseech the, and receive us as a whole–burnt–offering acceptable unto thee, together with the blessed Polycarp thy Martyr and Bishop, whose passion this day we commemorate; in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
¶ Or this:
O Lord God, who failest none that hath his strength from thee: Grant us, after the pattern of thy holy Martyr Polycarp, the faith that shall serve thee in tranquil days and fail not at the last; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.
⸬ February 23 is the date of Polycarp’s death, according to Eusebius. However, January 26 seems to have been the date of his earliest commemoration. (Butler lists January 26 as his commemoration, even while listing February 23 as his dies natalis.)