Editing Ignatius of Antioch (section)

== Life ==
Nothing is known of Ignatius' life apart from the words of his letters and later traditions. It is said Ignatius [[conversion (religious)|converted]] to Christianity<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-10-17|title=Saint Ignatius of Antioch|url=https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-ignatius-of-antioch/|access-date=2020-07-25|website=Franciscan Media|language=en|archive-date=2020-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725234448/https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-ignatius-of-antioch/|url-status=dead}}</ref> at a young age. Tradition identifies him and his friend [[Polycarp]] as disciples of [[John the Apostle]].<ref name="Catholic Encyclopedia" /> Later, Ignatius was chosen to serve as [[Bishop of Antioch]]; the fourth-century Church historian [[Eusebius]] writes that Ignatius succeeded [[Evodius]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Church Fathers - Church History, Book III (Eusebius) |url=https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/250103.htm |access-date=25 July 2020 |website=newadvent.org |archive-date=10 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010173022/http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/250103.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Theodoret]] of [[Cyrrhus]] claimed that [[Saint Peter|St. Peter]] himself left directions that Ignatius be appointed to this [[episcopal see]].<ref name=crawley>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/IGNATIUS.htm |title="St. Ignatius of Antioch", ''Lives of Saints'', John J. Crawley & Co., Inc. |access-date=16 February 2016 |archive-date=15 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190615120112/http://www.ewtn.com/library/mary/ignatius.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> Ignatius was called ''Theophorus'' (God Bearer). A tradition exists that he was one of the children whom Jesus Christ took in his arms and blessed.<ref name="The Martyrdom of Ignatius">The Martyrdom of Ignatius</ref>