Polycarp came to Rome and defended against the Marcionites

He it was who, coming to Rome in the time of Anicetus caused many to turn away from the aforesaid heretics to the Church of God, proclaiming that he had received this one and sole truth from the apostles,—that, namely, which is handed down by the Church.

Irenaeus of Lyons
Against Heresies, Book III
Chapter III

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