St. Polycarp met with Bishop Anicetus of Rome to discuss the date of the Easter festival, a controversy that threatened to cause a schism between Rome and Asia Minor. The two men could not agree on a common date on which to celebrate Easter, so they agreed that Rome and Asia Minot should follow different practices.
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