Route of Ignatius of Antioch

Berkeley, Monday, February 23, 2026 11:15 PM

I do have mixed-feelings about the technologies of pictures on a cellphone, because things show up without looking for them. But regardless, back to the discipline.

In honor to Saint Polycarp I borrowed from the library a book about Early Christian Writings, also called The Apostolic Fathers. Who knows how long it would take for me to navigate and learn a bit more on understanding the physical space the Word was shared over time, thanks to God and thanks to the Spirit. This also applies, on my curiosities, to how the Eucharistic rite or tradition was instaured, which of course started at the Last Supper by the Lord Himself.

[The only thing I have o my head now are a few questions related to a couple of pictures that showed up on the Photos app when I opened to download the picture below.] That could question doing this research or not journaling…

But in any case, even those comments I do not delete. Because it would remind me reasons. They can even work for the better good, but they will remind me.

In the map below, I see the route or travels of Saint Ignatius, or Saint Ignatius of Antioch. I would need to learn more about him. He is definitely more famous than Saint Polycarp. They lived in the same time, or around the same time, which was a few years after the crucification of our Lord Jesus. So, they were disciples of the Apostles.

I can see the trip on those times, from Antioch, Syria to Philippi, crossing several towns on the way, including Philadelphia, among others. He passed nearby Ephesus. This was in the Roman Province of Asia between the Euxine Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.

Travels from Saint Ignatius of Antioch (Source: Early Christian Writings of The Apostolic Fathers)

References:

The Apostolic Fathers. Early Christian Writings. Translated by Maxwell Staniforth. Dorset Press. New York. 1968.