Martyrdom of Polycarp 6

1When the glorious Polycarp first heard it, he was not at all dismayed, but desired to remain in town. Yet the greater part persuaded him to withdraw. So he withdrew to a farm not far from the city, and there he stayed with a few companions, doing nothing else night and day but praying for all people and for the churches throughout the world; for this was his constant habit. And while praying, three days before his apprehension, he fell into a trance and saw his pillow burning with fire. He turned and said to those who were with him, “It must needs be that I shall be burned alive.”