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The character of St. Ignatius, as deduced from his own and the extant writings of his contemporaries, is that of a true athlete of Christ.
The oldest collection of the writings of St. Ignatius known to have existed was that made use of by the historian Eusebius in the first half of the fourth century, but which unfortunately is no longer extant.
Two of the three purport to be from Ignatius to St. John the Apostle, and one to the Blessed Virgin, with her reply to the same.