Saint Apollinaris of Ravenna

Also known as

• Apollinare of Ravenna

Memorial

• 23 July
• confined to local calendars since 1969

Profile

Mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles. Spiritual student of Saint Peter the Apostle. First bishop of Ravenna, Italy; as such he faced nearly constant persecution. He and his flock were exiled from Ravenna during the persecutions of Emperor Vespasian. On his way out of the city he was identified, arrested as being the leader, tortured, and martryed. Noted miracle worker. Centuries after his death he appeared in a vision to Saint Romuald.

Born

• Antioch, Turkey

Died

• run through with a sword c.79 at Ravenna, Italy
• relics at the Benedictine abbey of Classe, Ravenna and in Saint Lambert’s church, Düsseldorf, Germany

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• against epilepsy
• against gout
• —
• Aachen, Germany
• Burtscheid, Germany
• Düsseldorf, Germany
• Ravenna, Italy, city of
• Ravenna-Cervia, Italy, archdiocese of
• Remagen, Germany

Representation

• bishop healing a boy‘s eyes
• sword

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Saint Apollinaris of Ravenna”. Saints.SQPN.com. 25 September 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-apollinaris-of-ravenna/>