Saint Apollinaris of Valence

Also known as

• Aiplonay of Valence
• Aiplomay of Valence

Memorial

• 5 October

Profile

Son of Saint Isychius. Elder brother of Saint Avitus of Vienne. Bishop of Valence, France in 486 after a long vacancy in the diocese, and Apollinaris exhausted himself in reforming abuses and re-vitalizing the faith. Exiled by King Sigismund for political reasons, but allowed to return when he miraculously healed the king.

Died

• c.520 of natural causes
• interred in the cathedral in Valence, France
• relics thrown into the River Rhone and destroyed by Huguenots in the 16th century

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Apollinaris of Valence”. Saints.SQPN.com. 25 July 2012. Web. 21 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-apollinaris-of-valence/>