Apollinaris of Ravenna [SEP] canonization status
Apollinaris of Ravenna
Apollinaris of Ravenna () is a Syrian saint, whom the Roman Martyrology describes as "a bishop who, according to tradition, while spreading among the nations the unsearchable riches of Christ, led his flock as a good shepherd and honoured the Church of Classis near Ravenna by a glorious martyrdom."
Biography.
According to tradition, he was a native of Antioch in Roman Province of Syria. As the first Bishop of Ravenna, he faced nearly constant persecution. He and his flock were exiled
() in Düsseldorf
- St Apollinaris () in Lindlar
- St. Apollinaris (Obermaubach) in Kreuzau
- Apollinariskirche, Remagen
- St. Apollinaris (Grunewald) in Wermelskirchen
- St. Apollinaris () in Winnerath
Geography and churches Italy.
- Sant'Apollinare (disambiguation)
- Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna
- Sant’Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna
- Sant'Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine, Rome