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Apollonius of Egypt
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 31 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
395
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Apollonius of Egypt (died 395), a venerable monk, is a Christian saint of the 4th century.
Summary translated from the Serbian Wikipedia article Аполоније Мисирски (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Sources
- Butler's Lives of the Saints, 25 January: 'St Apollo, abbot' — Butler gives St Apollo (Apollonius), abbot in the Thebaid, who founded a monastery near Hermopolis and died c.395, under 25 January (the Byzantine calendars keep him on 31 March, the date in the entry). Acta Sanctorum fo
- Wikidata Q138548415 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.