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Apollonius of Rome
Roman martyr
SaintDate unknown
Feast: 10 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
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Canonised
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Who they were
Apollonius the Apologist or Apollonius of Rome (Greek: Ἀπολλώνιος; died 21 April 185) was a 2nd-century Christian martyr and apologist who was martyred in 185 under the Emperor Commodus (161–192).
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- Apollonius the Apologist Saint“Apollonius the Apologist or Apollonius of Rome (Greek: Ἀπολλώνιος; died 21 April 185) was a 2nd-century Christian martyr and apologist who was martyred in 185 under the Emperor Commodus (161–192).” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Martyrology of the Order of Preachers — 'At Rome, Blessed Apollonius, a senator. At the time of the Emperor Commodus and the prefect Perennius...' — Apollonius the Apologist, Roman martyr (the Roman Martyrology keeps him on 18 April; the page gives 10 April).
- Wikidata Q63081062 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
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