Name
Apollinaris, bishop and martyr of Ravenna
Saint ID
S00331
Number in BH
BHL 623
Reported Death Not Before
69
Reported Death Not After
79
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Bishops , "Confessors"
| ID | Title | E00690 | The Notitia ecclesiarum urbis Romae, a guide to saints' graves around Rome, closes with the church and grave of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036) on the 'via Vaticana', north-west of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 625/649. A description of the basilica, added in the later 8th c., lists many of the altars of saints within the church. | E01347 | The second edition of the Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome between the 530s and 546, in its account of *Symmachus (bishop and confessor of Rome, S00793), lists his extensive work at the basilica of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036) in Rome, honouring a number of different saints. | E01443 | The short Life of *Honorius (bishop of Rome, ob. 638, S01459) in the Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome soon after his death, lists his construction of, and offerings to, the churches of many saints in Rome and its region. | E02088 | The Latin Martyrdom of *Apollinaris (bishop and martyr of Ravenna, S00331) narrates the foundation of the Christian community in Ravenna (northern Italy) at the time of the emperor Claudius by Apollinaris, a disciple of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036) sent from Rome to Ravenna. It describes Apollinaris’ numerous healing miracles, his trials in front of local judges, his exile and miracles in Moesia, Thracia and Dalmatia, his return to Ravenna and death at the time of Vespasian at the hands of a pagan mob in Classe, and finally his burial in a sarcophagus outside the walls of Classe. Written presumably in Ravenna or Classe, between the 5th and the late 7th c. | E02977 | Peter Chrysologus, bishop of Ravenna, preaches a sermon (Sermon 128) for the feast of *Apollinaris (bishop and martyr of Ravenna, S00331); in it he argues that Apollinaris, although a 'confessor', is no lesser than the martyrs. Delivered in Latin at Ravenna (northern Italy), c. 450. | E03283 | The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 23 July *Apollinaris (bishop of Ravenna and martyr, S00331). | E03809 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 23 July *Apollinaris (bishop and martyr of Ravenna, S00331) and *Vitalianus (bishop of Rome, ob. 672, S00862). | E04858 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 21 June. | E04889 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 22 July. | E04890 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 23 July. | E05590 | Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 23 July in Ravenna (northern Italy) of the laying to rest of *Apollinaris (bishop and martyr of Ravenna, S00331). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731. | E05771 | Agnellus of Ravenna, writing in 830/846 in his Liber Pontificalis Ecclesiae Ravennatis (39), tells of a 'bridge of *Apollinaris' (presumably the bishop and martyr of Ravenna, S00331) at Ravenna (northern Italy),destroyed in 489/493. Written in Latin at Ravenna. | E05775 | Agnellus of Ravenna, writing in 830/846 in his Liber Pontificalis Ecclesiae Ravennatis (115), says that Bishop Reparatus of Ravenna (671-677) was abbot of a monastery of saint *Apollinaris (bishop and martyr of Ravenna, S00331) in Ravenna (northern Italy). Written in Latin at Ravenna, 830/846. | E05792 | Agnellus of Ravenna, in his Liber Pontificalis Ecclesiae Ravennatis, written in Latin, refers to a basilica dedicated to *Probus (bishop of Ravenna, ob. c. 175, S02147) in Classe (near Ravenna, northern Italy), in which he claims bishops of Ravenna were buried between the 1st c. and the 6th. Agnellus describes its location in relation to the nearby churches dedicated to *Apollinaris (bishop and martyr of Ravenna, S00331) and *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017). Account written in Ravenna in 830/846. | E05798 | Agnellus of Ravenna, in his Liber Pontificalis Ecclesiae Ravennatis, quotes a Latin funerary inscription of c. 595 from a monasterium dedicated to *Marcus (bishop of Rome, ob. 336, S00420), *Marcellus (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00529), and *Felicula (virgin and martyr of Rome, S02148). The monasterium was located in the church of *Apollinaris (bishop and martyr of Ravenna, S00331) in Classe (near Ravenna, northern Italy). Account written in Ravenna in 830/846. | E05799 | Agnellus of Ravenna, in his Liber Pontificalis Ecclesiae Ravennatis, written in Latin, refers to the burial of several bishops of Ravenna in the church dedicated to *Apollinaris (bishop and martyr of Ravenna, S00331) in Classe (near Ravenna, northern Italy); he claims these burials took place from 606 onward. Account written in Ravenna in 830/846. | E05815 | Agnellus of Ravenna, in his Liber Pontificalis Ecclesiae Ravennatis, written in Latin, refers to the reconciliation to Orthodoxy by Bishop Agnellus (557-570) of several previously Arian churches, located in and around Ravenna (northern Italy). The new dedications are recorded as being to *Eusebius (bishop of Vercelli, ob. 371, S01219), *George (soldier and martyr, S00259), and *Theodore (soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00480), all in Ravenna; to *Sergius (soldier and martyr of Rusafa, S00023) in Classe; and to *Zeno (bishop of Verona, ob. 371, S01558) in Caesarea. Account written in Ravenna in 830/846. | E05818 | Agnellus of Ravenna, in his Liber Pontificalis Ecclesiae Ravennatis, written in Latin, refers to sheets of silver which depicted the story of *Apollinaris (bishop and martyr of Ravenna, S00331) in the saint's church at Classe (near Ravenna, northern Italy), and which he attributed to bishop Maurus (642-671); account written in Ravenna in 830/846. | E06046 | Mosaics in the nave of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna (northern Italy) depicting twenty-two female saints, preceded by the three Magi, processing towards the Virgin and Child, and twenty-six male saints, probably originally preceded by *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030), processing towards Christ; created under Bishop Agnellus, 557/564. | E06048 | Mosaics from the 6th c. depicting Apollinaris (bishop and martyr of Ravenna, S00331), *Michael (the Archangel, S00181), *Gabriel (the Archangel, S00192), *Matthew (the Apostle and Evangelist), possibly *Peter (the Apostle, S00036) and several holy bishops of Ravenna in Sant'Apollinare in Classe (near Ravenna, northern Italy), datable 533/549. | E06353 | Gregory the Great in a papal letter (Register 5.11) of 594, to Iohannes, bishop of Ravenna (northern Italy), restricts his use of the pallium to certain feast days. Written in Latin in Rome. | E06367 | Gregory the Great in a papal letter (Register 6.31) of 596, to his notary Castor in Ravenna (northern Italy), seeks testimony sworn over the relics of *Apollinaris (bishop and martyr of Ravenna, S00331) regarding the earlier practice of bishops of Ravenna in the wearing of the pallium. Written in Latin in Rome. | E06384 | Gregory the Great in two papal letters and a memorandum (Register 9.178, 9.179, and Appendix 5) of 598/599, requires and describes the oath that Maximus, bishop of Salona, had to swear, in order to absolve himself of excommunication, at the grave of *Apollinaris (bishop and martyr of Ravenna, S00331) at Classe (by Ravenna, northern Italy). Written in Latin in Rome. | E08349 | Venantius Fortunatus writes the Life of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050). It is an adaptation in epic verse of the Life of Martin and of books 2 and 3 of the Dialogues of Sulpicius Severus; in a final envoi, the book travels from Poitiers to Fortunatus' home city of Ravenna, stopping at the shrines of many saints along the way. Written in Latin, in Poitiers (western Gaul), between 573 and 576. Overview entry. | E08417 | A fragmentary papyrus document from Ravenna (north-east Italy) records a grant by the subdeacon Deusdedit of property in Ravenna at the gate dedicated to *Apollinaris (bishop and martyr of Ravenna, S00331) and arch dedicated to *George (soldier and martyr, S00259). Written in Latin in Ravenna, 16 May/13 June 625. | E08491 | Venantius Fortunatus, at the end of his verse Life of St Martin (4.680-5), sends the personified book on a pilgrimage, from Poitiers to the poet's home city of Ravenna, venerating various saints along the way; its tenth, and final, such stop is to be at Ravenna and Classe (northern Italy), visiting *Vitalis (soldier and martyr of Ravenna, S02826), *Ursicinus (doctor and martyr of Ravenna, S01408) and *Apollinaris (bishop and martyr of Ravenna, S00331). Written in Latin in Poitiers (north-west Gaul), 573/576. |
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