Name
Apollonius, ascetic and monastic leader in Egypt, 4th c.
Saint ID
S02466
Reported Death Not Before
360
Reported Death Not After
403
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Ascetics/monks/nuns, Monastic founders, Miracle-workers in lifetime
| ID | Title | E06573 | Aldhelm, in his prose On Virginity, names *Apollonius (ascetic and monastic leader in Egypt, 4th c., S02466) as an exemplary virgin. Written in Latin in southern Britain, for the nuns at the monastery at Barking (south-east Britain), c. 675/686. | E06659 | Aldhelm's verse On Virginity lists a range of saints as exemplary virgins, with some variations to the list found in the earlier prose version of the same treatise. Written in Latin in southern Britain, for the nuns at the monastery at Barking (south-east Britain), c. 675/710. Overview entry | E07925 | Theodosius, in his On the Topography of the Holy Land, notes the presence in Memphis (Lower Egypt) of an Arian monastery dedicated to a saint *Jeremiah (possibly the Old Testament prophet, S01421) and a Catholic monastery dedicated to 'Apollonius the hermit' (perhaps *Apollonios, Egyptian ascetic and monastic founder, 4th c., S02466). Written in Latin, perhaps in Africa, 518/540. |
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