Life of Saint Apolinaria

The Life of Saint Apolinaria (Greek: Βιος της μακαριας Αποληναριας, romanizedBios tes makarias Apolenarias) is a legendary Greek saint's life. It is about Apolinaria, a transvestite virgin girl living as a monk in the desert of Scetis in Egypt.[1] It is the Greek counterpart to the Coptic Legend of Hilaria.[2]

Apolinaria's feast day, according to the Acta Sanctorum, is January 1.[3]

  1. ^ Anson 1974, pp. 12–13, who calls her Apollonaria Syncletica.
  2. ^ Drescher 1947, p. 11.
  3. ^ Anson 1974, p. 12.