Apollinaris Syncletica


Apollinaris Syncletica
Venerable
BornConstantinople
(modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)
Died420 or 470
Egypt
Venerated inEastern Orthodox Church
Roman Catholic Church
Feast5 January (Eastern Orthodox)
4 January (Roman Catholic

Apollinaris Syncletica (Medieval Greek: Απολινάριος Συγκλητική), also known as Apollinaria of Egypt,[1] was a saint and hermit of the 5th century, venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church. Her story is most likely apocryphal and "turns on the familiar theme of a girl putting on male attire and living for many years undiscovered".[2]

  1. ^ "Saint Apollinaria of Egypt". www.oca.org. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  2. ^ Butler, Alban (1998). Butler's Lives of the Saints (8 ed.). Tunbridge Wells, Kent: Burns & Oates. p. 34. ISBN 0-8146-2377-8. OCLC 33824974.