Apollinaris may refer to:

Personal name

* Apollinaris, a correspondent of Pliny the Younger (61–c. 112) *

Apollinaris of Ravenna Apollinaris of Ravenna ( it, Apollinare; , ''Apollinarios'', Late Latin: ''Apolenaris'') is a Syrian saint, whom the Roman Martyrology describes as "a bishop who, according to tradition, while spreading among the nations the unsearchable riches o ...

(flourished 1st or 2nd century), martyr and first bishop of Ravenna, the most prominent of several saints called Apollinaris *

Apollinarius (astrologer) Apollinarius was a first or second century AD astrologer who wrote in Greek. He is a source for Vettius Valens and Galen Aelius Galenus or Claudius Galenus ( el, Κλαύδιος Γαληνός; September 129 – c. AD 216), often Anglicized as ...

, a first or second century AD astrologer * Apollinaris Claudius, Apollinaris of Hierapolis or Apollinaris the Apologist (flourished 2nd century), bishop of Hierapolis and saint *

Apollinaris (the Elder) Apollinaris the Elder or Apollinarius ( grc, Ἀπολινάριος), was a Christian grammarian of the 4th century, first in Berytus (now Beirut) in Phoenicia, then in Laodicea in Syria. He was the father of Apollinaris of Laodicea. He becam ...

(flourished 4th century), Christian grammarian * Apollinaris of Laodicea or the Younger, also known as Apollinarius of Laodicea (died 390), bishop of Laodicea in Syria, author of the heresy of Apollinarism *

Apollinaris Syncletica Apollinaris Syncletica () was a saint and hermit of the 5th century, venerated in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. Her story is most likely apocryphal and "turns on the familiar theme of a girl putting on male attire and living ...

, also known as Dorotheus (5th century), female desert ascetic, Catholic and Eastern Orthodox saint * Apollinaris of Clermont (died 515), son of Sidonius Apollinaris * Apollinarius (governor), Byzantine governor of the Balearic Islands (flourished 530s) *

Patriarch Apollinarius of Alexandria Apollinarius served as Greek Patriarch of Alexandria between 551 and 569. Before his appointment by Justinian I Justinian I (; la, Iustinianus, ; grc-gre, Ἰουστινιανός ; 48214 November 565), also known as Justinian the Great, wa ...

(died 569), Greek Patriarch of Alexandria * Apollinaris of Valence (453–520), bishop of Valence and saint * Saint Apollinaris of Monte Cassino (died 827 or 828), abbot of Monte Cassino * Saint Apollinaris of Sarsina (flourished 1158), bishop of Sarsina * Blessed Apollinaris Franco (died 1622), Franciscan friar, martyred in Japan, see list of saints and blesseds in the 17th century

Ancient Rome

Sidonius Apollinaris Gaius Sollius Modestus Apollinaris Sidonius, better known as Sidonius Apollinaris (5 November of an unknown year, 430 – 481/490 AD), was a poet, diplomat, and bishop. Sidonius is "the single most important surviving author from 5th-century Gaul ...

(died before 490), Gallo-Roman writer, bishop and saint *

Sulpicius Apollinaris Sulpicius Apollinaris was a learned grammarian of Carthage who flourished in the 2nd century AD. He taught Pertinax, himself a teacher of grammar before he was emperor, and Aulus Gellius, who speaks of him in the highest terms. He is the reputed aut ...

, 2nd century Latin grammarian from Carthage *

Legio XV Apollinaris Legio XV Apollinaris ("Apollo's Fifteenth Legion") was a legion of the Imperial Roman army. It was recruited by Octavian in 41/40 BC. The emblem of this legion was probably a picture of Apollo, or of one of his holy animals. XV ''Apollinaris' ...

, a Roman legion

Other uses

* Apollinaris (water), a German effervescent mineral water named after Saint Apollinaris of Ravenna *

Lily of the valley Lily of the valley (''Convallaria majalis'' (), sometimes written lily-of-the-valley, is a woodland flowering plant with sweetly scented, pendent, bell-shaped white flowers borne in sprays in spring. It is native throughout the cool temperate N ...

of ''Convallaria majalis'', flowering plant also historically known as Apollonaris

Personal name

Ancient Rome

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