Apollinaris may refer to:

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* Apollinaris, a correspondent of

Pliny the Younger Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (born Gaius Caecilius or Gaius Caecilius Cilo; 61 – ), better known in English as Pliny the Younger ( ), was a lawyer, author, and magistrate of Ancient Rome. Pliny's uncle, Pliny the Elder, helped raise and e ...

(61–c. 112) *

Apollinaris of Ravenna Apollinaris of Ravenna (; , ''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 of Christ, led h ...

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

Apollinaris Claudius Saint Apollinaris Claudius (Greek: Απολλινάριος Κλαύδιος), otherwise Apollinaris of Hierapolis or Apollinaris the Apologist, was a Christian leader and writer of the 2nd century. Life He was Bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia a ...

, Apollinaris of Hierapolis or Apollinaris the Apologist (flourished 2nd century), bishop of Hierapolis and saint *

Apollinaris (the Elder) Apollinaris the Elder or Apollinarius (), 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. Biography Apollinaris became a priest, ...

(flourished 4th century), Christian grammarian *

Apollinaris of Laodicea Apollinaris the Younger, also known as Apollinaris of Laodicea and Apollinarius (; died 382), was a bishop of Latakia, Laodicea in Syria. He is best known as a noted opponent of Arianism. Apollinaris's eagerness to emphasize the Godhead in Christ ...

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 (), also known as Apollinaria of Egypt, 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 ...

, also known as Dorotheus (5th century), female desert ascetic, Catholic and Eastern Orthodox saint *

Apollinaris of Clermont Apollinaris (died 515) was a Count of Auvergne who led a auvergnat army for the Visigoths in the Battle of Vouillé, and was bishop of Clermont for four months before his death. Life Apollinaris was the son of the aristocrat and poet Sidonius A ...

(died 515), son of Sidonius Apollinaris * Apollinarius (governor), Byzantine governor of the Balearic Islands (flourished 530s) * Patriarch Apollinarius of Alexandria (died 569), Greek Patriarch of Alexandria *

Apollinaris of Valence Saint Apollinaris of Valence (also known as Aplonay) (453–520), born in Vienne, Isère, Vienne, France, was bishop of Valence, France, at the time of the irruption of the barbarians. Valence, which was the central see of the recently founde ...

(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, 430 – 481/490 AD), was a poet, diplomat, and bishop. Born into the Gallo-Roman aristocracy, he was son-in-law to Emperor Avitus and was appointed Urb ...

(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 ...

, 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) Apollinaris is a naturally sparkling mineral water from a spring in Bad Neuenahr, Germany. Discovered in 1852, it was popularised in England and on the Continent and became the leading table-water of its time until about World War II. There ar ...

, 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 No ...

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

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