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Saint

Apollinaris of Valence

Bishop of Valence

Bishop of Valence and brother of Saint Avitus of Vienne, reposed around 520.

Feast
October 5old style October 18
Reposed
5206th century
Place
Valence

Life

Saint Apollinaris of Valence (Aiplonay) was the elder brother of Saint Avitus of Vienne and Bishop of Valence in France. He reposed around 520. He is commemorated on 5 October, as a saint of the undivided Church, by the New Calendar. Our sources preserve no further details of his life.

Commemorated the same day October 5