Venerable Martyr
Apollonios the Anchorite
An anchorite of Egypt and martyr, remembered in the ancient martyrologies of the Church.
- Feast
- January 21old style February 3
- Era
- 4th century
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Saint Apollonios the Anchorite lived in the fourth century; he was a hermit in the Thebaid and died a martyr.
In the persecution of Diocletian, in the year 311, in the city of Antinoe, he was thrown into prison; according to the custom of Eastern prisons he was visible to passers-by, separated from the crowd only by bars. He is canonized by the Orthodox Church and commemorated on 21 January, the day of his martyrdom.
Commemorated the same day January 21
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