Apollonius

Saint Apollonius is commemorated in the Greek calendar on 10 June (new style), together with the Holy Martyr Neaniscus the Most Wise.

Of Neaniscus the synaxarion relates that he lived in the time of Maximus, governor of Alexandria, whose maidservant denounced him. Tortured in many ways and unwilling to renounce Christ, he was condemned to death. On the way to the place of execution he beckoned to the maidservant who had betrayed him and gave her his gold ring, thanking her that through her accusation he would come sooner to the One he longed for. He prayed and was beheaded. For Apollonius the sources consulted contain no particulars of his own: his name appears in the calendar beside that of Neaniscus.