Martyr
Apollonius
Martyr of Lyon
A martyr at Lyon, remembered in the ancient martyrologies of the Church.
Life
Saint Apollonius, Martyr, is counted among the martyrs of Lyon, put to death for Christ in the persecution of the year 177, in the time of the emperor Marcus Aurelius. His name stands in the list of the forty-eight martyrs of Lyon commemorated on 2 June, headed by Bishop Pothinus and the slave Blandina; some died in prison, others in the arena, killed by beasts or by the sword, before the crowd. The sources consulted preserve no other details about him. He is a saint of the undivided Church.
Commemorated the same day June 2
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Eugene I of RomeSaint · Bishop of RomeJun 2
Nikephoros the ConfessorSaint · Patriarch of ConstantinopleJun 2
BlandinaMartyrJun 2
Pothinus of LyonHieromartyr · Bishop of LyonJun 2
Nectarius of ConstantinopleSaint · Archbishop of ConstantinopleJun 2
Nicholas the PilgrimVenerable · Greek pilgrim in southern ItalyJun 2
John the New of SuceavaGreat Martyr · Martyr of Cetatea AlbăJun 2- Plato of ElisavetgradHieromartyrJun 2
- 38 MartyrsHoly MartyrsJun 2
- AdalgisVenerableJun 2
- Aedhan of Cluain DomhuilSaintJun 2
- Aemilia of LyonMartyrJun 2