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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Holy Hierarchs

Apollonius and Leontius

Bishops of Braga

Bishops of Braga in Hispania, commemorated together.

Feast
March 19old style April 1
Era
4th century
Place
Braga
Order
Hierarchs

Life

Holy Hierarchs Apollonius and Leontius are honoured as early bishops of Braga, in present-⁠day Portugal (the Roman province of Hispania). According to tradition they shepherded the city in the first centuries of the Church; no reliable information about their lives survives. They are saints of the undivided Church, commemorated on 19 March (new style; 1 April in the old style).

Commemorated the same day March 19