A native of Antioch. The Holy Apostle Peter took him with him to Rome, where he ordained him Bishop of Ravenna. In Ravenna, Apollinarius healed the son of the soldier Irenaeus from blindness and converted his entire household to the faith of Christ. After healing the wife of the Ravenna commander, he baptized his entire household. He remained in his home for 12 years, preaching the Gospel in Ravenna, for which the pagan elders repeatedly tortured him and, finally, exiled him to Illyricum. Having survived a shipwreck on the way, Saint Apollinarius continued to preach the Gospel in the Balkans, all the way to the Danube. Then he headed for Thrace. After three years, he was exiled back to Italy. In Ravenna, where his relics rest today, pagans stabbed him with knives.

Holy Martyrs Trophimus and Theophilus and others with them.