Saint Apollinare portrait mosaic at Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna.

Saint Apollinare (also known as Apollinaris) is mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles as a disciple of Saint Peter the Apostle. According to tradition, he was a native of Antioch. As the first bishop of Ravenna he faced nearly constant persecution. He and his flock were exiled from Ravenna during the 79 persecutions of Emperor Vespasian (or Nero, depending on the source). On his way out of the city he was identified, arrested as being the leader, tortured, and martyred by being run through with a sword. Centuries after his death he appeared in a vision to Saint Romuald. The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organising a liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with one or more saints, and referring to the day as the saints day of that saint. ... July 23 is the 204th day (205th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 161 days remaining. ... In several forms of the church of Christianity, but especially in Roman Catholicism, a patron saint has special affinity for a trade or group. ... Düsseldorf - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... For other places named Ravenna, see Ravenna (disambiguation). ... Ravenna is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. ... The Acts of the Apostles (Greek Praxeis Apostolon) is a book of the Bible, which now stands fifth in the New Testament. ... Saint Peter, also known as Peter, Simon ben Jonah/BarJonah, Simon Peter, Cephas and Kepha—original name Simon or Simeon (Acts 15:14)—was one of the twelve original disciples or apostles of Jesus. ... The Twelve Apostles (in Koine Greek απόστολος apostolos [1], someone sent forth/sent out, an emissary) were probably Galilean Jewish men (10 names are Aramaic, 4 names are Greek) chosen from among the disciples, who were sent forth by Jesus of Nazareth to preach the Gospel to both Jews and Gentiles... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A bishop is an ordained member of the Christian clergy who, in certain Christian churches, holds a position of authority. ... Ravenna is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. ... Vespasian sestertius, struck in 71 to celebrate the victory in the Jewish Rebellion. ... Nero Claudius Cæsar Augustus Germanicus (December 15, 37 – June 9, 68), born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, also called Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus, was the fifth and last Roman Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68). ...

A noted miracle worker, he is considered especially effective against gout and epilepsy. His relics are at the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo and the Benedictine Basilica of Sant' Apollinare in Classe, both in Ravenna and in Saint Lambert's church, Düsseldorf, Germany. There are also churches dedicated to him in Aachen, Burtscheid, and Remagen in Germany; A Benedictine is a person who follows the Rule of St Benedict. ... The Basilica of Sant Apollinare in Classe in Ravenna, Italy, was erected by order of Bishop Ursicino, using money from the Greek banker, Julian the Silversmith. ... Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and (together with Cologne and the Ruhr Area) the economic center of Western Germany. ... Aachen (French Aix-la-Chapelle, Dutch Aken, Latin Aquisgranum, Ripuarian Oche) is a spa city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the border with Belgium and the Netherlands, 65 km to the west of Cologne, and the westernmost city in Germany. ... Remagen is a city in Germany in the Bundesland of Rhineland-Palatinate. ...

His memorial day is 23 July; confined to local calendars since 1969 by Roman Catholics.

The acts of the martyrdom of Saint Apollinare, however, have scarcely any historical value; they were probably written by archbishop Maruo of Ravenna (642-661), and were intended, together with the alleged apostolic origin of the See of Ravenna, to abet his political aspirations against the influence of both Rome and Constantinople. However, Christian inscriptions that date from the second century have been discovered near Classe, confirming the presence of Christianity in Ravenna at a very early date. According to the list of the bishops of Ravenna compiled by bishop Marianus (546-556), the 12th Bishop of Ravenna was named Severus; and as he is among those who signed at the Council of Sardica (343). Thus, the epoch of Saint Apollinaris may be estimated as possibly to the last decades of the second century, placing his martyrdom possibly under Septimius Severus. City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Area  - City Proper  1285 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,553,873 almost 4,300,000 1. ... Constantinople[1] was the name of the modern-day city of Ä°stanbul, Turkey over the centuries that it served as the second capital of the unified Roman Empire, and after its division into East and West, of the Eastern Roman Empire, also known as the Byzantine Empire (from the city... The Council of Sardica was called as an Ecumenical Council in 342, 343, or 347 in response to the Arian Heresy. ... Lucius Septimius Severus, (April 11, 146-February 4, 211) was Roman emperor from April 9, 193 to 211. ...