Apollinaris Syncletica


Apollinaris Syncletica
Venerable
BornConstantinople
(modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)
Died420 or 470
Egypt
Venerated inEastern Orthodox Church
Roman Catholic Church
Feast5 January (Eastern Orthodox)
4 January (Roman Catholic

Apollinaris Syncletica (Medieval Greek: Απολινάριος Συγκλητική), also known as Apollinaria of Egypt, was a saint and hermit of the 5th century, venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church. Her story is most likely apocryphal and "turns on the familiar theme of a girl putting on male attire and living for many years undiscovered".