Venerable (Monastic) · 5th century
Venerable Apollinaria of Egypt
Also known as Apollinaria the Senator's Daughter · the monk Dorotheus
Daughter of a Roman official who, fleeing marriage, lived disguised as the monk Dorotheus in great asceticism in the Egyptian desert.
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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Jan 5