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Venerable (Monastic) · 4th century

Saint Apollo of the Egyptian Thebaid

Also known as Apollonios · Apollo of Hermopolis

An ascetic of the Thebaid who founded a great monastery near Hermopolis and guided some five hundred monks in joy and brotherly love, working miracles and bringing peace in famine and strife.

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Notes

REVIEW: possibly the same as Venerable Apollonius the Ascetic of Egypt (Mar 31, OS-0910); confirm whether to merge.

Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints