St. Apollonius the Apologist: Saint of the Day for Thursday, April 18, 2024 (Thu, 18 Apr 2024)
Martyr whose Apologia, or defense of the faith, is considered one of the most priceless documents of the early Church. Apollonius was a Roman senator who was denounced as a Christian by one of his
slaves. The Praetorian Prefect, Sextus Tigidius Perennis, arrested him, also putting the slave to death as an informer. Perennis demanded that Apollonius denounce the faith, and when he refused, the
case was remanded to the Roman senate. There a debate took place between Perennis and Apollonius that ...
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