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ID: 901001351
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001351
Record Type: Character/Person

Apollinaris, Saint, Bishop of Ravenna (Christian character)

Note: By tradition, a Syrian saint and bishop. Today, most scholars believe that his biography is legendary only, probably written by Maurus of Ravenna (642-671) in order to document the ancient apostolic origin of the See of Ravenna.

Display Date: said to have lived in 2nd century

Names:
Apollinaris, Saint, Bishop of Ravenna (Christian character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Saint Apollinaris, Bishop of Ravenna (Christian character) (English,A,N)
St. Apollinaris (Christian character) (English,U,N)
Sant'Apollinare (Christian character) (Italian-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Christian iconography> (P)
........<Christian characters> (P)
............Apollinaris, Saint, Bishop of Ravenna (Christian character) (I)
Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... saint
.....(people by state or condition, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... bishop (prelate)
.....(prelates, Christian clergy, clergy, people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Christianity
.....(Abrahamic religions, religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Apollinaris, Saint, Bishop of Ravenna (Christian character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) no2009100458; accessed 21 June 2016
Saint Apollinaris, Bishop of Ravenna (Christian character)
................Getty Vocabulary Program rules
St. Apollinaris (Christian character)
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) in 11H(Romuald)342 St. Apollinaris appears to St. Romuald
Sant'Apollinare (Christian character)
................ICCD database (1988-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollinaris_of_Ravenna#/media/File:Saint_Apollenaris.jpg
................ New Catholic Encyclopedia, 2nd edition [online] (2003-)

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