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Also known as

• Apollinaria
• Dorotheus

Memorial

• 5 January

Profile

Daughter of an Byzantine pro-consul. Feeling drawn to religious life, she dressed as a man, moved to the desert, called herself Dorotheus, and lived as a hermit. Spiritual student of Saint Macarius of Egypt. Her sex was discovered only at her death. It’s possible this is a case of pious fiction being mistaken for history.

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

MLA Citation

• “Saint Apollinaris Syncletica“. CatholicSaints.Info. 10 April 2022. Web. 16 May 2024. <>