Apollinaris of Ravenna

Apollinaris of Ravenna is a Syrian saint, whom the Roman Martyrology describes as "a bishop who, according to tradition, while spreading among the nations the unsearchable riches of Christ, led his flock as a good shepherd and honoured the Church of Classis near Ravenna by a glorious martyrdom."

Patron saint of epilepsy; gout; Emilia-Romagna region (Italy); Aachen, Burtscheid, Düsseldorf, Ravenna, Remagen