# St. Apollinaris (July 23) — From Dom Guéranger’s Liturgical Year

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Published: 2026-07-22T17:30:00+00:00
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A meditation for the Feast of Saint Apollinaris of Ravenna, from Dom Guéranger’s “The Liturgical Year”, Volume IV of the Time after Pentecost.Saint Apollinaris of Ravenna was a Syrian disciple of Saint Peter who became the first bishop of Ravenna and is celebrated as the patron saint and evangelizer of Emilia-Romagna. According to tradition, Saint Peter personally appointed him to travel from Antioch to northeastern Italy, where his powerful preaching, miraculous healings, and relentless missionary work quickly established a flourishing Christian community. His efforts drew fierce opposition from local Roman authorities, resulting in repeated arrests, severe beatings, and multiple exiles; however, Apollinaris persistently returned to shepherd his flock until he was eventually beaten to death, earning the crown of martyrdom. Today, his legacy is immortalized in the magnificent 6th-century Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe near Ravenna, where a famous apse mosaic depicts him standing in prayer amidst a pastoral garden surrounded by twelve sheep, symbolizing his role as a faithful shepherd to his church.Dom Prosper Guéranger's The Liturgical Year, a monumental fifteen-volume work, offers a comprehensive exploration of the Catholic Church’s liturgical calendar, guiding readers through the spiritual and historical richness of the Church’s worship. Written in the 19th century, the series provides daily meditations, historical context, and liturgical texts for the Mass and Divine Office, covering the entire cycle of seasons—Advent, Christmas, Lent, Passiontide, Easter, and the Time after Pentecost—as well as feast days of saints. Guéranger’s work, rooted in a deep contemplative spirit, aims to immerse the faithful in the Church’s prayerful life, emphasizing the unity of f…

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