ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST Saints celebrated on the 21st August WELCOME! SAINT APOLLINARIS SIDONIUS, BISHOP OF CLERMONT, CONFESSOR Caius Sollius Apollinaris Sidonius was born at Lyons about the year 431, and was of one of the most noble families in Gaul, where his father and grandfather, both named Apollinaris, had commanded successively in quality of prefects of the praetorium. HE WAS EDUCATED UNDER THE BEST MASTERS He was educated in arts and learning under the best masters, and was one of the most celebrated orators and poets of the age in which he lived. From his epistles, it is manifest that he was always religious, pious, humble, affable, extremely affectionate, beneficent, and compassionate, and no lover of the world, even whilst he lived in it; for some time he had a command in the imperial army; and he married Papianilla, by whom he had a son called Apollinaris, and two daughters. SIDONIUS WAS APPREHENDED Papianilla was daughter of Avitus, wh...