# Pollio of Cybalae

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{{Short description|Christian martyr (3rd century)}}
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|name= Saint Pollio 
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|death_date= 3rd century
|feast_day= 27 April, 28 April
|venerated_in= [Roman Catholic Church](/source/Roman_Catholic_Church)
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|imagesize= 250px
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|birth_place= 
|death_place= Cybalae (present-day [Vinkovci](/source/Vinkovci), [Croatia](/source/Croatia))
|titles= Martyr
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'''Pollio of Cybalae''' or Pullio of Cybalae (3rd century) is venerated as a [Christian](/source/Christianity) [martyr](/source/martyr) who may have been executed for his faith during the persecutions of Emperor [Diocletian](/source/Diocletian).<ref name="catholic.org">[http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=5529 St. Pollio]</ref> It is thought that he may have been a [lector](/source/Reader_(liturgy)) in the city of ''Cybalae'' (present-day [Vinkovci](/source/Vinkovci), [Croatia](/source/Croatia)) in the [Roman](/source/Roman_Empire) province of [Pannonia](/source/Pannonia).<ref name="catholic.org"/> As such he may have been associated with the imperial dynasty.<ref>Deborah Mauskopf Deliyannis, "Ravenna in Late Antiquity"</ref> He is mentioned in the ''[Hieronymian Martyrology](/source/Hieronymian_Martyrology) '' and the ''[Synaxarium of Constantinople](/source/Synaxarium_of_Constantinople)''.

Hagiographies tell the story of how he suffered interrogation from the [prefect](/source/prefect) Probus and refused to abjure his faith; and was put to death outside of the city walls by being burnt alive.<ref>''[http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/51010 San Pollione di Cibali]''</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
*{{in lang|it}} [http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/51010 San Pollione]
*[http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=5529 St. Pollio]

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