{{Short description|Christian martyr (3rd century)}} {{Infobox saint |name= Saint Pollio |birth_date= |death_date= 3rd century |feast_day= 27 April, 28 April |venerated_in= Roman Catholic Church |image= |imagesize= 250px |caption= |birth_place= |death_place= Cybalae (present-day Vinkovci, Croatia) |titles= Martyr |beatified_date= }}
'''Pollio of Cybalae''' or Pullio of Cybalae (3rd century) is venerated as a Christian martyr who may have been executed for his faith during the persecutions of Emperor 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 in the city of ''Cybalae'' (present-day Vinkovci, Croatia) in the Roman province of 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 '' and the ''Synaxarium of Constantinople''.
Hagiographies tell the story of how he suffered interrogation from the 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>
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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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