Apollo the Shepherd
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Apollo the Shepherd was one of the Desert Fathers quoted in the Apophthegmata Patrum (Sayings of the Desert Fathers).
Quotes
[edit]- Ward, Benedicta (1984). The sayings of the Desert Fathers: the alphabetical collection. Kalamazoo, MI: Cistercian Publications.
- There was in the Cells an old man called Apollo. If someone came to find him about doing a piece of work, he would set out joyfully, saying, 'I am going to work with Christ today, for the salvation of my soul, for that is the reward he gives.'
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