# Apollonia

Apollonia or Apolonia (named after the Greek god Apollo) may refer to :

## Places and jurisdictions
### Albania

* Apollonia (Illyria), now Pojani (Polina) in Albania; former bishopric, now Latin titular see

### Bulgaria

* Apollonia, Thrace, now Sozopol, Bulgaria

### Greece

* Apollonia (Aetolia), a town near Naupactus
* Apollonia (Argolis), also known as Troezen
* Apollonia (Athos), a city on Mount Athos
* Apollonia (Chalcidice), a city in the Chalcidice
* Apollonia (Echinades), a town in the Echniades
* Apollonia (Kavala), a city in Kavala, northern Greece
* Apollonia (Mygdonia), an inland city near modern Apollonia, Thessaloniki, reportedly visited by the Apostle Paul
* Apollonia, Sifnos (ancient town), an ancient town on the island of Sifnos
* Apollonia (Sifnos), the main town on the island of Sifnos, taking its name from the former
* Apollonia, Thessaloniki
* Five cities on Crete:
** Apellonia, also called Apollonia, on the north coast
** Apollonia (northern Crete), on the north coast
** Apollonia (southern Crete), on the south coast
** Eleutherna, inland city also called Apollonia
** Kydonia, also called Apollonia

### Italy

* Apollonia (Sicily) in Northern Sicily
* Sant'Apollonia (Ancona), in Corinaldo, province of Ancona
* Sant'Apollonia (Brescia), township in Ponte di Legno, province of Brescia
* Sant'Apollonia (Lecco), township in Viganò, locality of Lecco
* Sant'Apollonia (Padua), township in Bagnoli di Sopra Padua, Veneto
* Sant'Apollonia (Turin), township in Val della Torre, province Turin, in the Piedmont region
* Fondamenta Sant'Apollonia, in Venice, Veneto

### Asia

* Surabaya, Indonesia; formerly the Dutch settlement of Fort Apollonia
* Apollonia-Arsuf, near modern Herzliya, Israel

#### Anatolia (Turkey)

* Apollonia (Lycia), an ancient city in Lycia
* Apollonia (Lydia), an ancient city in Lydia, also Apollonis
* Apollonia (Mysia), an ancient city in Mysia
* Apollonia (Pisidia) (later called Sozopolis), an ancient city in Pisidia
* Apollonia ad Rhyndacum, a town astride the river Rhyndacus in Bithynia next to the lake Apolloniatis
* Apollonia Salbaces, an ancient city in Anatolia
* Assos, also called Apollonia
* Tripolis on the Meander, also called Apollonia

### Elsewhere

* Sainte-Apollonie island (Île de Sainte-Apollonie), on the Mayenne river in Pays de la Loire, France
* Fort Apollonia, Beyin, Ghana
* Apollonia, Cyrenaica, Libya
* Apolonia, Texas, US
* Apollonia, Wisconsin, US

### In space

* 358 Apollonia, a large main belt asteroid
* Apollonia (Mercury), an albedo feature on the planet Mercury

## People

* Saint Apollonia of Alexandria (died 249)
* Apollonia Kotero (born 1959), American musician and actress
** Apollonia 6, a musical group led by Apollonia Kotero
* Apollonia Kickius (1669-1695), Scottish painter
* Apolonia Litwińska (1928-2021), Polish chess player
* Apollonia Mathia (died 2011), South Sudanese journalist
* Apolonia Muñoz Abarca (1920-2009), American healthcare campaigner
* Apollonia Poilâne (born 1984), French baker
* Apolonia Ustrzycka (1736-1814), Polish noblewoman
* Apolonia Vaivai (born 1981), Fijian weightlifter
* Apollonia van Ravenstein (born 1954), Dutch model and actress

### Fictional

* Apollonia Vitelli Corleone, a character in Mario Puzo's The Godfather saga
* Apollonia, aka The Black Knight, a playable character in the Japanese gacha game Granblue Fantasy
* Apollonia, a character in the Raul Julia public television film Overdrawn at the Memory Bank also covered on Mystery Science Theater 3000

## Other uses

* Apolonia, Apolonia, 2022 documentary film directed by Lea Glob
* Apollonia University, a private university in Iași, Romania
* KF Apolonia Fier, an Albanian football club based in Fier