Constantine worshiped Apollo because he was a pagan. He was born a pagan and most likely died a pagan. Somehow, over the years the idea that Constantine was a Christian took hold, but it is a misconception. Constantine made the Christian religion legal and legitimate, and exempted Christians from the worship of the state gods. He also oversaw the Council of Nicea, but these were for political reasons rather than spiritual ones. The story of his deathbed conversion, while it may be truthful, could very possibly have only been done to quiet the people around him who were urging him to convert and not giving him a chance to die in peace. The religious leaders, in particular the church historian and friend of Constantine, Eusebius, were quick to publicize this death bed "conversion" and so the misconception of Constantine being a Christian was born.
As a child and young man, Constantine worshipped the god Apollo. An acolyte even reported that Constantine had seen a vision of Apollo in the sky just before an important battle in Gaul.
Emporer Constantine
Constantine was the first emperor to *accept* Christianity but he did *not* make it the official religion of the Roman Empire. Constantine did put a stop to Christian persecution, returned Christian property from pagans and reduced support for pagan religion.On February 27 380 Theodosius I "... declared "Catholic Christianity" the only legitimate imperial religion, ending state support for the traditional Roman religion."This was over 40 years after Constantine had died.Christian persecutions still continued - those following other variants of it.
In 313, in the Edict of Milan, Constantine declared that all people should be free to worship as they chose. In other words, he legalized all religions, Christianity included.
Constantine completed the termination of the Great Persecution of Christians and reiterate the freedom to worship which had been decreed by the emperor Galerius in his Edict of Toleration of 311. He did so in the Edict of Milan he issued in 313 with his co-emperor Licinius. The edict established freedom of worship for all religions in the empire.
As a child and young man, Constantine worshipped the god Apollo. An acolyte even reported that Constantine had seen a vision of Apollo in the sky just before an important battle in Gaul.
Constantine
Either you mean if Apollo had a religion - which he did not, as a god himself worship another god. Or what the religion that worshiped Apollo was called, the worship of many gods (such as the Greek ones, of which Apollo is one) is called "pagan", the cult worship of Apollo was widespread.
Constantine experienced a vision of Apollo and Victory granting him laurel wreaths of health and a long reign.
In 313AD, Constantine issued the Edict of Milan legalizing Christian worship.
Emporer Constantine
It was the roman Emperor Constantine.
Greek, and Roman religions.
He was the first Christian ruler in ancient Rome/Greece.
Christians to worship publicly
Constantine? The Edict of Milan
He was murdered by devotees of the God Dionysus after he refused to worship Dionysus and opted to worship Apollo instead.