#saint apollonia

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Neri di Bicci - The Annunciantion with Saints. Detail. 1458

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Andy Warhol

Saint Apollonia

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Guido Reni - The martyrdom of Saint Apollonia, 1600-03. See also >> (x)

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Allsaints’ Cafe Daily Special for February 9: Eggs Apollonia

Served on an almond english muffin, sautéed leafy greens, thick-cut ham, poached eggs, and hollandaise. It’s spiced with ginger, mint, and rosemary to keep bad breath at bay. Served with a side of collard greens with carrots and an apple.

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Master Alejo (Spanish, Active c. 1485-1516) Saints Apollonia, Barbara, and Agatha (1490-1500)

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Peter Knapp - Apollonia & Ingmari Lamy Wearing Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche (Vogue UK 1972)

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Reliquary containing a tooth, reputedly that of Saint Apollonia, in the Cathedral of Porto, Portugal.

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Apollonia van Ravenstein photographed at Oliver Messel’s house in Barbados wearing Saint Laurent Rive Gauche. British Vogue, July 1973.

Photographer: Norman Parkinson

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Trilogie Ink is my Blood, Apollonia Saintclair, disponible sur entre-image.com

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Unknown Artist The martyrdom of Saint Apollonia

a polychrome and sculpted wood panel, 55 x 65 x 3 cm, 19th century

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The Careless Whisper - Apollonia Saint Clair

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Giovanni d’Alemagna - Saint Apollonia Destroys a Pagan Idol. 1442 - 1445

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Saint Apollonia Died 249 Feast Day: February 9 Patronage: dentists, tooth problems

St.  Apollonia, an early Church martyr, is the patron of dentists and toothaches. Christian persecution in 249, led many to their death. St. Apollonia would not renounce her faith and was beaten, having all her teeth knocked out. Her persecutors then threatened her with fire. She stood firm, even voluntarily jumping into the flames, to her death. Her life story was written by St. Dionysius, Bishop of Alexandria, to Fabian, Bishop of Antioch. {website}

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SAINT OF THE DAY (February 9)

St. Apollonia was a holy virgin who suffered martyrdom in Alexandria during a local uprising against the Christians in the early 3rd century.

During festivities commemorating the founding of the Roman Empire, a mob began attacking Christians.

The great Dionysius, then Bishop of Alexandria (247-265), related the sufferings of Apollonia:

"Men seized her and, by repeated blows, broke all of her teeth. They then erected a pile of sticks outside the city and threatened to burn her alive if she refused to repeat impious words after them (either a blasphemy against Christ, or an invocation of the heathen gods).

When she was given a little freedom at her own request, she sprang quickly into the fire and was burned to death."

Apollonia belongs to a class of early Christian martyrs who, when confronted with the choice between renouncing their faith or suffering death, voluntarily embraced the latter.

She is popularly invoked for toothaches because of the torments she had to endure. She is represented in art with pincers holding a tooth.

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THE DESCRIPTION OF SAINT APOLLONIA The Patron of Dentists Feast Day: February 9

Ask anybody that has gone through it: there's nothing quite like a toothache. Did you know that dentists and toothaches have a patron saint? Her name was Apollonia.

Apollonia was one of a group of virgin martyrs who suffered in Alexandria during a local uprising against the Christians prior to the persecution of Decius.

According to legend, her torture included having all of her teeth violently pulled out or shattered. The most reliable and contemporary historical account about St Apollonia is from Eusebius' church history. Eusebius records a letter from Dionysius, bishop of Alexandria, written around 249 AD. In it we read that men seized Apollonia because of her Christian faith and 'by repeated blows broke all her teeth.'

Then a woodpile was built and the men threatened to burn her alive if she refused to repeat after them impious words… Given, at her own request, a little freedom, she sprang quickly into the fire and was burned to death.

Because of the nature of the torture she endured rather than deny her faith, St. Apollonia became the special intercessor for those with tooth troubles and, naturally, the patron saint of dentists and those suffering from toothache or other dental problems.

Surely this saint was much called upon for her prayers during medieval days, when the only real solution for an abscessed tooth was to pull it out – without anesthesia!

The Church has quite a sense of humor! Apollonia is honored as the patron saint of dentists, but this woman who had her teeth extracted without anesthetic surely ought to be the patron of those who dread the chair. She might also be the patron of the aging, for she attained glory in her old age, standing firm before her persecutors even as her fellow Christians fled the city. However, we choose to honor her, she remains a model of courage for us.

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German School (German, 16th-20th Century) Diptych of Saints Achatius, Barbara, Apollonia, and Sebald