Saint Apollonia

During the reign of Philip Emperor Christian persecution began in Alexandria. The first victim of a heathen mob was an old man named Metrius who died of torture. The second person who refused to worship their fake idols was a Christian woman named Quinta. Her words angered the mob, she was flogged and stoned

Most Christians ran away from the city and gave up all their secular property, but the old butler's Apollonia was caught. The crowd beat her and knocked out all her teeth. And if she is not cursing her god, they will ignite the fire and throw the girlfriend. She asked them to wait as if they were considering their request. Instead, she gladly jumped into the fire and suffered from a martyr.

There are many churches and altars exclusively for her. Apollonia is a dentist 's maid, people with toothache and other tooth problems frequently ask her to pray. Her photograph has a pair of pliers with teeth or gold teeth hanging from the necklace. St. Augustine interprets her spontaneous martyrdom as a special revelation of the Holy Spirit.

The church has a sense of humor! Apollonia is known as a patron saint of a dentist, but this woman who does not need anesthetic to withdraw teeth must be a patron saint of those who are afraid of the chair. She was also a patron of aging, as she gained the glory in later years and her fellow Christian escaped the city, she kept a solid position even before her persecutors Hmm. But we chose to respect her, she is still a model of our courage

Women from Susanna or Shoshana, St. Apollonia, St. Roche or Rocco, Madonna, St. Francis, St. Catherine, Pon Pirete, St. Pierre, St. Paul, St. Bernabe, Samaria, Susanna, Elder, St. Cecilia, Mary Magdalene, Marriage of the Virgin Mary, worship of the shepherd, heritage of St. Paul, Our Lady of the temple at the temple, David and Abigail, House of Simon at Christ Lissey in France, St. Lawrence

An article from Santa Apollonia appeared in the dental briefing of July 1913. However, there are many inaccuracies in this article, I think I can add more on this topic. Dr. Cook mentioned this saint in the history of his dental surgery and in 1900 Dr. CN Pierce presented St. Apollonia's picture to the Department of Oral Disease of Philadelphia. To my knowledge, these are the only references in our dental literature of St. Apollonia. Centuries ago, in dental professionals, men and women with toothache were accustomed to calling Apollonia to help them. Because of the medieval toothache, the poor are very hopeless, as they can do.

There are few pictures of this saint. Mrs James gave a name to her known people in her sacred and legendary art. There were hardly any things to escape from the sharp eyes of British women who did not know fatigue. Both are thinking about St. Apollonia, she did not mention, and most of them to her list, this is very much from ordinary tourist's gaze, from her selling hours and many resettling times Short picture is to recover yourself with redemption. Mrs. James saw St. Apollonia in Hemlinck - she did not say - FreiNi in Rinnuccini Palace in Florence, Grannache in Munich, the same artist in Florence Academy, and a saint of Procachetoni in Milan Cathedral. The palace and its contents are very popular, so the movement of paintings is widely done. Still, there are two or three Holy Apollonias that you can easily find and enjoy.