St. Apollonia, Patron Saint of Dentistry

Piero della Francesca Workshop, San Apollonia before 1470, Samuel H. Crescent Collection, Washington DC National Museum of Art

Apollonia was born in Egypt in the 3 rd century and died in 249. She is an elderly female deacon who lives in Alexandria and lives in the sanctuary of Christianity. During the reign of Philip Emperor, she was killed because she did not abandon faith. The living record of St. Apollonia was written by St. Dionysius to Bishop Fabian of Antioch. One night, angry heathens began to riot and violently attacked believers. After Apollonia was hit by a Christian's persecutors, all her teeth were knocked down. Unless she gave up on her beliefs, she was threatened by the fire, and Apollonia sprung into the flame spontaneously, praying. Believe it or not, she is considered a tooth disease often told by those with toothache Ancient art depicts her golden tooth on the edge of her necklace. Some of her teeth and many live in churches now in Europe her vacation is February 9th.

St. Apollonia is known as a patron saint of dentistry. In 249 AD, everyone in the Roman Empire was ordered to make a sacrifice for God. You can not make up for it and can not say that you were sacrificed in the closed door - there are laws to be enforced and you need to pay a sacrifice in front of a Roman judge . Christians are faced with the ignorance or death of the authorities. When she refused to pay the gods, Apollonia was caught by thugs who crushed their teeth. Then in front of her, they built a high mountain of trees. They said that if she did not deny Christ and worship idols, they would throw her in flames. She jumped into a furious flame, knowing she would not lower himself in front of a false god

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.