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SAINT APOLLONIA Qlfy Jfvvcial fz'l'llll5SIUII of Cllaflcy R. ltithfll, D.D.S.. of ,Ym'1'lz:.u'5Ii'rr1 l'IIIT't'I'X1'f:l'.J AlN'l' APULLUNIA. in the year 300 A. ll., was canonized by the church of Rome, and since then has been the patron saint of Dentistry. The ninth day of February has been observed by the church of Rome in her commemoration. A painting of this saint was. in 1900. presented to the Academy of Stomatology. on be- half of Dr. Mary H. Stillwell, by Ilr. C. N. Pierce of Philadelphia, together with this historic sketch: She was the daughter of a heathen magistrate in the city of Alexandria. IIer mother, al- though not a Christian, was inclined to look with sympathy on the believers in that faith and often spoke to the child of the wonderful power there was in the prayers of these people. lt is not surprising, therefore, that Apollonia, as she grew up, felt more and more deeply that this alone was the one religion that could satisfy and ennoble her life. Longing to obtain the grace of baptism, she made her way to Saint Leonine, a disciple of St. Anthony of Egypt, and, as he baptized her, he bade her go to Alexandria and preach the faith. So she went forth, and though she was only a woman, young and frail, yet so eloquent were her words, so fervent her zeal, that she made many converts. About this time a tumult had been stirred up in the city against the Christians and the mass of the people were enraged at her teaching, and came with bitter com- plaints to her father. He gave her up to be judged by the governor. They brought her before the idol temple and bade her worship the graven image. lt is reported that she made a sign of the cross, and there came forth from the statue an evil spirit shrieking, .-Xpollonia has driven me hence. This was more than could be borne: the people thirsted for vengeance, Su they tried by torture to overcome her constancy. She was bound. and one by one her teeth were drawn out, but still she did not Hinch or fear, and on her refusal to accede to the demands of her perse- cutors and renounce her faith, she was brutally clubbed about the head and face, and subsequently sutieretl death by hre. ' For a period of nearly tifteen hundred years her intercession has been sought for relief from all pain incident to dental diseases, and her relics have been and are regarded as possessing great efficacy in the cure of the same. Remains of ber head and jaws, which were gathered from the fire in which slle was thrown, are said to be preserved in various churches. In Rome. in Naples, in Antwerp, Brussels, and Cologne portions of the bones or teeth are cherished. There is also a portion of these resting in some of the churches in the province of Quebec. Chapels and altars in her honor are found in many churches. ller distinctive emblems are the pinchers and tooth, the latter in some of the paintings is hung by a gold chain around her neck as an ornament. ' Another story is that St. Apollonia suffered martyrdom at an advanced age in Alexandria during the Decian persecution, 240. She was seized, together with other Christians, and received such violent blows upon her jaws that she lost all of her teeth. The Pagans then lit the tire, and demanded that she should curse Christ. She hesitated for a moment and then suddenly leaped into the tire. During the middle ages she was worshipped as the patroness against toothache. , N rn s V . . 95 A QQ. ' fs as a re 5 ' ' ' QXR xiii? lQrE,E3Q mi