Saint Apollonia of Alexandria

Also known as

• Apolline of Alexandria

Memorial

• 9 February

Profile

Consecrated virgin. Deaconess. During an anti-Christian uprising in Alexandria, Egypt caused by a pagan prophecy, the mob seized Apollonia as a leader among the local Christians. After her teeth were broken with pincers, she was given the choice of renouncing Christ or being burned alive; she lept onto the fire herself. Martyr.

Died

• burned to death c.249 at Alexandria, Egypt

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• against tooth disease
• against toothache
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• dental technicians
• dentists
• —
• Achterbos, Belgium
• Ariccia, Italy
• Cuccaro Monferrato, Italy

Representation

• deaconess holding a set of pincers which often holds a tooth
• gilded tooth
• pincers
• pincers grabbing a tooth
• tooth
• tooth and a palm branch
• woman wearing a golden tooth on a chain

Storefront

• medals and pendants

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia, by T J Campbell
• Heiligen 3s
• Katherine Rabenstein
• Kirken i Norge
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Saint Apollonia, The Patron Saint of Dentistry, by Henry A Kelley, DMD
• Svetniki

MLA Citation

• “Saint Apollonia of Alexandria“. Saints.SQPN.com. 10 April 2013. Web. 24 May 2013. <>