Also known as
Apolline
Memorial
9 February
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Virgin. Deaconess. During an anti-Christian uprising in Alexandria 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
Name Meaning
belonging to Apollo (Apollonios)
Canonized
Pre-Congregation
Patronage
 Achterbos, Belgium
 Ariccia, Italy
 Cuccaro Monferrato, Italy
 dentists
 tooth disease
 toothache
Representation
 deaconess holding a set of pincers which often holds a tooth
 gilded tooth
 pincers grabbing a tooth
 pincers
 tooth and a palm branch
 tooth
 woman wearing a golden tooth on a chain