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Tuesday, January 21st, 2025
the Second Week after Epiphany
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Bible Dictionaries
Apollonia, Saint
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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Virgin, martyr, deaconess, died Alexandria, c249 She was seized by the insurgent heathen populace who tortured her by knocking out her teeth. A pile of faggots was prepared to burn her and the other martyrs, but, threatened with death, Apollonia chose to embrace it voluntarily and sprang into the fire. Invoked against toothache and diseases of the teeth. Emblems: tooth, pincers. Feast, Roman Calendar, February 9,.
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Bibliography Information
Entry for 'Apollonia, Saint'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/a/apollonia-saint.html. 1910.
Entry for 'Apollonia, Saint'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/a/apollonia-saint.html. 1910.
