RELIC OF SAINT APOLLINE Patron saint of dentists and toothaches
RELIC OF SAINT APOLLINE Patron saint of dentists and toothaches
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Rare reliquary in silver with a glass front, containing the first class relic Ex Ossibus of Saint Apolline. The relic is fixed on a red silk background decorated with silver thread and is identified on a label as S. Apoloniae V. et M.
Good used condition with its original glass.
Not opened.
Ecclesiastical seal and silk threads present.
PERIOD : 18th century
DIMENSIONS : 3.6 cm X 3 cm
SIZE : 1.4" X 1.2"
Saint Apollonia was a 3rd-century Christian martyr venerated for her courage in the face of persecution in Alexandria, Egypt. During a revolt against Christians, she was captured and tortured, her tormentors pulling out her teeth. Rather than renounce her faith, she chose to throw herself into the flames of the stake. Today, she is the patron saint of dentists and people with dental pain, invoked to relieve toothache. Her feast day is celebrated on February 9.
