# Saint Apollonia

> A third-century virgin martyr whose teeth were pulled out during anti-Christian violence in Alexandria — making her the patron saint of dentists and toothaches.

*Christian female saint and martyr*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/saint-apollonia

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Country:** Egypt
- **Born:** 150
- **Died:** 0249-02-09
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Apollonia was among a group of virgin martyrs killed in Alexandria during a local uprising against Christians before the empire-wide persecution under Decius began. Church tradition holds that her torturers violently extracted or shattered every tooth in her mouth. That singular brutality attached her name to dental suffering for centuries after, and she became the saint invoked by anyone with a toothache. French court painter Jehan Fouquet later captured the scene in The Martyrdom of St. Apollonia, fixing the image in devotional art. She remains the patroness of dentistry — a profession born from pain she knew first.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 54.3 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Topics
#Religious Figures, #Religious Figure, #Religion, #Ancient History

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q232427)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Apollonia)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Saint%20Apollonia)
- [Apol·lònia d'Alexandria](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apol%C2%B7l%C3%B2nia_d'Alexandria)
- [Swiãtô Apòloniô](https://csb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swi%C3%A3t%C3%B4_Ap%C3%B2loni%C3%B4)
- [Apolena z Alexandrie](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apolena_z_Alexandrie)
- [Apollonia (helgen)](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollonia_(helgen))
- [Apollonia von Alexandria](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollonia_von_Alexandria)
- [Αγία Απολλωνία](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%B3%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CE%91%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%BB%CF%89%CE%BD%CE%AF%CE%B1)
- [Apolonia de Alejandría](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apolonia_de_Alejandr%C3%ADa)
- [Apolonia Alexandriakoa](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apolonia_Alexandriakoa)
- [Apollonia Aleksandrialainen](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollonia_Aleksandrialainen)
- [Apolline d'Alexandrie](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apolline_d'Alexandrie)
- [Apolonia de Alexandría](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apolonia_de_Alexandr%C3%ADa)
- [אפולוניה הקדושה](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%94%D7%A7%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%94)
- [Sveta Apolonija](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sveta_Apolonija)
- [Szent Apollónia](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szent_Apoll%C3%B3nia)
- [Apolonia dari Aleksandria](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apolonia_dari_Aleksandria)
- [Saint Apollonia](https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Apollonia)
- [Apollonia di Alessandria](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollonia_di_Alessandria)
- [アポロニア (聖人)](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9D%E3%83%AD%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A2_(%E8%81%96%E4%BA%BA))
- [아폴로니아](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%ED%8F%B4%EB%A1%9C%EB%8B%88%EC%95%84)
- [Santa Pollonia](https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Pollonia)
- [Apollonia van Alexandrië](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollonia_van_Alexandri%C3%AB)
- [Apollonia av Alexandria](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollonia_av_Alexandria)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Apollonia_di_Alessandria)
- [أبولونيا (قديسة)](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7_(%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A9))
- [ابولونيا (قديسه من مصر الرومانيه)](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7_(%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%87_%D9%85%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%87))

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