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Help[Opinions] Re: Apollonia
in reply to a message by queenv
"Quite a mouthful" was a super bad choice of words. Saint Apollonia's teeth were broken out and or extracted. -shudder-
to the OP: ^ that's why I don't like the name--baaad association.
nns could be Apple or Loni
to the OP: ^ that's why I don't like the name--baaad association.
nns could be Apple or Loni
This message was edited 3/4/2011, 3:16 PM
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LOL. I didn't know that about St. Apollonia, but now that you mention it, I recall reading a novel set in medieval times ("Katherine" by Anya Seton--one of my all time favorites), in which there's a scene featuring carved miniature statues of the saints. St. Apollonia is represented as having a swollen jaw and carrying some sort of extraction implement, and I think the novel mentions that she's the patron saint of toothaches, or at least she was the saint people would pray to when they had a toothache. Bad choice of words indeed.
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Check this out:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/angeliska/5056086236/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/angeliska/5056086236/
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Aaauuuggghhh!
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My goodness, I had no idea about the Saint story.
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