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Saint Apollonia's teeth, and the balloon wars

The Tuesday Pillar Post

JD Flynn
Feb 07, 2023
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Saint Apollonia's teeth, and the balloon wars

Hey everybody,

Thursday- in two days - is the feast of St. Apollonia, a third-century martyr who is the patron saint of dentists, those who need dental work, and - one hopes - those who fear going to the dentist.

Apollonia lived in Alexandria, Egypt, and, by many accounts was a deaconess — a woman appointed in the community to provide pastoral care to wom…

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