When is the feast day of Saint Apollonia?

The feast day of Saint Apollonia is February 9.

Do all Christians pray to patron saints?

No. Patron saints are honored in the Catholic and Orthodox traditions as examples and intercessors, never worshiped. Many Protestants honor the saints as examples without asking their intercession. All agree that Christ alone is Lord and the one mediator between God and people.

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Who Is the Patron Saint of Dentists?

Q: Who is the patron saint of dentists?

The patron saint of dentists is Saint Apollonia, whose feast day is February 9.

Saint Apollonia · Feast day February 9

The patron saint of dentists is Saint Apollonia, whose feast day is February 9.

Who was Saint Apollonia?

Saint Apollonia was an aged deaconess of Alexandria martyred in the third century, who suffered the breaking of her teeth before her death yet held firm in her faith.

Why the patron of dentists?

Because of the sufferings she bore, she became the patron invoked against toothache and the patron of dentists.

In the Word

Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.Psalm 34:19 (KJV)

A note for all traditions: patron saints are honored in the Catholic and Orthodox churches as examples of faith and as friends who pray with us, never worshiped, for worship belongs to God alone. Many Protestant Christians honor the saints as examples without asking their intercession. Across all traditions, there is one Lord and one mediator between God and us, the man Christ Jesus, and every one of us, not only the saints, is called to holiness and to him.

All the saints point to Jesus, and so are you called

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