Well what with the heat a week away and one thing and another this didn't go out yesterday as planned. But Sunday it may be but this is for #saintsonSaturday
This rather crude screen painting is of #StApollonia, patron saint of dentists complete with tooth. From #Holne Church in #Devon
🦷 St. Apollonia of Alexandria – The OG Tooth Fairy with Grit
A 3rd-century deaconess who had her teeth smashed out for refusing to renounce her faith—and still jumped into the fire herself rather than betray Jesus.
💬 Dental trauma, but make it holy.
#StApollonia #HolyPainThreshold
St Agatha between St Catherine of Alexandria & #StApollonia, n.d., by Suor #OrsolaMaddalenaCaccia (Italian, c. 1596-c. 1676). Held at Museo San Giacomo; source, soloarte.atelierdesarts.com/artisti/old/... #nuntastic #artherstory #womenartists #FeastOfStApollonia #StApolloniaFeastDay #SuorOrsola
