apollonias barbujana/toothache

Richard III is known to have had a particular devotion to St Apollonia who is the Patron Saint of sufferers from toothache. The dentition in his skeleton exhumed from a car park in Leicester shows missing teeth which are thought to have been extracted due to caries. It is suggested that Richard,

St Apollonia is the patron saint of sufferers from toothache. Many medieval churches contain pictures of saints. Fifty-five representations of St Apollonia in British churches are listed. A large number of these are in the West Country and East Anglia. The majority are on rood screens or stained