Saint o ka lā: ka moʻolelo o Saint Apollonia. ʻO ke kahu o nā kauka niho, ua lele ʻo ia me ka hauʻoli i loko o ke ahi.
(a.d. 249) Ua hoʻomaka ka hoʻomāinoino ʻia o nā Karistiano ma Alexandria i ka wā o Emperor Philip. ʻO ka mea i loaʻa mua i ka poʻe pagan he ʻelemākule nona ka inoa ʻo Metrius, ka mea i hoʻomāinoino ʻia a hailuku ʻia i ka pōhaku a make. ʻO ka lua o ka mea i hōʻole e hoʻomana i kā lākou mau kiʻi wahaheʻe, he wahine Karistiano ʻo Quinta kona inoa. Ua hoʻonāukiuki kāna mau ʻōlelo i ka lehulehu a ʻā ʻia ʻo ia a hailuku ʻia. ʻOiai ʻo ka hapa nui o nā Karistiano e ʻauheʻe nei i ke kūlanakauhale, me ka haʻalele ʻana i kā lākou waiwai honua, ua ʻaihue ʻia kekahi diakona wahine kahiko, ʻo Apollonia. Ua kuʻi ka lehulehu iā ia, a kīkē i kona mau niho āpau. A laila kuni lākou i kahi ahi nui a hoʻoweliweli e hoʻolei iā ia inā ʻaʻole ʻo ia e hōʻino i kāna Akua. Nonoi aku ʻo ia iā lākou e kali iki, me he mea lā e noʻonoʻo ana i kā lākou noi. Ma kahi o ia, ua lele ʻoliʻoli ʻo ia i loko o ke ahi a no laila i make ai i ka make ʻana o ka martyrdom. Nui nā hale pule a me nā kuahu i hoʻolaʻa ʻia nona. ʻO Apollonia ka mea mālama o nā kauka niho, a ʻo ka poʻe e ʻeha nei i nā ʻeha niho a me nā maʻi niho ʻē aʻe e noi pinepine no kāna noi. Hōʻike ʻia ʻo ia me kahi paʻa o ka paʻa i ka niho a i ʻole me ka niho gula e kau ana mai kāna lei. Ua wehewehe ʻo St. Augustine i kona make make make manawaleʻa ʻana ma ke ʻano he mea hōʻeuʻeu kūikawā o ka ʻUhane Hemolele, ʻoiai ʻaʻohe mea e ʻae ʻia e hana i ko lākou make ponoʻī.
Hōʻikeʻike: He ʻano hoʻomākeʻaka ko ka hale pule! Hoʻohanohano ʻia ʻo Apollonia ma ke ʻano he patron o nā kauka niho, akā ʻo kēia wahine nona nā niho i unuhi ʻia me ka ʻole anesthesia e lilo ia i pale no ka poʻe makaʻu i ka noho. Hiki iā ia ke lilo i pale no nā kūpuna, ʻoiai ua loaʻa iā ia ka hanohano i kona wā ʻelemakule, kū paʻa i mua o ka poʻe hoʻomaʻau ʻoiai ʻo kona mau hoa Karistiano i mahuka i ke kūlanakauhale. Eia naʻe koho mākou e hoʻohanohano iā ia, waiho ia i kumu hoʻohālike o ka wiwo ʻole no mākou. ʻO SantʻApollonia ke kahu o Dentists a me ka ʻehaʻeha