A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Apollonia, St.
APOLLONIA, ST.,
A martyr at Alexandria, A. D. 248. In her old age, she was threatened with death if she did not join with her persecutors in pronouncing certain profane words. After beating her, and knocking out her teeth, they brought her to the fire, which they had lighted without the city. Begging a short respite, she was set free, and immediately threw herself into the fire, and was consumed.