Author/Editor     Dugački, Vladimir; Dorn, Vjekoslav
Title     Sveta Apolonija u Hrvata - štovanje, ikonografija, pučka predaja
Translated title     St. Apollonia in Croatia - workship, iconography, legends
Type     članek
Source     In: Vulikić V, Zupanič-Slavec Z, editors. Zbornik referatov Prof. dr. Jože Rant - organizator slovenskega zobozdravstva: spominski simpozij ob stoletnici rojstva prof. dr. J. Ranta z mednarodno udeležbo. 4. Pintarjevi dnevi; 1996 apr 18-19; Ljubljana. Ljubljana: Medicinska fakulteta, Inštitut za zgodovino medicine,
Publication year     1996
Volume     str. 171-7
Language     cro
Abstract     The authors present some basic biographic data on the martur St. Apollonia (III. century) and her iconographic attributes. They describe the paintings of her image in Croatia from XV. to XIX. century and the medicinal plants, that were named after her. They also point out that she was worshipped as a protectrice against teeth decay and a patroness of dentistry.
Descriptors     HISTORY OF DENTISTRY
SAINTS
CHRISTIANITY
CROATIA