Beal John F
Dent Hist. 2017 Jan;62(1):5-8.
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, when he was Duke of Gloucester, had prayed to St Apollonia for the relief of toothache before submitting to undergo dental extractions.
众所周知，理查三世特别崇敬圣阿波洛尼娅，她是牙痛患者的守护神。从莱斯特一个停车场发掘出的他的骨架显示牙齿缺失，据信这些牙齿是因龋齿而被拔除的。有人认为，理查在担任格洛斯特公爵时，在接受拔牙之前曾向圣阿波洛尼娅祈祷以缓解牙痛。
