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Saint Apollonia was a martyr. She was jailed in Alexandria in 249 during a prosecution ordered by the Emperor Dece. Her teeth were broken before she was burned. Saint Apollonia was honored at the cathedral, then at the Black Sisters' chapel. In 1804, the cult to the holy martyr was transfered to the St-James'church.
Saint Ursula was a martyr in Köln. Ursula' s worship begins in Tournai during the 16th century, first at the cathedral, then at the St-Martin abbey, at the Black Sisters convent and, since 1667 at the Ursulines'monastery.