Saint Blaise
Blaise confronting the Roman governor: scene from a stained glass window from the area of Soissons (Picardy, France), early 13th century.
Bishop and Martyr, Holy Helper
Born	unknown,Armenia
Died	ca. 316
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church
Feast	February 3
Attributes	Wool comb, candles, tending a choking boy or animals
Patronage	Animals, builders, choking, veterinarians, throats, Sicily, Dalmatia, Dubrovnik, Rubiera, stonecutters, carvers, wool workers.
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Saint Blaise (or Blasius Βλάσιος, Armenian: Սուրբ Բարսեղ), also known as Santo Biagio,^[1] was a physician and bishop of Sebaste (modern Sivas), Armenia. According to his Acta he was martyred by being beaten, attacked with iron carding combs, and beheaded. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1200x1400, 1239 KB) Description Description: St. ... Soissons is a town and commune in the Aisne département, Picardie, France, located on the Aisne River, about 60 miles northeast of Paris. ... wazzup Categories: | ... Events Huns sack Changan, capital of the Chinese Western Jin Dynasty. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Wycliffe Tyndale · Luther · Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box:      The Roman Catholic Church... The Eastern Orthodox Church is a Christian body that views itself as: the historical continuation of the original Christian community established by Jesus Christ and the Twelve Apostles, having maintained unbroken the link between its clergy and the Apostles by means of Apostolic Succession. ... The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organising a liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with one or more saints, and referring to the day as that saints day. ... Saint symbology was important to people who couldnt read because they can figure out what symbols mean. ... Saint Quentin is the patron saint of locksmiths and is also invoked against coughs and sneezes. ... County Dubrovnik–Neretva Area 143. ... Country Italy Region Emilia-Romagna Province Province of Reggio Emilia (RE) Mayor Elevation 41 m Area 25. ... Image File history File links Gloriole. ... For other uses, see Saint-Blaise. ... In traditional Christian iconography, Saints are often depicted as having halos. ... This article is about a title or office in religious bodies. ... Sivas (Greek: Σεβάστεια) is the provincial capital of Sivas Province in Turkey. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Carding Llama hair Carding is the processing of brushing raw or washed fibers to prepare them as textiles. ... Beheading. ...

In iconography, Blaise is often shown with the instruments of his martyrdom, iron combs. The similarity of these instruments of torture to wool combs led to his adoption as patron of wool combers in particular, and the wool trade in general. He may also be depicted with crossed candles. Such crossed candles (left unlighted for safety reasons) are used for the blessing of throats on the feast day of St. Blaise, which falls on February 3 on the Catholic calendar of saints, Blaise is traditionally believed to intercede in cases of throat illnesses, especially for fish-bones stuck in the throat. Indeed, the first reference we have to him is in manuscripts of the medical writings of Aëtius Amidenus, the court physician of Justinian I, where his aid is invoked in treating objects stuck in the throat. He cured animals and lived in a cage. Before being killed, he spoke to a wolf and told it to release a pig it was harming. The wolf did so. Saint Blaise was going to be starved but the owner of the pig secretly gave him food in order to survive. After a while, he was tortured because of what he believed in but did not give up faith, he then died in the year 316. Look up Iconography in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Torture is defined by the United Nations Convention Against Torture as any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession, punishing him for an act he... Long and short hair wool at the South Central Family Farm Research Center in Boonesville, Arizona Wool is the fiber derived from the fur of animals of the Caprinae family, principally sheep, but the hair of certain species of other mammals such as goats, alpacas, llamas and rabbits may also... A close-up image of a candle showing the wick and the various regions of the flame. ... The Blessing of the Throats is a Catholic ritual usually observed on the feast of St. ... The General Roman Calendar indicates the days of the year to which are assigned the liturgical celebrations of saints that are to be observed wherever the Roman Rite is used. ... Look up Throat in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Aëtius Amidenus or Aëtius of Amida (Αέτιος Αμιδηνός) was the court physician of Justinian I. His Βιβλία Ιατρικά (#REDIRECT Libri medicinales) document the medical knowledge of the Late Antique period. ... (Latin: Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus, Greek: Ιουστινιανός;) commonly known as Justinian I, or (among Eastern Orthodox Christians) as Saint Justinian the Great; c. ...

Cult of Saint Blaise

Statue of Saint Blaise at Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc.

His cult became widespread in Europe in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. St. Blaise is one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers or Auxilliary Saints Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1728x2304, 1650 KB) en: Statue of Saint Blaise on the Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc in Olomouc (Czech Republic). ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1728x2304, 1650 KB) en: Statue of Saint Blaise on the Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc in Olomouc (Czech Republic). ... To the glory of God the Almighty, the Virgin Mary and the saints I will build a column that in its height and splendour will be unrivalled in any other town. ... Fourteen Holy Helpers The Fourteen Holy Helpers are a group of saints venerated together in Roman Catholicism because prayer to them was thought to be particularly effective, especially against various diseases. ...

He lends his name to the Armenian Order of Saint Blaise. The Order of St. ...

Many German churches, including the former Abbey of St. Blasius in the Black Forest are dedicated to Saint Blaise/Blasius. A map of Germany, showing the Black Forest in red. ...

In Spanish-speaking countries, he is known as San Blas, and has lent his name to many places (see San Blas). San Blas is the Spanish name for Saint Blaise. ...

In Cornwall the village of St Blazey derives from his name, where the parish church is still dedicated to Saint Blaise. Indeed, the council of Oxford in 1222 forbade all work on his festival.^[2] In Italy he is known as San Biagio, He is venerated as one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers and his legend is recounted in the fourteenth-century Legenda Aurea. Cornwall (pronounced ; Cornish: ) is a county in south-west England, United Kingdom, on the peninsula that lies to the west of the River Tamar and Devon. ... St. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Veneration is a religious symbolic act giving honor to someone by honoring an image of that person, particularly applied to saints. ... Fourteen Holy Helpers The Fourteen Holy Helpers are a group of saints venerated together in Roman Catholicism because prayer to them was thought to be particularly effective, especially against various diseases. ... The story of St George and the dragon is one of many stories of the saints preserved in the Golden Legend. ...

There is a church dedicated to Saint Blaise in the Devon hamlet of Haccombe, near Newton Abbotalso one at Shanklin on the Isle of Wight and another at Milton near Abingdon in the Royal County of Berkshire. This is one of the country's smallest churches. It is located next to Haccombe house which is the family home of the Carew family, descendants of the captain of the Mary Rose at the time of her sinking. One curious fact associated with this church is that its "vicar" goes by the title of "archpriest". “Devonshire” redirects here. ... Location within the British Isles Newton Abbot is a market town in Devon , England on the River Teign, with a population of 23,580 (2001 census). ... Mary Rose depicted on the Anthony Roll, a survey of Henry VIIIs navy, completed in 1546 The Mary Rose was an English Tudor warship of the carrack type and one of the first to be able to fire a full broadside of cannons. ...

The Fourteen Holy Helpers.

According to Brand's Popular Antiquities (1813), in areas of the English countryside it was the custom to light bonfires on St. Blaise's feast day, February 3 - evidently inspired by the sound of the word blaze. Download high resolution version (756x1100, 238 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (756x1100, 238 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Fourteen Holy Helpers The Fourteen Holy Helpers are a group of saints venerated together in Roman Catholicism because prayer to them was thought to be particularly effective, especially against various diseases. ... Year 1813 (MDCCCXIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... For the AC/DC box set, see Bonfire (album) For the German band called Bonfire, see Bonfire (band) A bonfire (commonly mispronounced bombfire) is a large controlled outdoor fire made from bales of straw or wood. ... The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organising a liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with a saint, and referring to the day as the saints day of that saint. ... February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

In Bromley there exists St. Blaze's Well [1] [2] where the water was considered to have medicinal virtues. Bromley is the principal town in the London Borough of Bromley, England. ...

Saint Blaise is the saint of the wild beast.

As Vlaho and Vlasij

Church of St. Blasius in Dubrovnik

Blaise is the patron saint of the city of Dubrovnik (where he is known as Sveti Vlaho) and formerly the protector of the independent Republic of Ragusa. At Dubrovnik his feast is celebrated yearly on 3 February, when relics of the saint, his head, a bit of bone from his throat, his right hand and his left, are paraded in reliquaries. The festivities begin the previous day, Candlemas, when white doves are released. Chroniclers of Dubrovnik such as Rastic and Ranjina attribute his veneration there to a vision in 971 to warn the inhabitants of an impending attack by the Venetians, whose galleys had dropped anchor in Gruz and near Lokrum, ostensibly to resupply their water but furtively to spy out the city's defenses. St. Blaise (Blasius) revealed their pernicious plan to Stojko, a canon of St. Stephen's Cathedral. The Senate summoned Stojko, who told them in detail how St. Blaise had appeared before him as an old man with a long beard and a bishop's mitre and staff. In this form the effigy of Blaise remained on Dubrovnik's state seal and coinage until the Napoleonic era. Image File history File linksMetadata Svvlaho_photo. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Svvlaho_photo. ... County Dubrovnik–Neretva Area 143. ... Saint Quentin is the patron saint of locksmiths and is also invoked against coughs and sneezes. ... County Dubrovnik–Neretva Area 143. ... Borders of the Republic of Ragusa, 1426-1808 Capital Ragusa Language(s) Latin, Italian since 1492 Religion Roman Catholic Government Republic Duke  - 1808 Auguste Marmont Historical era Renaissance  - Treaty of Zara June 27, 1358  - Invasion by France January 31, 1808  - Annexed October 14, 1808 Area  - 1808? 1,500 km2 579... For the band Reliquary, click here. ... Candlemas (Russian: Sretenie, Spanish: Candelaria) is a Christian feast commemorating the purification of the Virgin Mary and the presentation of the infant Jesus in the Temple. ... Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venezsia, Latin: Venetia) is a city in northern Italy, the capital of region Veneto, and has a population of 271,663 (census estimate January 1, 2004). ...

In Russia, St. Vlasij is the patron saint of herds.

Blaise and Blasius of Jersey

In England in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Blaise was adopted as mascot of woolworkers' pageants, particularly in Essex, Yorkshire, Wiltshire and Norwich. The popular enthusiasm for the saint is explained by the belief that Blaise had brought prosperity (as symbolised by the Woolsack) to England by teaching the English to comb wool. According to the tradition as recorded in printed broadsheets, Blaise came from Jersey. Jersey was certainly a centre of export of woollen goods (as witnessed by the name jersey for the woollen textile). However, this legend is probably the result of confusion with a different saint, Blasius of Caesarea (Caesarea being also the Latin name of Jersey). Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the  United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total 130... Essex is a county in the East of England. ... Look up Yorkshire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ... Norwich (IPA: //) is a city in East Anglia, in Eastern England. ... The woolsack in the former Irish House of Lords. ... Newspaper sizes in August 2005. ... Here are some listings of islands in Latin, and English on the right. ...

The Acta of St. Blaise

The Acts of St. Blaise, written in Greek, do not appear to be authentic.^[3] The legend they contain is as follows:

Blaise, who had studied philosophy in his youth, was a doctor in Sebaste in Armenia, the city of his birth, who exercised his art with miraculous ability, good-will, and piety. When the bishop of the city died, he was chosen to succeed him, with the acclamation of all the people. His holiness was manifest through many miracles: from all around, people came to him to find cures for their spirit and their body; even wild animals came in herds to receive his blessing. In 316, Agricola, the governor of Cappadocia and of Lesser Armenia, having arrived in Sebastea at the order of the emperor Licinius to kill the Christians, arrested the bishop. As he was being led to prison, a mother set her only son, choking to death of a fish-bone, at his feet, and the child was cured straight away. Regardless, the governor, unable to make Blaise renounce his faith, beat him with a stick, ripped his flesh with iron combs, and beheaded him.^[4] Look up Cappadocia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (sometimes referred to as Armenia Minor) was a state formed in the Middle Ages by Armenian refugees fleeing the Seljuk invasion of Armenia. ... As of Licinius Aureus of Licinius, celebrating his tenth year of reign and the fifth year of his son Licinius (on the obverse). ...

See also

• Order of Saint Blaise

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