and one of the City’s major sights; it is part of a
UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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This Saint was a Physician, and Bishop, of Sebastea, modern-day Sivas, Turkey.
In the Latin Church, his Feast Day is 3 February; in the Eastern Churches, it falls on 11 February.
The first reference we have to him is in manuscripts of the medical writings of Aëtius Amidenus, a Court Physician at the very end of the 5th-Century A.D., or the beginning of the 6th-Century A.D; There, his aid is invoked in treating objects stuck in the throat.
From being a healer of bodily ailments, he became a Physician of Souls, then retired for a time, by Divine inspiration, to a cavern, where he remained in Prayer.
In the Latin Church, his Feast Day is 3 February; in the Eastern Churches, it falls on 11 February.
The first reference we have to him is in manuscripts of the medical writings of Aëtius Amidenus, a Court Physician at the very end of the 5th-Century A.D., or the beginning of the 6th-Century A.D; There, his aid is invoked in treating objects stuck in the throat.
English: Church in Alsace, France.
Photo: 2011.
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Author: Rh-67
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As Bishop of Sebastea, this Saint instructed his people, as much by his example as by his words, and the great virtues and Sanctity of the Servant of God were attested by many Miracles. From all parts, the people came flocking to him for the cure of bodily and spiritual ills.
In 316 A.D., the Governor of Cappadocia, Agricolaus, began a Persecution, by order of the Emperor, Licinius. The Saint was seized. After interrogation and a severe scourging, he was hurried off to prison.
The Legend, as given in the Grande Encyclopédie, is as follows:
He had studied Philosophy in his youth and was a Doctor in Sebaste, the City of his birth; he exercised his art with miraculous ability, good-will, and piety.
In 316 A.D., the Governor of Cappadocia, Agricolaus, began a Persecution, by order of the Emperor, Licinius. The Saint was seized. After interrogation and a severe scourging, he was hurried off to prison.
He had studied Philosophy in his youth and was a Doctor in Sebaste, the City of his birth; he 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 A.D., Agricola, the Governor of Cappadocia, having arrived in Sebastia at the order of the Emperor Licinius to arrest Christians, arrested the Bishop. As he was being led to prison, a mother set her only son, choking to death by a fish-bone, at his feet, and the child was cured straight away.
In many places, on the Day of his Feast, the Blessing of this Saint is given: Two Candles are Consecrated, generally by a Prayer, these are then held, in a crossed position, by a Priest over the heads of the Faithful, or the people are touched on the throat with them.
At the same time, the following Blessing is given: “May Almighty God, at the intercession of this holy Saint and Bishop, preserve you from infections of the throat and from all other afflictions”.
One of the Fourteen Holy Helpers [Editor: Also known as the Fourteen Auxiliary Saints], this Saint became one of the most popular Saints of The Middle Ages. His cult became widespread in Europe in the 11th- and 12th-Centuries and his legend is recounted in the 14th-Century Legenda Aurea.
English: Valentino Rovisi, 1780, fresco.
San Biagio Church, Alleghe, Italy.
Polski: Chwała św. Błażeja i osiem epizodów
z życia świętego, 1780, fresk, kościół w Alleghe.
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His remains rest at the Basilica over the town of Maratea, shipwrecked there during Leo III the Isaurian’s iconoclastic Persecutions.
Many German Churches, including the former Abbey of Saint Blasius, in the Black Forest, and the Church of Balve, are Dedicated to this Saint.
Many German Churches, including the former Abbey of Saint Blasius, in the Black Forest, and the Church of Balve, are Dedicated to this Saint.
There is a Church Dedicated to him in the Hamlet of Haccombe, near Newton Abbot (also one at Shanklin, on the Isle of Wight, and another at Milton, near Abingdon, in Oxfordshire), 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 Vice-Admiral on board 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 “Arch-Priest”.
It is located next to Haccombe House, which is the Family Home of the Carew Family, descendants of the Vice-Admiral on board 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 “Arch-Priest”.
English:
Čeština: Socha Svatého Blažeje
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In Bradford, West Yorkshire, a Roman Catholic Middle School named after this Saint was operated by the Diocese of Leeds from 1961 to 1995. The name was chosen due to the connections of Bradford to the woollen industry.
He is the Patron Saint of Dubrovnik, and, formerly, the Protector of the Independent Republic of Ragusa. At Dubrovnik, Croatia, his Feast Day is celebrated on 3 February, when Relics of the Saint are paraded in Reliquaries. The festivities begin the previous day, on Candlemas (2 February), when White Doves are released. Chroniclers of Dubrovnik, such as Rastic and Ranjina, attribute his Veneration there to a vision in 971 A.D., to warn the inhabitants of an impending attack by the Venetians.
English: Church in Montepulciano, Italy.
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The Saint revealed the Venetians’ pernicious plan to Stojko, a Canon of Saint Stephen’s Cathedral. The Senate summoned Stojko, who told them in detail how the Saint 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 the Saint remained on Dubrovnik’s State Seal and coinage until the Napoleonic era.
In England, in the 18th- and 19th-Centuries, he was adopted as mascot of wool-workers’ pageants, particularly in Essex, Yorkshire, Wiltshire and Norwich. The popular enthusiasm for the Saint is explained by the belief that he 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, he came from Jersey, Channel Islands. Jersey was certainly a centre of export of woollen goods (as witnessed by the name jersey for the woollen textile).
In iconography, the Saint is represented holding two Crossed Candles in his hand, or in a cave surrounded by wild beasts, as he was found by the hunters of the Governor.
English: The Saint Blessing a young child (note
the Crossed Candles). Altarpiece in a Church in Alsace.
Date: 2011.
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Author: Rh-67
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The following Text is from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.
Bishop.
Feast Day 3 February.
Simple.
Red Vestments.
English: Swiss Altarpiece, represents several Saints,
circa 1450. Museum of Fine Arts, Dijon, France.
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He was elected Bishop of Sebastea and had a part in the Redemption of The Saviour. “The sufferings of The Saviour abounded in him” (Epistle), and, after a life of severe Penance, passed among wild beasts in a cave on Mount Argeus, “he gave his life for Jesus” (Gospel).
Like The Redeemer, he healed bodies while healing Souls, wherefore his intercession was often Prayed for.
In consequence of his having saved the life of a child who was dying, choked by a bone which had stuck in his throat, The Church recognises his “prerogative for healing all diseases of the throat”. She Blesses two Candles, to this effect, and asks God for all those, whose necks the Candles shall touch, that they may be delivered from throat diseases, or from any other ill, through the merits of this Holy Saint. He is one of The Fourteen “Auxiliary Saints”.
Let us, with this Saint, take part in the sufferings of The Redeemer, so as to be able with him to take part in His triumph (Epistle).
Mass: Sacerdótes Dei.
Let us, with this Saint, take part in the sufferings of The Redeemer, so as to be able with him to take part in His triumph (Epistle).
Mass: Sacerdótes Dei.
