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Statue of Saint Blaise at Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc. The legendary Acts of St Blaise were written 400 years after his death. [1] [5] The legend narrative 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.
Blaise is a saint in the Catholic, Western Rite Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches and is the patron saint of wool combers and of sufferers from ENT illnesses. In the Latin Church, his feast falls on 3 February. In the Eastern Churches, it is on 11 February.
Flag of Dubrovnik Republic with Saint Blaise holding City model Procession held on 3 February 2014. The Festivity of St. Blaise was first celebrated in the year 972 and was a feast for all the inhabitants of the Dubrovnik Republic. To allow everyone to participate, the so-called "Sloboština of St. Blaise" was introduced.
The Church of St. Blaise (Croatian: Crkva sv. Vlaha) is a Baroque church in Dubrovnik and one of the city's major sights. Saint Blaise (St. Vlaho), identified by medieval Slavs with the pagan god Veles, is the patron saint of the city of Dubrovnik and formerly the protector of the independent Republic of Ragusa.
Saint Denis was prayed to for relief from headache, Saint Blaise against ills of the throat, Saint Elmo, against abdominal maladies, Saint Barbara against fever, and Saint Vitus against epilepsy. Saint Pantaleon was the patron of physicians, Saint Cyriacus invoked against temptation on the deathbed, and Saints Christopher, Barbara, and ...
Saint Blaise was a physician and bishop of Sebaste, martyred in 316. Saint Blaise may also refer to: Saint Blaise of Amorion (died 908) Blaise of Caesarea Cappadociae ...
Candles crossed in a special candelabrum used to bless throats. The Blessing of the Throats is a sacramental of the Roman Catholic Church, ordinarily celebrated on February 3, the feast day of Saint Blaise of Sebaste (modern Sivas, Turkey).
On top of the central part is a large Baroque window with a triangular gable and a balustrade with statues of saints. The deep niches in the facade contains statues of Saint Blaise (patron saint of Dubrovnik) and Joseph with Child. The lateral sides of the cathedral are rather plain, articulated by pillars and semicircular windows.