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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture On Thursday, February 2, 2006, at 7:47 pm, Phyllis wrote: > Today (3. February) is the feast day of: > > Blaise (d. c. 316) Blaise's cult only appears to have developed > in > the ninth century. According to both Paul Wiertz in the _Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche_ (II, 525-26) and Maria Vittoria Brandi and Cesarina Vighy in the _Bibliotheca Sanctorum_ (III, 165-70), the sixth-century medical encyclopedist Aetius of Amida already records B. as being invoked in cases of illness of the throat. And B.'s cult must have had some time to develop before the Basil who became saint Blasios of Amorion took the latter name when he entered religion in or near that Anatolian city in the first half of the ninth century. Best, John Dillon PS: As an entry in the ongoing, if rather occasional, competition for the ugliest church dedicated to a Phyllistinean saint (small church category), I herewith submit some views of the originally 10th-century San Biagio at Nepi (VT). In the first of these, San Biagio is the building on the right: http://tinyurl.com/cc4et http://tinyurl.com/crdf4 http://tinyurl.com/9vj39 ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html