medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> Today (3. February) has nothing as fascinating as groundhogs, but is the
> feast day of:
>
> Blasius (d. c. 316) Blasius' life is strongly overlaid with legend. He
is
> supposed to have been bishop of Sebaste (Turkey) and was tortured to death
> at the time of either Diocletian or Licinius. Legend reports that Blasius
> hid from a forest from his persecutors, where he healed and blessed
> animals. He had an affinity with animals usually reserved to Irish
saints;
> his feats included convincing a wolf to return a stolen pig to a poor
> woman. His cult spread in the west by the ninth century, and he is
counted
> among the 14 Holy Helpers.
>
And we still observed the blessing of the throats today after mass.
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