Monday, February 2, 2009

03 February St Blaise Day




St Mary Magdalene and St Blasius (Vlaho), Tizian





Fourteen Holy Helpers (includes St. Blaise), Predella of the St. Barbara Altarpiece, Barbara Chapel, St Catherine Church, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, Master Paul of Lõcse





Saint Blaise, pray for us that we may not suffer from illnesses of the throat and pray that all who are suffering be healed by God's love.




St. Blaise, known as Sveti Vlaho- from the Dominican priory church in Dubrovnik
Icon of St. Blaise- Atelier d'iconographie Sainte Anne, SAINT-DOLAY
FRANCE




St. Blaise is the patron of Dubrovnik, Croatia. Enjoy these works of art created by natives of Dubrovnik.


Acrylic on Canvas- by Tonko Smokvina


Romana Milutin Fabris

2 comments:

John the organist said...

Did you do any throat blessings Rob? With all this snow it's been impossible to get to the cathedral!

Padre Rob+ said...

yup.. I still do the throat blessings with two candles blessed on Candlemas-