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San Biagio (river), San Biagio
A number of towns, sites, and churches in Italy and Italian-speaking areas are named after Saint Blaise, including: * Monte San Biagio, Italian town, province of Latina, Lazio * San Biagio, Venice, church in Venice, Italy * San Biagio della Cima, Italian village, province of Imperia, Liguria * San Biagio di Callalta, Italian town, province of Treviso, Veneto * San Biagio, Montepulciano, church near Italian town of Montepulciano, province of Siena, Tuscany * San Biagio Platani, Italian village, province of Agrigento, Sicily * San Biagio Saracinisco, Italian village, province of Frosinone, Lazio * San Biagio, Maranello, church in a town of Emilia-Romagna * Church of San Biagio a Ravecchiai, in Bellinzone#Heritage sites of national significance, Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland * San Biagio della Pagnotta, a church in Rome * San Biagio, Modena, a Baroque church * San Biagio, Pollenza, a neo-classical church * San Biagio, Lendinara, a neo-classical church in the Venetian * San Biagi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Blaise
Blaise of Sebaste (, ''Hágios Blásios''; martyred 316 AD) was a physician and bishop of Sivas, Sebastea in historical Lesser Armenia (modern Sivas, Turkey) who is venerated as a Christian saint and martyr. He is counted as one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers. Blaise is a saint in the Catholic Church, Catholic, Western Rite Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodox Churches, Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches and is the patron saint of wool combers and of sufferers from Otorhinolaryngology, ENT illnesses. In the Latin Church, his feast falls on 3 February. In the Eastern Churches, it is on 11 February. According to the ''Acta Sanctorum'', he was martyred by being beaten, combing (torture), tortured with iron combs, and beheaded. Early records The first reference to Blaise is the medical writings of Aëtius Amidenus () where his aid is invoked in treating patients with objects stuck in the throat. Marco Polo reported on the place where "Messer Saint Blaise obtained the glorious cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
