Wednesday 4 February 2015

St Blaise in stained glass and in the blessing of throats


Yesterday was the feast of St Blaise, and about whom there is an online account here. To mark the feast of this popular medieval saint of Armenian origin here are a few images as posted on the Medieval Religion discussion group by Rev. Gordon Plumb:

Poitiers, Cathédrale Saint-Pierre, Bay 113b, some scenes from the story of Blaise:
and:
Another set of images of this window, taken more recently, with details of individual panels:

Wells Cathedral, Somerset, NII, 2a-3a:

Wells Cathedral, nV, A2:

Oxford, Christ Church Cathedral, sVII, A2:

Doddiscombsleigh, St Michael, Devon, nII, B4:

Harpley, St Lawrence, Norfolk, wI, A9:

There is an online account of the Blessing of Throats associated with the feast of St Blaise at Blessing of the Throats 

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The Blessing of Throats at St Wilfrid's in York
 
Image; stwilfridsyork.org.uk



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1 comment:

  1. Anonymous6 February 2015 at 01:22

    I remember a priest from years ago who thought the candles should be LIT! He was dissuaded from this opinion, fortunately.
    James Morgan
    Olympia, WA

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