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Saints of the Month: February
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Saint Blaise
Saint Blaise
The 3rd of February is the Feast day of Saint Blaise (d. 316 AD),
also known as Saint Blase. He is the patron saint of animals,
builders, drapers, choking, veterinarians, throats, infants,
Maratea, Italy, Sicily, Dalmatia, Dubrovnik, Ciudad del Este,
Paraguay, Rubiera, stonecutters, carvers, and wool workers.
The following is from Butler’s Lives of the Saints:
ST. BLASE devoted the earlier years of his
life to the study of philosophy, and
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