Books of the saints

Praying with Blaise

The cave-dwelling bishop of the throat blessing

The path, prayers and words of Blaise — a devotional for daily prayer. Hardcover A5, full colour on cream paper, typeset by us and printed locally.

This title is in the making. We only sell it once it is ready to print — honesty wears best.

What is inside

A life in 7 stations — Sebastea → Europe

Invoked for: Throat Ailments · Physicians · Wool Workers · Wind Musicians · Sick Animals

The object

Hardcover, A5
Full-colour print on cream paper
Typeset by us, printed locally (print on demand)

Manufacturer and product safety

Manufacturer: Rosaluce — Inhaber Manuel Zorzi, Georg-Eisenreich-Str. 4, 85540 Haar, Deutschland · kontakt@rosaluce.com
Product identifier: BUCH-BLAISE
Safety information: Not a toy. Not suitable for children under three — bound paper, risk of injury on edges.

Blaise

Saint Blaise (Blasius, Blaise of Sebaste) was, by tradition, a physician and bishop of Sebastea in Roman Armenia who was martyred around 316. He is best known as the patron invoked against choking and throat ailments, honored each 3 February with the Blessing of the Throats, in which two crossed candles are held to the neck. Radical honesty: almost nothing about the man is documented — and his throat-healing reputation (first recorded around the 6th century by the physician Aëtius of Amida) is actually older than the famous legend later told to explain it.