St Blaise and the blessing of throats

St Blaise and the blessing of throats St Blaise. Photo: Public Domain

The blessing of throats on February 3, the Feast of St Blaise, continues to be observed by the faithful in Ireland. It is one of those traditions that you remember from childhood when you went to have your throat blessed on this day each year. St Blaise was a fourth-century Bishop of Sebastea in what…

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