Saint Blaise. Coloured lithograph (?).

Date:
[between 1800 and 1899]
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46408i
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Saint Blaise. Coloured lithograph (?). Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The saint is shown as a bishop surrounded by lions and a bear: according to his legend, he had tamed wild beasts while living in a forest

Saint Blaise, bishop of Sivas in Armenia, was invoked against diseases of the throat, and his patronage was claimed by woolworkers and laryngologists

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Épinal : Pellerin & Cie, imp.-édit, [between 1800 and 1899]

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1 print : lithograph (?), with watercolour ; image 26.9 x 17.7 cm.

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Saint Blaise, Évêque. Cantique. Air: La plus tendre jeunesse. Voilà donc mon partage: La souffrance ou la mort! ... Et pour te satisfaire, ou souffrir, ou mourir. Oraison. ... Cantique Air connu. Trop heureux enfants de Marie ... Et s'endort en paix dans tes bras. Oraison. ... Text in two columns, one down each side of the image, and in the lower margin

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Wellcome Collection 46408i

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