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See also:BLASIUS (or BLAisE), See also:SAINT , See also:bishop of Sebaste or See also:Sivas in See also:Asia See also:Minor, martyred under See also:Diocletian on the 3rd of See also:February 316. The See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church holds his festival on the 3rd of February, the Orthodox Eastern Church on the 11th. His flesh is said to have been torn with woolcombers' irons before he was beheaded, and this seems to be the only See also:reason why he has always been regarded as the See also:patron saint of woolcombers. In pre-See also:Reformation See also:England St Blaise was a very popular saint, and the See also:council of See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford in 1222 forbade all See also:work on his festival. Owing to a See also:miracle which he is alleged to have worked on a See also:child suffering from a See also:throat See also:affection, who was brought to him on his way to See also:execution, St Blaise's aid has always been held potent in throat and See also:lung diseases. The woolcombers of England still celebrate St Blaise's See also:day with a procession and See also:general festivities. He forms one of a See also:group of fourteen (i.e. twice seven) See also:saints, who for their help in See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of need have been associated as See also:objects of particularly devoted See also:worship in Roman Catholic See also:Germany since the See also:middle of the 15th See also:century.
See See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Hone, Every Day See also:Book, i. 210.
End of Article: BLASIUS (or BLAisE), SAINT
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