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Bishop Blaize
By F. C. B.
I should be much obliged by any reference to information respecting Bishop Blaize, the Santo Biagio of Agrigentum, and patron saint of Ragusa. Butler says little but that he was bishop of Sebaste, in Armenia, the proximity of which place to Colchis appears to me suspicious. Wonderful and horrible tales are told of him; but I suspect his patronage of wool-combers is founded on much more ancient legends. His establishment at Agrigentum must have been previous to Christianity. I have a vague remembrance of some mention of him in Higgins's *Anacalypsis*, but I have not now access to that work. I w…
Topics: Patron Saints, Historical Customs, Christianity, Heathen Customs
Locations: Agrigentum, Ragusa, Sebaste, Armenia, Colchis, Italy, Sicily