Saint Blaise, Bishop and Martyr
Optional Memorial · White · 3 February
In February
About this day
Blaise was Bishop of Sebaste in Armenia and was martyred there in 316. The Church remembers that he cured a boy choking on a fish bone, and on his day throats are blessed with two crossed candles, asking his intercession against illnesses of the throat.
Coming up in the next year
Next: Wed 3 Feb 2027 — Year B · I
- Wed 3 Feb 2027 (optional)
Music
Mass
- Feb 03 – St Blaise – Entrance, Communion [Mass. St. BLAISE. 02.03.18 SAT Wk 4 Yr 2] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Communion
From the Common of Martyrs: One Martyr
- Common of Commons to Votive Mass – Holy Angels – Propers (English & Latin) [Gradual Saints. Outside PT. 2016] Details
- Saints of Thanksgiving Day to Dec 14 – St John of the Cross – Propers (English & Latin) [Propers. III. SANC full. 06.04.20] Details
- Common of Martyrs – Entrance, Communion (Organ) [15. Common of Martyrs. organ. 10.11.19,,] Details
- Organ Propers, Book 20: Common of Commons to Psalms and Tones (Organ) [20. Offertory. 1936-2164. 01.08.20] Details
- Common of Martyrs – Second Vespers (Organ) [Common of Martyrs. Easter. II Vespers. organ. MAG. 2016] Details
From the Common of Pastors: For a Bishop
- Organ Propers, Book 16: Common of Pastors: For a Pope or Bishop to Common of Pastors: For Missionaries (Organ) [16. Common of Pastors. 2019] Details
- Organ Propers, Book 6: Jun 01 – St Justin Martyr to Jun 28 – St Irenaeus (Organ) [6. JUNE. Propers. org. 2019. SANC] Details
- Common of Pastors – Gospel [Gospel. Good Shepherd. Alvin. 2016 c] Details
From the Missal
The Missal takes this day’s antiphons from the Common of Martyrs: One Martyr, or the Common of Pastors: For a Bishop.