SAINT OF THE DAY FEB. 03 ST. BLAISE, BISHOP OF SEBASTE AND MARTYR, ST. ANSGAR, BISHOP OF HAMBURG AND BREMEN, APOSTLE OF SCANDINAVIA

SAINT OF THE DAY FEB. 03 ST. BLAISE, BISHOP OF SEBASTE AND MARTYR A physician in Armenia who was made a bishop, he is attributed with many miracles. One of these involved the miraculous removal of a fish bone from a young boy’s throat – which is why he is considered protector from throat diseases. After refusing to deny the Faith, he was beheaded in 316. ST. ANSGAR, BISHOP OF HAMBURG AND BREMEN, APOSTLE OF SCANDINAVIA