185. St Blaise and the Blessing of Throats

Catholic History Trek - A podcast by Scott Schulze & Kevin Schmiesing

Next week the blessing of throats for the feast day of St Blaise will take place in many Catholic churches. But who was St Blaise, and why do we commemorate his feast day by blessing throats?  Scott treks thru the answers to those questions in this episode. ("Martyrs" series no. 4, Martyrdom of St Blaise)