Description
Medal – St Martin / St Blaise – Designed and Made In Italy – Silver Oxide (22mm x 15mm)
St. Martin of Tours (born 316, Sabaria, Pannonia [now Szombathely, Hungary]—died November 8, 397, Candes, Gaul [France]; Western feast day, November 11; Eastern feast day November 12) was a Roman Catholic bishop in what is now France who is considered the father of monasticism in Gaul and the first great leader of Western monasticism. He is venerated as the patron saint of France, soldiers, and tailors.
Saint Blaise is the patron saint of throat diseases, wild animals, wool combers, and the wool trade. An early 4th-century physician and bishop of Sebastea (modern-day Sivas, Turkey), he is best known for miraculously saving a choking boy and his annual feast day.His enduring legacy and traditions are shaped by several specific facts:Feast Day: Celebrated on February 3 in the Catholic Church.Throat Blessing: On his feast day, the traditional Blessing of the Throats is offered using two crossed candles. This ritual stems from a legend where he saved a boy who had a fishbone stuck in his throat.Wild Animals: Legend holds that he lived as a hermit in a cave, miraculously curing sick wild animals and befriending them.Wool Combers: He was martyred by being tortured with iron carding combs, leading to his patronage of wool combers.Fourteen Holy Helpers: He is revered as one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, a group of saints invoked for their powerful intercessions
