Skrobonja Ante, Muzur Amir, Jurdana Stanko
Rijeka University School of Medicine, Department of the History of Medicine, Ul. Brace Branchetta 20, HR-51000 Rijeka, Croatia.
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2005 Mar;69(3):301-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2004.09.011. Epub 2004 Nov 21.
In the introductory part presented is a short hagiography of St. Blasius, and the legend of miraculous healing of a child in whose throat a bone had stuck, threatening to choke the child. Thanks to that legend, St. Blasius has become the traditional patron of the laryngeal diseases, and, since recently, the patron of the otolaryngologists, too. The second part of the paper is dedicated to the cult of St. Blasius, which is present in Croatia since the 10th century until present. Venerated all over the country, St. Blasius has been "elected" the heavenly protector of 10 parish communities, as well as of the city and the dioceses of Dubrovnik. Beside pilgrimage and prayers, among many traditional forms of folk piety, a ritual called "grlicenje" has been preserved-a curative and preventive blessing of the throat with crossed candles on the Saint's Day. In more recent times, the same day has been remembered among Croatian otolaryngologists and the societies of laryngectomized persons, who chose St. Blasius for their patron, too.
在引言部分，介绍了圣布莱修斯的简短圣徒传记，以及一个孩子喉咙被骨头卡住、生命垂危却奇迹般康复的传说。多亏了这个传说，圣布莱修斯成为了喉科疾病的传统守护神，并且，近来也成为了耳鼻喉科医生的守护神。本文的第二部分致力于介绍圣布莱修斯崇拜，这种崇拜自10世纪以来在克罗地亚一直存在至今。在克罗地亚全国都受到崇敬，圣布莱修斯被“选为”10个教区社区以及杜布罗夫尼克市和教区的天上保护者。除了朝圣和祈祷之外，在许多传统的民间虔诚形式中，一种名为“grlicenje”的仪式得以保留——在圣日用交叉的蜡烛为喉咙进行治疗和预防性祝福。在近代，克罗地亚的耳鼻喉科医生和喉切除患者协会也会纪念这一天，他们也选择圣布莱修斯作为他们的守护神。
