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Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu: 68.42 km², 1,850 inhabitants
The parish of
Saint-Blaise was established (canonical erection) on 8 October 1890. The
municipality of Saint-Blaise was established on 6 October 1892, composed of the
four cadasters of Saint-Valentin, Saint-Jean, St-Cyprien and
Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie (L’Acadie).
On 10 August 1898, the
Sainte-Elisabeth parish in Montreal organized a pilgrimage to Saint-Blaise,
advertised on 5 august 1898 in "La Patrie".
"Saint Blasius is specifically
involved against to cure sore throat. Those wanting to be healed or protected
should join priests who would, as approved by the Holy See, apply to their neck
two blessed candles and recite the prayer: 'Through the intercession of St.
Blasius, bishop and martyr, may the Lord preserve you from sore throat and any
other evil [...]'. In this country, where this devotion has been introduced some
years ago, a great number of miraculous healing had been recorded. Let us all
take advantage of the opportunity and go to St. Blasius' sanctuary to venerate
the relics of the great saint and be applied candles blessed in his honor."
"Sore throat" was indeed goiter, whose cause, iodine deficiency, would be
elucidated only decades later.
http://www.st-blaise.ca/municipalite/histoire/
The invocation of St.
Blasius of Sebaste in case of sore throat is rooted in Jacobus Voragine's Golden
Legend, chapter 38.
"There was a woman that had a son dying, in whose throat
was a bone of a fish athwart, which estrangled him, and she brought him tofore
his feet, praying him that he would make her son whole. And S. Blase put his
hand upon him and made his prayer to God that this child, and all they that
demanded benefits of health in his name, that they should be holpen and obtain
it, and anon he was whole and guerished.
[...]
And anon then the tyrant
did do smite off his head, and S. Blase prayed to our Lord tofore his death that
whosoever desired his help from the infirmity of the throat, or required aid for
any other sickness or infirmity, that he would hear him, and might deserve to be
guerished and healed. And there came a voice from heaven to him saying that his
petition was granted and should be done as he had prayed."
https://www.christianiconography.info/goldenLegend/blaise.htm
William
Caxton's translation, 1483
Ivan Sache, 16 May 2020
Flag visible at
https://www.google.com/maps
White flag with logo.
The logo was changed in 2013 (source:
http://www.st-blaise.ca/municipalite/histoire/logo/)
Olivier Touzeau, 15 May 2020
The first logo was designed in 1989, when the municipality was still called
Saint-Blaise - and would remained so until 1993.
The logo was modernized in
2013 for a better representation of the territory.
The stylized blue "S"
represents river Richelieu, which waters the territory of Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu.
The stylized green "B" emphasizes the importance of green areas and
environmental quality for every-day's life; the wheat spike highlight the
significance of agriculture.
The horizontal wavy lines recall furrows and
Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu's agricultural orientation. Yellow and green evoke
maize and cropped areas. The wavy lines also represent the river's waves and the
different components of Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu's society.
http://www.st-blaise.ca/municipalite/histoire/logo/
Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 16 May 2020
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Olivier Touzeau, 15 May 2020
Flag visible in 2009: in 2009:
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Olivier Touzeau, 15 May 2020
