Reading Notes:Saint Blaise and His Beasts Part A



Saint Blaise and His Beasts

Story Source: The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts by Abbie Farwell Brown (1900)



    • Time period:
      • 316 A.C
      • Emperor Licentious was killing Christians
    • Saint Blaise
      • Just wanted to learn how to help the creatures he loved
      • Loved everything-- people, "dumb bests", everything that suffered and was sick
      • Everybody loved him because he was always helping out -- with children, healing cattle and house pets
      • Not scared to die in the end
      • On his way to die he cured a sick child
      • Put in prison and tortured
      • Couldn't put him to death by beasts -- tried to drown him
        • Christ analogy
        • Was then beheaded
      • England-- February 3rd-- light bonfires in honor of his name
    • Wild Beasts
      • Blaise never forgot about them
      • Would visit them in the woods
      • Always wanted to learn about them
      • Love Blaise because he never hurt them, talked to them "kindly" and healed them when they were sick or wounded
      • Had a relationship with him-- he helped them, they helped him
      • Never interrupt his praying time at his cave
      • Proud of their master when he was honoured with the title Bishop
      • Life threatened by the evil emperor -- wants to use them as entertainment in the arena
      • Blaise hid the beasts from the evil doers and in return they protected him from the same people
      • Probably felt guilty the evil people took their master while they were napping
      • Howling at his house waiting for Blaise to return
      • Come around to see the fires every year for him
    • The wolf
      • Introduced as a bad character -- stole a pig (interesting wolf and pig thing maybe to add in)
      • Listens to Blaise




Saint Blaise brought out the best in animals, 
even the wolf in the story.
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