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Flag of Dubrovnik Republic with Saint Blaise holding City model Procession held on 3 February 2014. The Festivity of St. Blaise was first celebrated in the year 972 and was a feast for all the inhabitants of the Dubrovnik Republic. To allow everyone to participate, the so-called "Sloboština of St. Blaise" was introduced.
Saint Blaise (Croatian: Sveti Vlaho or Sveti Blaž) is the patron saint of the city of Dubrovnik and formerly the protector of the independent Republic of Ragusa. At Dubrovnik, his feast is celebrated yearly on 3 February, when relics of the saint, his skull, a bit of bone from his throat and his right and left hands are paraded in reliquaries.
The Church of St. Blaise (Croatian: Crkva sv. Vlaha) is a Baroque church in Dubrovnik and one of the city's major sights. Saint Blaise (St. Vlaho), identified by medieval Slavs with the pagan god Veles, is the patron saint of the city of Dubrovnik and formerly the protector of the independent Republic of Ragusa.
On top of the central part is a large Baroque window with a triangular gable and a balustrade with statues of saints. The deep niches in the facade contains statues of Saint Blaise (patron saint of Dubrovnik) and Joseph with Child. The lateral sides of the cathedral are rather plain, articulated by pillars and semicircular windows.
The Flag of Dubrovnik is the symbol of the city of Dubrovnik, originating as the flag of the historical Republic of Ragusa.. The flag consists of a white field and gold border, charged with the icon and initials of Saint Blaise (Latin: Sanctus Blasius, Ragusan: Sveti Vlaho), a miracle-worker and national symbol of Ragusa considered the patron saint of both the Republic and modern Dubrovnik ...
Of seventeen works by Nikola Božidarević recorded in the Dubrovnik Archives, only four paintings remain: [2] a triptych on a side altar in the Bundić Chapel of the Dominican monastery in Dubrovnik, The Annunciation in the art gallery of the Dominican church, the Đorđić family's altarpiece in the capitulary hall of the Dominican monastery, and another triptych in the Franciscan church on ...
In 1913, he was the host of the celebration of Saint Blaise, the city of Dubrovnik's patron saint, one of the few Serb Catholics to be chosen for that honor at the turn of the century. [2] Kulišić was an activist of the Dubrovnik Workers' Association and vice-president of the Serbian Gymnastics Association "Dušan Silni".
From 1960 to 1982, he was a professor at the graphic arts department of the School of Applied Arts in Zagreb, where he educated many graphic artists and designers. He held 31 solo exhibitions and participated in more than 150 collective exhibitions at home and abroad.