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Blessing of animals is a religious activity, and occurs broadly across most religions in some form, including, for example, across Christianity, [7] Islam, Judaism, [8] Shinto, [9] Unitarian Universalism, [10] amongst others. Secular respect for animals is also strong, for example, World Animal Day, an international day of action for animal ...
Stephen of Bourbon (d. 1262): De Supersticione: On St. Guinefort. [3] [1] The custom was regarded as harmful and superstitious by the church, which made efforts to eradicate it and enacted a fine for the continued practice. [3] [1] [5] Despite repeated prohibitions by the Catholic Church, the cult of this dog saint persisted for several ...
Saint Guy is the patron saint of Anderlecht, animals with horns, bachelors, people with epilepsy, labourers, protection of outbuildings, protection of sheds, protection of stables, sacristans, sextons, work horses; and is invoked against epilepsy, against rabies, against infantile convulsions, and against mad dogs. [4]
Saint Roch. Roch (lived c. 1348 – 15/16 August 1376/79; traditionally c. 1295 – 16 August 1327), [a] also called Rock in English, was a Majorcan Catholic confessor whose death is commemorated on 16 August and 9 September in Italy; he was especially invoked against the plague.
There he was befriended by a dog that licked his sores and brought him food, and he was able to recover. The feast day of Saint Roch, August 16, is celebrated in Bolivia as the "birthday of all dogs." [12] Saint Guinefort was the name given to a dog who received local veneration as a folk saint at a French shrine from the 13th to the 20th ...
This is an incomplete list of people and angels whom the Catholic Church has canonized as saints.According to Catholic theology, all saints enjoy the beatific vision.Many of the saints listed here are to be found in the General Roman Calendar, while others may also be found in the Roman Martyrology; [1] still others are particular to local places and their recognition does not extend to the ...
Saint Christopher (Greek: Ἅγιος Χριστόφορος, Hágios Christóphoros, lit. 'Christ-bearer'; [3] Latin: Sanctus Christophorus) is venerated by several Christian denominations as a martyr killed in the reign of the 3rd-century Roman emperor Decius (r. 249–251), or alternatively under the emperor Maximinus Daia (r. 308–313).
Saint Eligius. Eligius[b] (French: Éloi; 11 June 588 – 1 December 660), venerated as Saint Eligius, was a Frankish goldsmith, courtier, and bishop who was chief counsellor to Dagobert I and later Bishop of Noyon–Tournai. His deeds were recorded in Vita Sancti Eligii, written by his friend Audoin of Rouen.