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The Cave of Saint Blaise (Albanian: Shpella e Shën Vlashit) is a small cave in Laç, Albania. It is thought to have been the place where Saint Blaise lived, and remains a popular pilgrimage site.[1]

The cave is close the Saint Anthony Church, dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua and built in 1556. According to Elsie, Saint Blaise is not to be confused with Saint Blaise of Armenia, but it is a local person, who was tortured in Durrës and died in Ragusa.[2]

References

  1. ^ Murzaku, Ines Angeli. Monasticism in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Republics, Routledge, 2015, p. 258 ISBN 9781317391050
  2. ^ Robert Elsie (2001). A Dictionary of Albanian Religion, Mythology, and Folk Culture. New York University Press. pp. 41–. ISBN 978-0-8147-2214-5.
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