Saint Blaise is the patron saint of wool combers and throat disease. According to the Acta Sanctorum, he was martyred by being beaten, attacked with iron combs, and beheaded. <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adlwang_Sankt_Blasien_Wallfahrtskirche_Hauptaltar_Altarbild_Blasius.jpg" title="via Wikimedia Commons" target="_blank">Isiwal</a> [<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0" target="_blank">CC BY-SA</a>]
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Pilgrimage church St.Blasius in Adlwang, Upper Austria, by Mathias Auhuber around 1715

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Saint Blaise is the patron saint of wool combers and throat disease. According to the Acta Sanctorum, he was martyred by being beaten, attacked with iron combs, and beheaded.

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