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:S%C3%A3o_Braz.jpg" title="via Wikimedia Commons">Alfred Martinet</a> [Public domain]
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Saint Blaise - Alfred Martinet, between 1853 and 1858

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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.

Alfred Martinet [Public domain]

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