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:Gaspar_de_Crayer_-_Martyrdom_of_Saint_Blaise.jpg" title="via Wikimedia Commons" target="_blank">Gaspar de Crayer</a> [Public domain]
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Martyrdom of Saint Blaise - by Gaspar de Crayer, between 1601 and 1669

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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.

Gaspar de Crayer [Public domain]

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