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:La_Vierge_et_l_Enfant_avec_saint_Michel_et_saint_Blaise_-_Neri_di_Bicci.jpg" title="via Wikimedia Commons" target="_blank">Neri di Bicci</a> [Public domain]
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The Virgin and Child with Saint Michael and Saint Blaise - Neri di Bicci,1475

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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.

Neri di Bicci [Public domain]

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