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:Petrozavodsk_FineArtsMuseum_Saint_Blaise_Megrgega_008_0418.jpg" title="via Wikimedia Commons" target="_blank">Ludvig14</a> [<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0" target="_blank">CC BY-SA</a>]
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Icon of Saint Blaise, late XV-early XVI century, Megrega village of Olonetsky, Republic of Karelia

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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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