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:Chwa%C5%82a_%C5%9Bw._B%C5%82a%C5%BCeja_i_osiem_epizod%C3%B3w_z_%C5%BCycia_%C5%9Bwi%C4%99tego.jpg" title="via Wikimedia Commons" target="_blank">Stanisław Gurba</a> [<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0" target="_blank">CC BY-SA</a>]
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Saint Blaise - by Valentino Rovisi,1780, San Biagio church in Alleghe

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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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