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:Statua.di.san.biagio.jpg" title="via Wikimedia Commons" target="_blank">Islanda2011</a> [<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0" target="_blank">CC BY-SA</a>]
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The statue of San Biagio (Ascoli Piceno) - by Domenico Paci from the first half of the 1800

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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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