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:Hans_Memling_002.jpg" title="via Wikimedia Commons" target="_blank">Hans Memling</a> [Public domain]
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St.Blaise - by Hans Memling, Altar triptych, Lübeck Cathedral, today in the St.Annen Museum

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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.

Hans Memling [Public domain]

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