Saint Blaise
Blaise of Sebaste (martyred 316 AD) was a physician and bishop of Sebastea in historical Lesser Armenia who is venerated as a Christian saint and martyr. He is counted as one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers.
Blaise is a saint in the Catholic, Western Rite Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches and is the patron saint of wool combers and of sufferers from head and neck illnesses. In the Latin Church, his feast falls on 3 February. In the Eastern Churches, it is on 11 February. According to the Acta Sanctorum, he was martyred by being beaten, tortured with iron combs, and beheaded.
Patron saint of Infants; animals; builders; stonecutters; carvers; drapers; wool workers; wool industry; veterinarians; physicians; healing; throats; the sick; against choking; ENT illnesses; Bradford; Salerno; Maratea; Sicily; Dubrovnik; Ciudad del Este, Paraguay; Campanário, Madeira; Rubiera and Sebaste, Antique
In the Martyrology
- February 3 Saint Blaise, bishop of Sebastea and martyr