biography
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Blaise or Blasius, St
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (?–c.316)
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| biography:
| Armenian clergyman and martyr, born in Sebastia, Cappadocia. Made Bishop of Sebastia, he is said to have suffered martyrdom during a period of persecution. Woolcombers claim him as their patron, and he is invoked in case of throat trouble and cattle disease. Feast day 3 February. |
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