Blaise of Sebaste
c. 300 CE – 316 CE · aged 16
Early 4th-century saint and bishop
- Born
- 300 CE · Sivas
- Died
- 316 CE · Sivas
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- c. 300 CEBornBorn in Sivas
- 300 CERoleCatholic archbishop
- 316 CEDiedDied in Sivas
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Biography
Blaise of Sebaste (Greek: Ἅγιος Βλάσιος, Hágios Blásios; Armenian: Սուրբ Վլաս; Latin: Blasius; martyred 316 AD) was a physician and bishop of Sebastea in historical Lesser Armenia (modern Sivas, Turkey) 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.
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