Blaise of Sebaste

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Blaise of Sebaste is a 4th-century Christian bishop and martyr venerated as the patron saint of throat illnesses in both the Eastern and Western churches.

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Label Occurrences
Blaise of Sebaste canonical 1
Blasius of Sebaste 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian saint
bishop
martyr
patron saint
associatedRite Blessing of the Throats NERFINISHED
century 4th century
commemoratedOn Armenian Church calendar
Byzantine liturgical calendar
Roman Martyrology NERFINISHED
cultDevelopedByCentury 5th century
deathCause martyrdom
deathPlace Roman Armenia NERFINISHED
Sebaste NERFINISHED
Sebastia NERFINISHED
present-day Sivas, Turkey NERFINISHED
feastDay 3 February
honorificPrefix Saint
iconographicAttribute bishop’s mitre
crozier
iron wool combs
two crossed candles
includedIn Fourteen Holy Helpers NERFINISHED
languageOfName Latin NERFINISHED
legend animals came to him to be blessed
lived as a hermit in a cave
miraculously cured a boy choking on a fish bone
mannerOfDeath execution by beheading
torture
nameInGreek Blasios NERFINISHED
nameInLatin Blasius NERFINISHED
patronage sick animals
throat diseases
throat illnesses
veterinarians
wool combers
religion Christianity
seeAlso Blessing of the Throats on Saint Blaise’s Day NERFINISHED
veneration of the Fourteen Holy Helpers
title Bishop of Sebaste NERFINISHED
veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Lutheranism
surface form: Lutheran Church

Oriental Orthodoxy
surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches

Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

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Saint Blaise hasVariantName Blaise of Sebaste
Saint Blaise hasVariantName Blaise of Sebaste
this entity surface form: Blasius of Sebaste