Blaise of Sebaste Սուրբ Վլասի | |
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| Hieromartyr, Holy Helper | |
| Born | 3 February (Eastern: 11 February) ? AD Sebastea, historical Lesser Armenia |
| Died | 316 AD (aged between his 30s and 40s) |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Churches Oriental Orthodox Church Anglican Communion |
| Major shrine | St Blaise's Church |
| Feast | 3 February (Catholic, Anglican Communion)
Usually in January (date varies)(Armenian Apostolic) 11 February (Eastern Orthodox and Greek Catholic) |
| Attributes | Bishop, animals, crossed candles, tending a choking boy, wool comb |
| Patronage | Infants, animals, builders, stonecutters, carvers, drapers, wool workers, wool industry, veterinarians, physicians, healing, throats, the sick, against choking, ENT illnesses, Bradford, Sicilì, Salerno, Maratea, Italy, Sicily, Dubrovnik, Ciudad del Este, Paraguay, Campanário, Madeira, Rubiera, and Sebaste, Antique. |
Blaise of Sebaste (Armenian: Սուրբ Վլասի, Surb Vlasi; Greek: Ἅγιος Βλάσιος, Hágios Blásios; 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 ENT illnesses. In the Latin Church, his feast falls on 3 February. In the Eastern Churches, it is on 11 February.[1] According to the Acta Sanctorum, he was martyred by being beaten, tortured with iron combs, and beheaded.