RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Saint Blaise

300 - 316

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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 ENT illnesses. In the Latin Church, his feast falls on 3 February. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2024). Saint Blaise is the 215th most popular religious figure (down from 177th in 2024), the 63rd most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 68th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Turkish Religious Figure.

Saint Blaise is most famous for being the patron saint of animals, especially those with throat ailments.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Saint Blaise ranks 215 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Alexander I, Pope John XIX, Thérèse of Lisieux, Pope Pius I, Abdul Qadir Gilani, and Pope Sixtus II. After him are Pope John VIII, Salome, Pope Honorius III, Pope Alexander III, Pope Adrian V, and Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 300, Saint Blaise ranks 3. Before him are Saint Barbara, and Pope Sylvester I. After him are Saint Sebastian, Pope Felix I, Valerius Severus, Pope Julius I, Volusianus, Pope Eutychian, Erasmus of Formia, Theodore of Amasea, and Vincent of Saragossa. Among people deceased in 316, Saint Blaise ranks 1. 

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Saint Blaise ranks 63 out of 1,347. Before him are Gregory of Nazianzus (329), Croesus (-596), Suleiman II (1642), Mahmud II (1785), Hipparchus (-190), and Margaret the Virgin (292). After him are Mahidevran (1500), Aristotle Onassis (1906), Mehmed V (1844), Ertuğrul (1198), Ahmed II (1643), and Abdulmejid I (1823).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Türkiye

Among religious figures born in Türkiye, Saint Blaise ranks 10. Before him are Saint Barbara (300), Luke the Evangelist (31), Saint Timothy (17), Bartholomew I of Constantinople (1940), John Chrysostom (349), and Margaret the Virgin (292). After him are Michael I Cerularius (1005), Saint Pantaleon (275), Ephrem the Syrian (306), Ulfilas (311), Irenaeus (130), and Photios I of Constantinople (900).

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