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St. Kuriakose was a Syro-Malabar Catholic priest, an Eastern Catholic church in communion with the Roman Catholic church that uses the East Syriac rite. He founded schools in his area for the poorest members of the community, and started an Indian Eastern Catholic order of Carmelites for men and for women. He was also a prolific writer, publishing numerous letters, prayers, theological texts, history, and administrative work on the printing press he established. Lifetime:  1805 to 1871 Region:  Kerala, India Patronages:  Media; Literature; Carmelites of Mary Immaculate order Iconograpy:  Carmelite habit; Scripture; Hand lifted in blessing Feast Day:  February 18

As a physician, St. Blaise was a healer of bodies as much as he later became a healer of souls. After he was elected bishop by popular acclaim, he performed many miracles of healing on people who sought his aid as well as on wild animals. Blaise is particularly invoked for the healing of injuries to the throat owing to a miracle where a woman begged for his help as her son was choking on a fishbone, and Blaise cured the boy. St. Blais is one of the fourteen holy helpers , a group of saints venerated in the middle ages for healing from illness. Lifetime: ? to 316 Region:  Modern Turkey Patronages:  Throats; Physicians; Veterinarians; Woolworkers Iconograpy:  Crossed candles; Comb; Animals Feast Day:  February 3 (Western); February 11 (Eastern)