Time to Get Saint Blaised

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Across
  1. 2. Where St. Blaise lived as a hermit
  2. 5. Roman emperor who ordered persecution
  3. 9. Plague that made Fourteen Holy Helpers popular
  4. 10. Person who brought candles to St. Blaise in prison
  5. 11. Trade St. Blaise is patron saint of
  6. 12. Bishop and martyr celebrated February 3
  7. 14. "Through the ___ of Saint Blaise" (blessing formula)
  8. 15. Day of the month for St. Blaise's feast
  9. 18. Croatian city where St. Blaise is patron saint
  10. 20. Feast day on February 2, day before St. Blaise
  11. 23. Governor who persecuted St. Blaise
Down
  1. 1. Country where St. Blaise served
  2. 3. Number of Holy Helpers St. Blaise belongs to
  3. 4. Creatures St. Blaise befriended in the wilderness
  4. 6. Armenian city where St. Blaise was bishop
  5. 7. Skull and throat bone preserved in Dubrovnik
  6. 8. Month of St. Blaise's feast day
  7. 11. Iron instruments used to martyr St. Blaise
  8. 12. How St. Blaise was finally executed
  9. 13. Object stuck in boy's throat that saint removed
  10. 16. South American country with St. Blaise as patron
  11. 17. Two crossed items used in the blessing
  12. 19. St. Blaise's profession before becoming bishop
  13. 21. St. Blaise died as this type of witness
  14. 22. Body part blessed on St. Blaise's day