Saint Sebastian van Honthorst, Luca Signorelli, El Greco, Honoré Daumier, John Singer Sargent and Louise Bourgeois all painted Saint Sebastians. An early work by the sculptor Gianlorenzo Bernini is of Saint Sebastian. The saint is ordinarily depicted as a handsome youth pierced by arrows. Predella scenes when required, often depicted his arrest, confrontation with the Emperor, and final beheading. The illustration in the infobox is the "Saint Sebastian" of Il Sodoma, at the Pitti Palace, Florence. A mainly 17th-century subject, though found in predella scenes as early as the 15th century, was "Saint Sebastian Tended by Saint Irene" (St Irene), painted by
Saint Blaise trade in general. He may also be depicted with crossed candles. Such crossed candles are used for the blessing of throats on his feast day, which falls on 3 February, the day after Candlemas on the General Roman Calendar. Blaise is traditionally believed to intercede in cases of throat illnesses, especially for fish-bones stuck in the throat. Saint Blaise Blaise (; ; also known as Saint Blase), was a physician, and bishop of Sebastea in historical Armenia (modern Sivas, Turkey). According to the "Acta Sanctorum", he was martyred by being beaten, attacked with iron combs, and beheaded. He is the