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the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
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Liturgical combs of ivory were used after the 5th century, the most famous still extant being the comb of Saint Lupus (623). As an emblem in Christian art it is associated with Saint Blaise, commemorative of his flesh being torn with iron combs.
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Entry for 'Comb'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​c/comb.html. 1910.
Entry for 'Comb'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​c/comb.html. 1910.