Saturday 29 November 2008

A list of Patron Saints

Accountants - St. Matthew
Actors - St. Genesius
Addicts - St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe
Advertising - St. Bernardine of Siena
African-Americans - St. Benedict the African, St. Peter Claver, St. Martin de Porres
AIDS patients - St. Peregrine Laziosi
Air travelers - St. Joseph of Cupertino
Alcoholics - Venerable Matt Talbot, St. Monica
Altar servers - St. John Berchmans
Americas - Our Lady of Guadalupe, St. Rose of Lima
Anesthetists - St. Rene Goupil
Animals - St. Francis of Assisi
Archaeologists - St. Helen
Architects - St. Thomas the Apostle
Argentina - Our Lady of Lujan
Art - St. Catharine of Bologna
Artists - St. Luke, St. Catharine of Bologna, Blessed Fra Angelico
Astronauts - St. Joseph of Cupertino
Astronomers - St. Dominic
Athletes - St. Sebastian
Attorneys - St. Thomas More, St. Raymond of Penyafort
Australia - Our Lady Help of Christians
Authors - St. Francis de Sales
Babies - Feast of the Holy Innocents
Bakers - St. Elizabeth of Hungary, St. Nicholas
Bankers - St. Matthew
Baptism - St. John the Baptist
Barbers - Sts. Cosmas and Damian, St. Louis of France, St. Martin de Porres
Bee keepers - St. Ambrose
Beggars - St. Alexis, St. Giles
Belgium - St. Joseph
Blacksmiths - St. Dunstan
Blind - Raphael (Michael, Gabriel and Raphael), St. Lucy
Bodily ills - Our Lady of Lourdes
Bohemia - St. Wenceslaus
Bookkeepers - St. Matthew
Booksellers - St. John of God
Boy Scouts - St. George
Boys - St. John Bosco
Brazil - Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Breast disease, against - St. Agatha
Brewers - St. Luke, St. Augustine of Hippo, St. Nicholas
Bricklayers - St. Stephen
Brides - St. Nicholas
Broadcasters - Gabriel (Michael, Gabriel and Raphael)
Builders - St. Barbara, St. Vincent Ferrer
Businessmen - St. Homobonus
Businesswomen - St. Margaret Clitherow
Butchers - St. Anthony the Abbot, St. Luke
Cab drivers - St. Fiacre
Canada - St. Joseph
Cancer patients - St. Peregrine Laziosi
Carpenters - St. Joseph
Catechists - St. Charles Borromeo, St. Robert Bellarmine, St. Viator
Catechumens - St. Charles Borromeo, St. Robert Bellarmine
Catholic schools - St. Thomas Aquinas
Catholic youth - St. Aloysius Gonzaga, St. Maria Goretti
Charities - St. Vincent de Paul
Childbirth - St. Gerard Majella, St. Raymond Nonnatus
Children - St. Nicholas
Chile - Our Lady of Mount Carmel, St. James the Greater
China - St. Joseph
Choirboys - St. Dominic Savio
Church - St. Joseph
Civil servants - St. Thomas More
Clergy - St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows
Colleges - St. Thomas Aquinas
Colombia - St. Louis Bertrand, St. Peter Claver
Comedians - St. Vitus
Communication workers - Gabriel (Michael, Gabriel and Raphael)
Computers - St. Isidore of Seville
Construction workers - St. Thomas the Apostle
Cooks - St. Thomas the Apostle, St. Lawrence
Court clerks - St. Thomas More
Dairy workers - St. Brigid of Kildare
Dancers - St. Vitus
Deacons - St. Stephen
Deafness - St. Francis de Sales
Death - St. Joseph, Michael, Gabriel and Raphael
Denmark - St. Ansgar, St. Canute
Dentists - St. Apollonia
Desperate causes - St. Jude (Simon and Jude)
Difficult marriages - St. Rita of Cascia
Disabled - St. Giles
Disasters - St. Genevieve
Doctors - St. Luke
Dogs - St. Roch
Dominican Republic - St. Dominic
Drivers - St. Fiacre
Drug addiction - St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe
Earaches - St. Polycarp
Earthquakes - St. Francis Borgia
Ecology - St. Francis of Assisi
Ecuador - Sacred Heart
Editors - St. John Bosco
Engineers - St. Patrick, St. Ferdinand III
England - St. Augustine of Canterbury, St. George, St. Gregory the Great
Epilepsy - St. Dymphna, St. Vitus, St. Willibrord
Europe - St. Benedict, St. Bridget, St. Catherine of Siena
Eye disorders - St. Clare, St. Lucy
Falsely accused - St. Raymond Nonnatus
Farmers - St. Isidore the Farmer
Fathers - St. Joseph
Firefighters - St. Florian, St. John of God
Fishermen - St. Andrew, St. Peter (Peter and Paul)
Florists - St. Thérèse of Lisieux, St. Rose of Lima, St. Dorothy
Foundry workers - St. Agatha
France - Our Lady of the Assumption, St. Denis, St. Joan of Arc
Funeral directors - St. Joan of Arc
Gambling, compulsive - St. Bernardine of Siena
Gardeners - St. Adelard, St. Fiacre
Germany - St. Boniface, Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, St. Peter Canisius, St. George
Girls - St. Agnes, St. Maria Goretti
Grandparents - Sts. Ann and Joachim
Gravediggers - St. Anthony the Abbot
Greece - St. Andrew, St. Nicholas
Greetings - St. Valentine
Grocers - Michael, Gabriel and Raphael
Grooms - St. Louis of France, St. Nicholas
Gypsies - Blessed Ceferino Giménez Malla
Hairdressers - St. Martin de Porres
Happy death - St. Joseph
Headaches - St. Teresa of Avila
Heart patients - St. John of God
Homeless - St. Benedict Joseph Labre
Horses - St. Giles
Hospital administrators - St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Hospitals - St. Camillus de Lellis, St. John of God
Hotel keepers - St. Amand
Housewives - Sts. Ann and Joachim, St. Martha
Hungary - St. Gerard, St. Stephen
Hunters - St. Hubert, St. Eustachius
Immigrants - St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Impossible causes - St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, St. Rita of Cascia
India - Our Lady of the Assumption
Infertility - St. Rita of Cascia, St. Philomena
Insanity - St. Dymphna
Internet - St. Isidore of Seville
Invalids - St. Roch
Ireland - St. Brigid of Kildare, St. Patrick, St. Columba
Italy - St. Francis of Assisi, St. Bernardine of Siena, St. Catherine of Siena
Japan - St. Francis Xavier, St. Peter Baptist and Companions
Jewelers - St. Eligius
Jordan - St. John the Baptist
Journalists - St. Francis de Sales
Judges - St. John of Capistrano
Juvenile delinquents - St. Dominic Savio
Kidney disease - St. Benedict
Knee problems - St. Roch
Laborers - St. Isidore the Farmer, St. James the Greater
Latin America - St. Rose of Lima
Lawyers - St. Thomas More, St. Raymond of Penyafort
Learning - St. Ambrose
Librarians - St. Jerome
Lithuania - St. Casimir
Longevity - St. Peter (Peter and Paul)
Loss of parents - St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Lost items - St. Anthony of Padua
Lovers - St. Valentine
Maids, domestic workers - St. Zita of Lucca
Married women - St. Monica
Medical technicians - St. Albert the Great
Mentally ill - St. Dymphna
Merchants - St. Francis of Assisi, St. Nicholas
Messengers - Gabriel (Michael, Gabriel and Raphael)
Metal workers - St. Eligius
Mexico - Our Lady of Guadalupe
Midwives - St. Raymond Nonnatus
Military members - St. Joan of Arc
Miscarriage, prevention of - St. Catherine of Sweden
Missionaries - St. Francis Xavier, St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Monks - St. John the Baptist
Mothers - St. Monica
Motorists - St. Frances of Rome
Musicians - St. Cecilia
Mystics - St. John of the Cross
Netherlands - St. Willibrord
Neurological diseases - St. Dymphna
New Zealand - Our Lady Help of Christians
Nicaragua - St. James the Greater
Nigeria - St. Patrick
North Africa - St. Cyprian
North America - St. Isaac Jogues, John de Brébeuf and Companions
Norway - St. Olaf
Notaries - St. Luke, St. Mark
Nuns - St. Scholastica, St. Brigid of Kildare
Nurses - St. Camillus de Lellis, St. John of God, St. Agatha
Obstetricians - St. Raymond Nonnatus
Oceania - St. Peter Chanel
Orators - St. John Chrysostom
Orphans, abandoned children - St. Jerome Emiliani
Painters - St. Luke
Paraguay - Our Lady of the Assumption
Paralysis - St. Osmund
Parenthood - St. Rita of Cascia
Parish priests - St. John Vianney
Pawnbrokers - St. Nicholas
Penitents - St. Mary Magdalene
Perfumers - St. Mary Magdalene
Peru - St. Joseph, St. Rose of Lima
Pharmacists - Sts. Cosmas and Damian
Philippines - St. Rose of Lima
Philosophers - St. Catherine of Alexandria, St. Albert the Great
Physicians - St. Luke, Sts. Cosmas and Damian
Pilots - St. Joseph of Cupertino, St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Poets - St. Columba, St. David of Wales
Poisoning - St. Benedict
Poland - St. Casimir, St. Florian, St. Stanislaus
Police officers - Michael, Gabriel and Raphael
Politicians, public servants - St. Thomas More
Poor - St. Anthony of Padua, St. Lawrence
Popes - St. Peter (Peter and Paul)
Portugal - St. George
Postal workers - Gabriel (Michael, Gabriel and Raphael)
Preachers - St. John Chrysostom
Pregnant women - Sts. Ann and Joachim, St. Gerard Majella, St. Margaret, St. Raymond Nonnatus
Priests - St. John Vianney
Printers - St. Augustine, St. John of God
Prisoners - St. Dismas, St. Joseph Cafasso
Prussia - St. Joseph Cafasso
Public relations - St. Bernardine of Siena
Race relations - St. Martin de Porres
Radio - Gabriel (Michael, Gabriel and Raphael)
Radiologists - Michael, Gabriel and Raphael
Reconciliation - St. Vincent Ferrer
Retreats - St. Ignatius of Loyola
Rheumatism - St. James the Greater
Robbers, danger from - St. Leonard of Noblac
Rome - St. Peter (Peter and Paul)
Russia - St. Andrew, St. Basil the Great, St. Casimir, St. Nicholas, St. Joseph
Sailors - St. Elmo, St. Brendan, St. Francis of Paola
Savings - St. Anthony Claret
Scholars - St. Brigid of Kildare, St. Bede the Venerable
Schoolchildren - St. Benedict
Schools - St. Thomas Aquinas
Scientists - St. Albert the Great
Scotland - St. Margaret, St. Andrew
Sculptors - St. Claude
Secretaries - St. Genesius
Seminarians - St. Charles Borromeo
Serbia - St. Sava
Servants - St. Sava, St. Zita of Lucca
Shepherds - St. Marie Bernadette Soubirous, St. Paschal Baylon
Sick - St. John of God
Skin diseases - St. Anthony the Abbot, St. Anthony the Abbot
Slavic peoples - Sts. Cyril and Methodius
Sobriety - Venerable Matt Talbot
Social justice - St. Joseph, St. Martin de Porres
Social workers - St. Louise de Marillac
Soldiers - St. George, St. Martin of Tours
South Africa - Our Lady of the Assumption
South America - St. Rose of Lima
Spain - St. James the Greater
Speakers - St. John Chrysostom
Stomach disorders - Sts. Timothy and Titus
Students - St. Catherine of Alexandria, St. Thomas Aquinas
Surgeons - Sts. Cosmas and Damian, St. Luke
Sweden - St. Bridget of Sweden
Switzerland - St. Nicholas von Flue
Tailors - St. Homobonus
Tax collectors - St. Matthew
Taxi drivers - St. Fiacre
Teachers - St. Gregory the Great, St. John Baptist de la Salle
Teenagers - St. Aloysius Gonzaga, St. Maria Goretti
Telecommunications - Gabriel (Michael, Gabriel and Raphael)
Television - St. Clare
Theatrical performers - St. Genesius
Theologians - St. Alphonsus Liguori, St. Augustine of Hippo
Throat ailments - St. Blase
Toothache - St. Apollonia
Travelers - St. Anthony of Padua, St. Nicholas, St. Joseph, Raphael (Michael, Gabriel and Raphael)
Turkey - St. John the Apostle
Undertakers - Sts. Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus
United States - Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Universal Church - St. Joseph
Universities - Blessed Contardo Ferrini
Uruguay - Sts. Philip and James
Venereal disease - St. Fiacre
Venezuela - Our Lady of Coromoto
Veterinarians - St. Eligius
Vietnam - St. Joseph
Vintners - St. Amand
Vocations - St. Alphonsus Liguori
Waiters, waitresses - St. Martha
Wales - St. David of Wales
Weavers - St. Anthony Claret
West Indies - St. Gertrude
Widows - St. Frances of Rome, St. Paula
Wine trade - St. Amand, St. Vincent of Saragossa
Women in labor - Sts. Ann and Joachim, St. Elmo
Workers - St. Joseph
Writers - St. Francis de Sales
Youth - St. Aloysius Gonzaga, St. Maria Goretti, St. John Bosco.

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