A Patronage = Saints
Abandoned children = Ivo of Kermartin, Jerome Emiliani |
Abbeville, France = Wulfram of Sens |
Abdominal pains = Erasmus (Elmo) |
Abingdon, England = Edmund Rich of Abingdon |
Abortion, protection against = Catherine of Sweden |
Abruzzi region of Italy = Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows |
abuse victims = Adelaide, Agostina Pietrantoni, Fabiola, Germaine Cousin, Godelieve, Jeanne de Lestonnac, Jeanne Marie de Maille, John Baptist de la Salle, Laura Vicuna, Margaret the Barefooted |
Academies, Roman Catholic = Thomas Aquinas |
Acadians, Cajuns = Our Lady of the Assumption |
accomodations = Gertrude of Nivelles |
Accountants = Matthew |
Accused (falsely) = Raymond Nonnatus |
Achaia = Andrew, Apostle |
Actors = Genesius, Vitus |
actresses = Pelagia |
adopted children = Clotilde, Thomas More, William of Rochester |
Advertisers, advertising = Bernardine of Siena |
Advocates = Ivo of Kermartin |
affianced couples, betrothed couples, engaged couples = Ambrose Sansedoni of Siena, Valentine |
Africa, Central = The Most Pure Heart of Mary |
Africa, North = Cyprian of Carthage |
Africa, Southern = Mary, on feast of her Assumption |
African Catholic Youth Action = Charles Lwanga |
Against Mice, protection against = Gertrude, Servatus, Ulric |
Agirone, Sicily = Philip of Agirone |
agricultural workers; farm workers; farmers; field hands; field workers; husbandmen; ranchers = Benedict, Bernard of Vienne, Eligius (Eloi), Isidore the Farmer, Notburga, Phocas the Gardener, Walstan |
AIDS care-givers = Aloysius Gonzaga |
AIDS patients = Aloysius Gonzaga, Peregrine Laziosi, Therese of Lisieux |
Air crew = Our Lady of Loreto |
Air crew, Belgian = Our Lady of Loreto |
Air crew, French = Mary, on feast of her Assumption |
Air crew, Spanish = Our Lady of Loreto |
Air force, Argentinian = Our Lady of Loreto |
Air travelers = Joseph of Cupertino |
Airborne (Paratroopers) = Michael the Archangel |
Alabama USA = Our Lady of the Gulf |
Alaska USA = Our Lady of the Kodiak and the Islands |
Albania = Mary, Mother of Good Counsel |
Albi, France = Cecilia |
Alcala, Spain = Justus and Pastor |
Alcira, Valencia, Spain = Bernard, Gracia, Mary |
alcoholism = John of God, Martin of Tours, Monica, Urban of Langres |
Alessandro, Italy = Trifone |
Alexandria, Egypt = Cyril of Alexandria |
Alexians = Alexius |
Alezio, Italy = Our Lady of the Assumption |
Algeria = Cyprian of Carthage |
Alpine troops = Maurice |
Alpinists = Bernard of Montjoux (or Menthon) |
Altar servers = John Berchmans |
Amalfi, Italy = Andrew, Apostle |
Ambassadors, Argentinian = Gabriel the Archangel |
ambulance drivers, emergency medical technicians, EMTs, paramedics = Michael the Archangel |
American Indians, Native Americans = Anthony of Padua |
Americas = Our Lady of Guadalupe, Rose of Lima |
Ammunition/Ordnance /explosive workers = Erasmus (Elmo) |
amputees = Anthony of Padua, Antony the Abbot |
Ancona, Italy = Judas Cyriacus |
Andalusia = John of Avila |
Anderlecht, Belgium = Guy of Anderlecht |
Andorran security forces = Our Lady Help of Christians |
Anesthetists = Rene Goupil |
angina sufferers = Swithbert |
Angola = The Most Pure Heart of Mary |
animal welfare societies, humane societies = Francis of Assisi |
Animals = Francis of Assisi, Nicholas of Tolentino |
Animals, danger from = Vitus |
Animals, domestic = Antony the Abbot |
Antioch = Barnabas |
Antwerp, Belgium = Walburga |
Aosta, Italy = Gratus of Aosta |
Apologists = Catherine of Alexandria, Justin Martyr, Thomas Aquinas |
Apoplexy (Strokes) = Andrew Avellino |
Apostleship of Prayer = Francis Xavier |
Apothecaries = Cosmas and Damian |
appendicitis = Erasmus (Elmo) |
apple orchards = Charles Borromeo |
Apprentices = John Bosco |
Aquila, Italy = Maximus of Aquila |
Arabia = Our Lady of Arabia |
Aragon, Spain = Agathoclia, Braulio, George |
Archaeologists = Damasus |
archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland, USA = Immaculate Conception of Mary |
archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts, USA = Patrick |
archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois, USA = Immaculate Conception of Mary |
archdiocese of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA = Albert the Great, Francis de Sales, Robert Bellarmine |
archdiocese of Cracow Poland = Stanislaus of Cracow |
archdiocese of Denver, Colorado, USA = Immaculate Conception of Mary, Francis of Assisi |
archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland = Kevin, Lawrence O’Toole |
archdiocese of Dubuque, Iowa, USA = John Vianney, Raymond Nonnatus |
archdiocese of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA = Francis Xavier |
archdiocese of Louisville, Kentucky, USA = Joseph |
archdiocese of Miami, Florida = Our Lady of Charity, Our Lady of the Holy Rosary |
archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA = Our Lady of Prompt Succor |
archdiocese of New York, New York, USA = Patrick |
archdiocese of Omaha, Nebraska, USA = Cecilia |
archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA = Immaculate Conception of Mary, Paul, Apostle, Peter the Apostle |
archdiocese of Portland, Oregon, USA = Immaculate Conception of Mary |
Archdiocese of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA = Louis IX |
Archdiocese of San Francisco, California, USA = Francis of Assisi |
archdiocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA = Francis of Assisi, Immaculate Heart of Mary |
archdiocese of Seattle, Washington, USA = Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Immaculate Conception, Holy Angels |
Archdiocese of Tuam, Ireland = Jarlath |
Archers = Sebastian |
Architects = Barbara, Thomas, Apostle |
Architects, Italian = Benedict, Abbot |
Architects, Spanish = Our Lady of Bethlehem |
archives = Laurent (Lawrence) |
archivists, librarians, libraries = Catherine of Alexandria, Jerome, Laurent (Lawrence) |
Argentina = Our Lady of Lujan |
Argentinian military chaplains = Our Lady of Lujan |
Arizona = Our Lady of the Highways |
Arkansas = Our Lady of the Holy Souls |
arm pain; pain in the arms = Amalburga |
Armenia = Bartholomew, Gregory the Illuminator |
Armies = Maurice |
armies of Jalisco, Mexico = Our Lady of Zapopan |
armories = Laurent (Lawrence) |
armourers = Barbara, Dunstan, George, Laurent (Lawrence), Sebastian |
Arms dealers = Adrian of Nicomedia |
Army of the Andes = Our Lady of Mt. Carmel |
Army, Argentinian = Our Lady of Mercy |
Army, Ecuadorian = Our Lady of Mercy |
arrowsmiths; fletchers = Sebastian |
Art = Catherine of Bologna |
art dealers = John the Apostle |
Artillery = Barbara |
Artists = Luke, Catherine of Bologna, Bl (Fra) Angelico |
Artois region = Isberga |
Ascoli Piceno, Italy = Emidius |
Asia Minor = John the Apostle |
asses = Anthony of Padua |
Assisi, Italy = Francis of Assisi |
Astronauts = Joseph of Cupertino |
Astronomers = Dominic |
Asylums (for the mentally ill) = Dymphna |
Athletes = Sebastian |
attorneys, lawyers, barristers = Catherine of Alexandria, Genesius, Ivo of Kermartin, Mark the Evangelist, Raymond of Pennafort, Thomas More |
Augsburg = Afra, Ulric |
Australia = Our Lady Help of Christians |
Australian military chaplains = Our Lady Help of Christians |
Austria = Joseph, Maurice, Coloman, Leopold, Florian |
Authority, persons in = Ferdinand III of Castile |
Authors = Francis de Sales |
automobile drivers, automobilists, motorists = Christopher, Elijah the Prophet, Frances of Rome, Sebastian of Aparicio |
Avenay, Champagne, France = Tressan of Mareuil |
Aviators, aviation = Our Lady of Loreto, Therese of Lisieux, Joseph of Cupertino |
Avignon = Agricola of Avignon, Benezet |
Aynac, France = Genistus |
B Patronage = Saints
Babies = The Holy Innocents, Maximus, Nicholas of Tolentino, Philip of Zell |
bachelors = Benedict, Benezet, Boniface of Tarsus, Caesarius of Nanzianzen, Casimir of Poland, Christopher, Cuthman, Epipodius, Gerald of Aurillac, Guy of Anderlecht |
backward children = Hilary of Poitiers |
bacterial disease and infection = Agrippina |
Bad Weather, protection against = Eurosia, Medard |
bailiffs = Ivo of Kermartin |
Bakers = Elizabeth of Hungary, Nicholas of Myra, Honoratus |
bakers of holy wafers = Honorius of Amiens |
Bankers = Matthew, Bernardino of Feltre |
Banking = Michael the Archangel |
baptism = John the Baptist |
Barbers = Cosmas and Damian, Louis, Martin de Porres |
Barcelona, Spain = Our Lady of Mercy |
Bari, Italy = Nicholas, Sabinus |
Barra, Scotland = Finbar |
Barrel makers = Abdon and Sennen |
Barren women = Anthony of Padua, Felicity |
bartenders, bar keepers, bar staff = Amand |
Basket makers = Antony the Abbot |
Battle = Michael the Archangel |
Battle, protection against = Florian |
Baume-les-Messieurs = Drogo |
Bavaria = Hedwig, Killian |
Bee Keepers = Ambrose |
bees = Ambrose of Milan, Bernard of Clairvaux, Modomnoc |
Begerin, Ireland = Ibar |
Beggars = Alexius, Martin of Tours, Giles |
Belgium = Joseph |
bell-founders = Agatha, Fortchern of Trim |
Bellmakers = Agatha |
belt makers = Alexius |
Benedictine oblates = Henry the Emperor |
Benevento, Italy = Arthelais, Barbatus of Benevento |
Bergamo, Italy = Alexander of Bergamo |
Bergen, Norway = Sunniva |
betrayal victims = Epipodius, Flora of Cordoba, Oswin, Philip Howard, Pulcheria |
Bible scholars = Jerome |
bicyclists, cyclists, bicycle riders = La Madonna di Ghisalo |
bird dealers = John the Baptist |
Birds = Gall |
Birth Complications, protection against = Ulric |
birth pains = Erasmus (Elmo) |
bishops = Charles Borromeo |
Bishops of Latin America = Turibius |
black missions, African missions = Benedict the Black, Francis Xavier, Peter Claver, Therese of Lisieux |
black people, Negroes, African-Americans = Benedict the Black, Martin de Porres, Peter Claver |
blackbirds = Kevin |
blacksmiths = Bridgid of Ireland, Dunstan, Eligius (Eloi), Giles, James the Greater, Leonard of Noblac |
Blight, protection against = Urban of Langres |
Blind people = Raphael the Archangel, Thomas, Apostle, Cosmas and Damian, Lucy |
Blood banks = Januarius |
Blood donors = Our Lady of the Thorns |
Bodily ills = Our Lady of Lourdes |
bodily purity = Agnes of Rome |
Bohemia = Joseph, Adalbert, John Nepomucene, Cyril and Methodius, Wenceslaus |
boilermakers = Eligius (Eloi) |
Bolivia = Francis Solano, Our Lady of Capucdana (Virgin de la Candelaria), Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Virgin de la Candelaria, Virgin of Copacabana, La Virgen de Copacabana (Virgin of Copacabana) |
Bolivian navy = Our Lady of Charity |
Bologna, Italy = Petronius |
bomb technicians = Barbara |
Bombay, India = Gundisalvus Garcia |
Book trade = John of God |
Bookbinders = Celestine V (pope), John of God |
Bookkeepers = Matthew |
Booksellers = John of God, Thomas Aquinas |
boot blacks, shoe shiners = Nicholas of Myra |
Bordeaux, France = Simon Stock |
Borneo = Francis Xavier |
Boston, Massachusetts, USA = Botulph |
bowel disorders = Bonaventure |
box makers = Fiacre |
Boy Scouts = George |
Boys, young = Dominic Savio |
brass workers = Barbara |
Brazil = Nossa senhora de Aparecida, Peter of Alcantara |
breast cancer = Agatha, Aldegundis, Giles, Peregrine Laziosi |
breast disease, invoked against = Agatha |
Breast-feeding = Basilissa, Giles |
Brescia, Italy = Faustinus |
Brewers = Augustine of Hippo, Luke, Nicholas of Myra, Amand, Wenceslaus |
brick makers = Vincent Ferrer |
Bricklayers = Stephen |
Brides = Nicholas of Myra |
bridge builders = John Nepomucene, Peter the Apostle |
Bridges = John Nepomucene |
Brigands (danger from) = Leonard of Noblac |
Brittany = Ivo of Kermartin |
Broadcasters = Gabriel the Archangel |
broken bones = Drogo, Stanislaus Kostka |
broommakers = Anne |
Bruises and Bruising, protection against = Amalburga |
brushmakers = Antony the Abbot |
Brussels = Michael the Archangel |
Builders = Vincent Ferrer, Barbara, Thomas, Apostle |
Building trade = Stephen |
Bulgaria = Cyril and Methodius |
Burgos, Spain = Adelelmus |
burns = John the Apostle |
Bursars = Joseph |
bus drivers = Christopher |
Business people = Homobonus |
Businesswomen = Margaret of Clitherow |
butchers = Adrian of Nicomedia, Antony the Abbot, Bartholomew the Apostle, George, Lawrence, Luke the Apostle, Peter the Apostle, Thomas Bellacci, Antony the Abbot, Luke |
Button makers = Louis |
Byzantine Eparchy of Van Nuys, Arizona, USA = Holy Protection of the Mother of God |
C Patronage = Saints
Cab drivers = Joseph, Fiacre |
cabinetmakers = Anne, Joseph, Vincent de Paul |
Cagliari, Italy = Saturninus of Cagliari |
Cake makers = Honoratus |
California = Our Lady of the Wayside |
Caltanissett, Sicily = Michael the Archangel |
Cambridge University = Etheldreda |
Canada = Anne (Mother of Mary), Joseph, The martyrs of North America |
Cancer Patients = Michael Argemir |
Cancer victims = Peregrine Laziosi |
Candelada = Bernard of Valdeiglesias |
Candle-makers = Ambrose |
Canonists, canon lawyers = Raymond of Pennafort, Robert Bellarmine, Ivo of Kermartin |
Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross; Crosier Fathers; Crosier Order = Odilia |
Capuchin-Franciscan Province of Mid-America = Conrad of Parzham |
Carmelite schools = Albert of Sicily |
carnival workers, carnies = Julian the Hospitaller |
Carpenters = Joseph, Thomas, Apostle |
carriage makers = Eligius (Eloi) |
Cartagena, Spain = Modestus |
cartwrights; cart makers = Elijah |
carvers = Blaise, Olaf II |
Cashel, Ireland = Albert of Cashel |
Castelabbate Italy = Constabilis of Cava |
Catalonia = George |
Catania = Agatha |
Catechists = Viator, Charles Borromeo, Robert Bellarmine |
Catechumens = Charles Borromeo, Robert Bellarmine |
Caterpillars, protection against = Magnus of Fussen |
cathedral-chapter of Langres = Gebuinus |
Catholic Action = Francis of Assisi, Paul, Apostle |
Catholic Action (in Italy) = Paul, Apostle, Gabriel Possenti |
Catholic Charities = Vincent de Paul, Elizabeth of Hungary |
Catholic press = Anthony Mary Claret, Francis de Sales |
Catholic schools, Catholic academies = Thomas Aquinas, Ursula |
Catholic Writers = Francis de Sales |
Catholic Youth = Aloysius Gonzaga |
cats = Gertrude of Nivelles |
Cattaro, Dalmatia = Trifone |
cattle = Bridgid of Ireland, Colman of Stockerau, Drogo, Perpetua, Roch |
Cattle breeders = Mark |
Cavalry = Martin of Tours |
Cavalry, Italian = George |
Cebu, Philippines = El Nińo |
Cemetery keepers, or caretakers = Joseph of Arimathea |
cemetery workers = Antony the Abbot, Callistus I |
Central Africa = Therese of Lisieux |
Central America = Our Lady of Loreto, Rose of Lima |
Central and South America = Our Lady of Guadalupe, Rose of Lima |
champions; invincible people; to be invincible = Drausinus |
Chaplains, military = John of Capistrano |
Chaplains, military, Argentinian = Our Lady of Lujan |
Chaplains, military, Australian = Our Lady Help of Christians |
Chaplains, military, Belgian = Mary, Mediatrix of All Graces |
Chaplains, military, Philippine = Immaculate Conception of Mary |
Chaplains, military, Spanish = Immaculate Conception of Mary |
Charcoal-burners = Alexander the charcoal-burner |
Charitable societies = Vincent de Paul |
chastity, invoked for = Agnes of Rome, Thomas Aquinas |
chemical industry, chemical manufacturers = Cosmas and Damian |
Chemists (pharmacists) = Cosmas and Damian |
Chilblain = Basilissa |
Chilblains, protection against = Basilissa, Genesius of Arles |
child abuse victims = Alodia, Germaine Cousin, Lufthild, Nunilo |
Childbirth = Gerard Majella, Margaret (or Marina) of Antioch, Raymond Nonnatus, Leonard of Noblac, Erasmus (Elmo) |
childhood diseases = Aldegundis, Pharaildis |
childhood intestinal diseases = Erasmus (Elmo) |
childless people = Anne Line, Catherine of Genoa, Gummarus, Henry II, Julian the Hospitaller |
Childless women = Anne (Mother of Mary) |
Children = Nicholas of Myra, Raymond Nonnatus, Nicholas of Tolentino |
children learning to speak or talk = Zeno of Verona |
children learning to walk = Zeno of Verona |
Children of Mary = Agnes, Maria Goretti |
children who are late in learning to walk = Vaast |
children’s choir = Dominic Savio, Holy Innocents |
children’s nurses = Foillan |
Children, desire for = Rita of Cascia |
Children, illegitimate = John Francis Regis |
children, sick = Beuno, Clement I, Hugh of Lincoln, Ubald Baldassini |
Chile = Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, James the Greater |
Chilean army = Our Lady of Mt. Carmel |
Chilean navy = Our Lady of Mt. Carmel |
chimney sweeps = Florian |
China = Mary, Queen of China |
chivalry = George |
choir boys = Dominic Savio, Gregory the Great, Holy Innocents |
Choirboys, choirs = Dominic Savio |
Cholera = Roch |
Christian Mothers = Anne (Mother of Mary) |
Church = Joseph |
church cleaners = Theobald Roggeri |
Church in North Africa = Ignatius of Antioch |
Church in the eastern Mediterranean = Ignatius of Antioch |
Cingoli, Italy = Sperandea |
circus workers = Julian the Hospitaller |
Cistercian Order = Our Lady of the Assumption |
city of Barbastro, Huesca. Aragón. Espańa = Raymond of Barbastro |
city of Chieti, Italy = Justin of Chieti |
city of Cuenca, Spain = Julian of Cuenca |
city of Saint-Oyen, Tarentaise, France = Eugendus |
city of Saint-Oyen, Valley of Aoste, Italy = Eugendus |
city of Saint-Oyens, Vaud, Switzerland = Eugendus |
city of Salzburg, Austria = Rupert, Virgilius |
city of Sutri, Italy = Dulcissima |
civil disorder, riot (against) = Andrew Corsini |
Civil Servants = Thomas More |
Clergy = Gabriel Possenti |
Clergy, Diocesan = John of Avila |
Clergy, Parochial = John Vianney |
Clerics = Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows |
Clermont (formerly Averna), France = Illidius |
clock makers; watch makers = Eligius (Eloi), Peter the Apostle |
clothing industry = Paul the Hermit |
Clothworkers = Homobonus |
clowns = Genesius, Justin Martyr |
Cloyne, Ireland = Colman of Cloyne |
coachmen = Richard of Chichester |
coal miners = Leonard of Noblac |
Cobblers = Crispin and Crispinian |
coffee house owners or keepers = Drogo, Nativity of the Blessed Virgin |
coffin makers; casket makers = Stephen the Martyr |
Coffin-bearers = Joseph of Arimathea |
Coin collectors = Eligius (Eloi) |
Cold or Cold Weather, protection against = Maurus, Sebaldus |
Colegio Capranica Seminary of Rome = Agnes of Rome |
Colic = Erasmus (Elmo) |
Colleges = Thomas Aquinas |
Colombia = Peter Claver, Louis Betrand, Our Lady of Chiquinquira |
Colorado = Immaculate Mary, Francis of Assisi |
Comedians = Vitus |
Commissariat, French Army = Ambrose |
Commissariat, Spanish military = Teresa of Avila |
Communication Workers = Gabriel the Archangel |
Communism, opposition to = Joseph |
composers = Cecilia |
compositors; typesetters = John the Apostle |
computers, computer users, computer technicians, pc technicians = Isidore of Seville |
Condemned criminals = Dismas |
confectioners = Honorius of Amiens, Joseph, Lawrence, Macarius the Younger |
confessions, to make a good one = Gerard Majella, John Nepomucene |
Confessors = Alphonsus de Liguori, John Nepomucene |
Congo; Zaire; Belgian Congo = Immaculate Conception of Mary, Our Lady, Queen of Nations |
Connecticut = Notre Dame of Easton |
conscientious objectors = Marcellus |
Construction workers = Thomas, Apostle |
Contagious diseases = Robert Bellarmine, Sebastian |
contemplatives, contemplative life = John of the Cross, Mary Magdalene |
converts = Afra, Alban, Anne Line, Boniface of Tarsus, Caedwalla, Charles Lwanga, Edwin, Flora of Cordoba, Genesius, Helena |
convulsions = John the Baptist, Willibrord |
convulsive children = Guy of Anderlecht, John the Baptist, Scholastica |
Conze (Conza), Italy = Herbert Hoscam |
Cooks = Martha |
cooks, chefs = Lawrence, Macarius the Younger, Martha, Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, Paschal Baylon |
Coopers = Abdon and Sennen |
coppersmiths = Benedict, Eulogius of Cordoba, Leonard of Noblac, Maurus |
Cordoba, Spain = Acisclus, Victoria |
Corfu (Kerkira) Island, Greece = Arsenius of Corfu, Spyridon |
Cork, Ireland = Finbar |
Corleone, Sicily = Leolucas |
corn chandlers = Honorius of Amiens |
Cornwall, England = Michael the Archangel, Petroc, Piran |
Corsica = Alexander Sauli, Devota, Julia of Corsica, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception |
Costa Rica = Our Lady of the Angels, Our Lady of the Assumption |
coughs; against = Blaise, Quentin, Walburga |
council = Holy Spirit |
Council of Vatican II = Joseph |
councilmen = Nicholas von Flue |
countesses = Elizabeth of Hungary |
counts = Charles the Good, Gerald of Aurillac |
Court Clerks = Thomas More |
courtiers = Gummarus |
cowherds = Gummarus |
Craftsmen and women = Dymphna |
craftsmen who work with a wheel (potters, spinners, etc.) = Catherine of Alexandria |
Craftworkers = Luke |
Cramps, protection against = Cadoc of Llancarvan, Maurice, Pancras |
Cremona, Italy = Himerius |
Crete = Titus |
criminals = Dominic |
Croatia = Joseph |
Crops, protection of = Magnus of Fussen |
Crusaders = Charles the Good, Louis IX |
Cuba = La Virgen de la Caridad (Our Lady of Charity), Virgin de Regla |
Cuby, Cornwall = Cybi |
curriers = Simon the Apostle |
Cursillo movement = Paul, Apostle |
Customs officers = Matthew |
Cutlers = Lucy |
cutters = John the Baptist |
Cyprus = Barnabas, Apostle |
Czechoslovakia = Wenceslaus, Adalbert, John Nepomucene, Ludmila, Cyril and Methodius |
D Patronage = Saints
Dairy workers = Bridgid of Ireland |
Dalmatia = Blaise |
Dancers = Vitus |
danger at sea = Erasmus (Elmo), Michael |
Deacons = Stephen |
Deaf = Francis de Sales |
Death = Michael the Archangel, Margaret (or Marina) of Antioch |
Death by Artillery, protection against = Barbara |
death of children = Angela of Foligno, Clotilde, Elizabeth of Hungary, Felicity, Frances of Rome, Hedwig, Isidore the Farmer, Joaquina Vedruna de Mas, Louis IX, Perpetua |
Death, happy = Joseph of Cupertino |
Death, sudden = Andrew Avellino |
Degree candidates = Joseph of Cupertino |
Delaware, USA = Our Lady of Mercy |
Denmark = Anskar |
Dentists = Apollonia |
Desperate situations = Jude, Gregory the Wonderworker, Rita of Cascia, Eustace |
desperate, forgotten, impossible or lost causes or situations = Jude Thaddeus, Gregory Thaumaturgus, Philomena, Rita of Cascia |
Detraction = John Nepomucene |
Devil, protection against = Dionysius the Aeropagite |
devotees of the Sacred Heart = Margaret Mary Alacoque |
Diabolical possession = Cyriacus, Dymphna |
dieticians = Martha |
difficult marriages = Catherine of Genoa, Elizabeth of Portugal, Fabiola, Godelieve, Gummarus, Hedwig, Helena, Louis IX, Margaret the Barefooted, Monica |
Difficult situations = Eustace |
Digne, France = Vincent of Digne |
Dijon = Benignus of Dijon, Urban of Langres |
Diocesan priests = John of Avila |
diocese of Achonry, Ireland = Attracta, Nathy, Attracta |
diocese of Albany, New York, USA = Immaculate Conception of Mary |
diocese of Alexandria, Louisiana, USA = Francis Xavier |
diocese of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada = Ninian |
diocese of Arlington, Virginia, USA = Thomas More |
diocese of Austin, Texas, USA = Immaculate Conception |
diocese of Barbastro, Espańa = Raymond of Barbastro |
diocese of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA = Joseph |
diocese of Birmingham, Alabama = Paul, Apostle |
diocese of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA = Immaculate Conception |
diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA = Augustine of Hippo |
diocese of Burlington, Vermont, USA = Immaculate Conception, Patrick |
diocese of Camden, New Jersey, USA = Immaculate Conception |
diocese of Charleston, South Carolina, USA = John the Baptist |
diocese of Cleveland, Ohio, USA = John the Evangelist |
diocese of Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA = Our Lady of Guadalupe |
diocese of Columbus, Ohio, USA = Francis de Sales |
diocese of Constantinople = Andrew, Apostle |
diocese of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA = Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patrick |
diocese of Covington, Kentucky, USA = Paul, Apostle |
diocese of Crookston, Minnesota, USA = Immaculate Conception |
diocese of Cuenca, Spain = Julian of Cuenca |
diocese of Des Moines, Iowa, USA = Mary, Queen of Heaven, Pius X |
diocese of Dodge City, Kansas, USA = Our Lady of Guadalupe, John the Baptist |
diocese of Duluth, Minnesota, USA = Our Lady of the Holy Rosary |
diocese of Elphia = Asicus |
diocese of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA = Therese of Lisieux |
diocese of Fargo, North Dakota, USA = Assumption of the Virgin Mary |
diocese of Ferns, Ireland = Aeden of Ferns |
diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA = Immaculate Conception |
diocese of Fort Worth, Texas, USA = Patrick |
diocese of Fresno, California, USA = Therese of Lisieux |
diocese of Gallup, New Mexico, USA = Our Lady of Guadalupe |
diocese of Gaylord, Michigan, USA = Our Lady of Mount Carmel |
diocese of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA = Blessed Virgin Mary |
diocese of Great Falls-Billings, Montana, USA = Matthias the Apostle, Pius X |
diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA = Francis Xavier |
diocese of Guadalajara, Mexico = Our Lady of Zapopan |
diocese of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada = Mary, Mother of God |
diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA = Patrick |
diocese of Helena, Montana, USA = Helena |
diocese of Hexham and Newcastle, England = Cuthbert |
diocese of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA = Our Lady fo Peace |
diocese of Jaca = Eurosius |
diocese of Jackson, Mississippi, USA = Peter the Apostle |
diocese of Jerez de la Frontera = John Grande |
diocese of Joliet, Illinois, USA = Francis Xavier |
diocese of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA = Augustine of Hippo |
diocese of Killaloe = Flannan of Killaloe |
diocese of Lafayette, Indiana, USA = Immaculate Conception |
diocese of Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA = Mary Immaculate, Mother of Jesus, Peter Claver |
diocese of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA = Peter the Apostle, Paul, Apostle |
diocese of Limerick, Ireland = Munchin |
diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA = Blessed Virgin Mary |
diocese of Los Angeles, California, USA = Bibiana |
diocese of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA = Joseph |
diocese of Marquette, Michigan, USA = Peter the Apostle |
diocese of Monterey, California, USA = Our Lady of Bethlehem, Charles Borromeo |
diocese of Nashville, Tennessee, USA = Joseph, Our Lady of Guadalupe |
diocese of New Ulm, Minnesota, USA = Mary, Mother of God |
diocese of Norwich, Connecticut, USA = Anne, Patrick |
diocese of Oakland, California, USA = Our Lady, Queen of the World |
diocese of Ogdensburg, New York, USA = Immaculate Conception |
diocese of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA = Stephen the Martyr |
diocese of Paterson, New Jersey, USA = John the Baptist |
diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, USA = Michael the Archangel, Thomas More |
diocese of Peoria, Illinois, USA = Immaculate Conception |
diocese of Phoenix, Arizona, USA = Our Lady of Guadalupe |
diocese of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA = Immaculate Conception |
diocese of Portland, Maine, USA = Immaculate Conception, John the Baptist, Patrick |
diocese of Providence, Rhode Island, USA = Our Lady of Providence, Paul, Apostle, Peter the Apostle |
diocese of Pueblo, Colorado, USA = Immaculate Conception of Mary, Therese of Lisieux |
diocese of Regensburg, Germany = Erhard of Regensburg |
diocese of Reno, Nevada, USA = Our Lady of the Snows |
diocese of Reno, Nevada, USA = Vincent de Paul |
diocese of Rockford, Illinois, USA = Immaculate Conception |
diocese of Rockville Centre, New York, USA = Agnes of Rome |
diocese of Ross, Ireland = Fachanan |
diocese of Sacramento, California, USA = Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patrick |
diocese of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA = Cloud |
diocese of Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA = Jude Thaddeus |
diocese of Salina, Kansas, USA = Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Francis of Assisi |
diocese of San Bernardino, California, USA = Bernardine of Siena |
diocese of San Diego, California, USA = Diego |
diocese of San Jose, California, USA = Joseph |
diocese of Santa Rosa, California, USA = Rose of Lima |
diocese of Savannah, Georgia, USA = John the Baptist, Our Lady of Perpetual Help |
diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA = Peter the Apostle |
diocese of Sens, France = Potentian, Sabinus |
diocese of Shreveport, Louisiana, USA = Immaculate Conception, Elizabeth Ann Seton, Peter Claver |
diocese of Sioux City, Iowa, USA = Our Lady of Guadalupe |
diocese of Spokane, Washington, USA = Immaculate Conception |
diocese of Springfield, Massachusetts, USA = Michael the Archangel |
diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA = Philippine Duchesne, Pius X |
diocese of Steubenville, Ohio, USA = Immaculate Heart of Mary |
diocese of Superior, Wisconsin, USA = Augustine of Hippo |
diocese of Sutri, Italy = Dulcissima |
diocese of Syracuse, New York, USA = Immaculate Conception |
diocese of Tucson, Arizona, USA = Augustine of Hippo |
diocese of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA = Holy Family |
diocese of Tyler, Texas, USA = Immaculate Conception |
diocese of Venice, Florida, USA = Our Lady of Mercy, Mark the Evangelist |
diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA = Joseph |
diocese of Wichita, Kansas, USA = Immaculate Conception |
diocese of Wilmington, Delaware = Francis de Sales |
diocese of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA = Paul, Apostle |
diocese of Wurzburg = Killian |
Diplomatic services = Gabriel the Archangel |
diplomats = Gabriel the Archangel |
Disabled = Giles |
disappointing children = Clotilde, Louise de Marillac, Matilda, Monica |
Disasters = Genevieve (Genofeva) |
discretion = John Nepomucene |
Diseased Cattle, protection against = Beuno, Erhard of Regensburg, Roch, Sebastian |
Diseases of the eye = Raphael the Archangel, Lucy |
Diseases, contagious = Roch, Sebastian |
Diseases, nervous = Dymphna |
distillers = Louis IX, Nativity of the Blessed Virgin |
divorced people = Fabiola, Gummarus, Helena |
Dizziness or Vertigo, protection against = Ulric |
dock workers, longshoremen = Nicholas of Myra |
Doctors = Luke, Cosmas and Damian, Pantaleon |
doctors, physicians = Cosmas and Damian, Luke the Apostle, Pantaleon, Raphael the Archangel |
dog bites = Hubert of Liege, Vitus, Walburga, Ubald |
dogs; dog lovers; dog fanciers = Hubert of Liege, Roch, Vitus |
Domestic animals = Antony the Abbot, Gerlac of Valkenburg |
Domestic workers = Zita |
domestic workers, maids, butlers, manservants, servants = Adelelmus, Martha, Zita |
Dominican Republic = Our Lady of Mercy |
Doubters = Joseph |
doves = Denis |
Draguignan, France = Rosalina of Villeneuve |
drapers = Nativity of the Blessed Virgin |
Drought = Genevieve (Genofeva) |
Drought relief = Herbert, Godeberta, Solange |
Drowning, death or danger from = Adjutor |
drug addiction = Maximillian Kolbe |
Druggists (pharmacists) = Cosmas and Damian |
Dubrovnik = Blaise |
duchesses = Hedwig, Ludmila |
dukes = Henry II |
Durham, England = Cuthbert |
Dyers = Maurice |
dyers, cloth dyers, purplers = Lydia Purpuraria, Maurice |
Dying = Joseph, Benedict, Abbot, James the Lesser, Apostle, Lebuin (Liafwine), Maximus, Nicholas of Tolentino |
dying people, invoked by = Abel, Barbara, Benedict, Catherine of Alexandria, James the Lesser, Apostle, John of God, Joseph, Margaret (or Marina) of Antioch, Michael the Archangel, Nicholas of Tolentino |
dysentery = Lucy of Syracuse, Polycarp |
dysfunctional families = Eugene de Mazenod |
E Patronage = Saints
E of Evansville, Indiana, USA = Mary, Mother of God |
Earaches, protection against = Cornelius, Polycarp of Smyrna |
Earthquakes = Emygdius, Francis Borgia, Gregory the Wonderworker |
East Indies = Francis Xavier, Thomas, Apostle |
East Renfrewshire, Scotland = Conval |
Ecologists, ecology = Francis of Assisi |
Ecuador = Sacred Heart, Mary, The Most Pure Heart of Mary |
Ecuadorian army = Our Lady of Mercy |
ecumenists, unity of the Eastern and Western Churches = Cyril and Methodius |
Eczema = Antony the Abbot |
Edinburgh, Scotland = Giles |
Editors = John Bosco, Francis de Sales |
Education, public = Martin de Porres |
Egypt = Mark |
Einsiedeln, Switzerland = Meinrad |
El Salvador = Our Lady of Peace |
elderly people = Anthony of Padua |
Eloquence, sacred = John Chrysostom |
Embroiderers = Clare, Parasceva |
Emigrants = Frances Xavier Cabrini |
empresses = Adelaide, Helena, Pulcheria |
enemies of religion = Sebastian |
Enemy Plots, protection against = Drausinus |
engineers = Ferdinand III of Castile, Joseph, Patrick, Patrick, Ferdinand III |
Engineers, Italian = Benedict, Abbot |
Engineers, military, Italian = Barbara |
Engineers, Spanish army = Ferdinand III of Castile |
England = George, Michael the Archangel |
English Benedictines = Benedict Biscop |
engravers = John the Apostle, Thiemo |
enlightenment = Holy Spirit, Our Lady of Good Counsel |
eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles for Maronites = Our Lady of Lebanon |
eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn for the Maronites = Maron |
Epidemics = Godeberta |
Epilepsy = Dymphna, Vitus, Willibrord |
Equatorial Guinea = Immaculate Conception of Mary |
Ergotism, aka Saint Antony’s fire, protection against = Antony the Abbot |
Eruptions of Mount Etna, protection against = Agatha |
erysipelas = Anthony the Abbott, Benedict, Ida of Nivelles |
escape from devils = Margaret (or Marina) of Antioch |
Estremadura, Spain = Peter of Alcantara, Virgin of Guadalupe |
Ethiopia = Frumentius |
Eucharist, The = Paschal Baylon |
Eucharistic congresses and organizations = Paschal Baylon |
Eucharistic Guilds = Paschal Baylon |
Europe = Benedict, Abbot, Cyril and Methodius |
evangelists = Paul, Apostle |
Evil Spirits, protection against = Agrippina, Quirinus |
Examination candidates = Joseph of Cupertino |
excluded people = Patrick |
Exegetes, scriptural = Jerome |
Exeter College, Oxford = Blessed Virgin Mary, Peter the Apostle, Thomas of Canterbury |
exiles, people in exile = Adelaide, Angela Truszkowska, Arthelais, Clotilde, Epipodius, Jeanne Marie de Maille, Joaquina Vedruna de Mas, Kateri Tekakwitha, Margaret (or Marina) of Antioch, Rose of Viterbo |
Expectant Mothers = Gerard Majella, Raymond Nonnatus |
expeditious or prompt solutions; against procrastination = Expeditus |
Eye disorders = Herve, Clare, Lucy, Raphael the Archangel |
F Patronage = Saints
Faculties of law = Raymond of Pennafort |
Fahan, Ireland = Mura McFeredach |
fainting, faintness = Urban of Langres, Ursus of Ravenna, Valentine |
faith in the Blessed Sacrament = Anthony of Padua |
Falling = Venantius |
Falsely accused = Raymond Nonnatus |
families = Francis of Assisi, Joseph, Maximillian Kolbe |
family happiness or harmony = Dymphna, Ksenya Blazhennaya |
family life = Infant Jesus of Prague |
Famine, protection against = Walburga |
Farm labourers (Spain, Canada, Mexico) = Isidore the Farmer |
Farm workers = Benedict, Abbot |
Farmers = Isidore the Farmer |
Farmers, Italian = Benedict, Abbot |
farriers, horseshoe makers = Eligius (Eloi), John the Baptist |
Fathers = Joseph |
fear of insects = Gratus of Aosta |
fear of mice or rats = Gertrude of Nivelles |
fear of night = Giles |
fear of snakes = Patrick |
fear of the Lord = Holy Spirit |
fear of wasps = Friard |
fencing = Michael the Archangel |
Ferrara, Italy = George |
ferrymen = Julian the Hospitaller |
Fervent First Communion = Bl Imelda |
Fever = Genevieve (Genofeva) |
fiddlers, fiddle players = Julian the Hospitaller |
file makers = Theodosius the Cenobriarch |
final perseverance = Alphonsus de Liguori |
financial officers = Matthew the Apostle |
Finland = Henry of Finland |
Fire (danger from) = Agatha, Nicholas of Tolentino |
Fire fighters = Florian, John of God |
Fire prevention = Catherine of Siena, Agatha |
Firemen (Italian) = Barbara |
fireworks and fireworks manufacturers = Barbara |
First Communicants = Tarcisius |
fish = Neot |
fish dealers, fishmongers = Andrew, Apostle, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, Magnus, Nativity of the Blessed Virgin |
Fishermen = Andrew, Apostle, Peter |
fistula = Fiacre |
Fleury-sur-Loire = Drogo |
Fliers = Our Lady of Loreto |
Flight attendants = Bona |
Flight crew = Our Lady of Loreto |
Flood = Gregory the Wonderworker, Florian |
Florence, Italy = John the Baptist, Zenobius |
Florentine cheese merchants = Bartholomew the Apostle |
Florentine salt merchants = Bartholomew the Apostle |
Florida = Our Lady of La Leche |
Florists, flower growers = Therese of Lisieux, Rose of Lima, Bl. Rose of Viterbo |
flour merchants = Honorius of Amiens |
Flying = Joseph of Cupertino, Elijah |
Flying, all involved in = Our Lady of Loreto |
foot problems; feet problems = Peter the Apostle, Servatus |
for good weather = Agricola of Avignon, Clare of Assisi, Medard of Noyon |
for rain = Agricola of Avignon, Eulalia, Heribert of Cologne, Isidore the Farmer, Julian of Cuenca, Odo, Theodore of Sykeon |
foreign missions = Francis Xavier, Infant Jesus of Prague, Peter Claver, Therese of Lisieux |
Foresters = John Gualbert |
forgotten people = Jeanne de Chantal |
Forli, Italy = James Salomone |
fortifications = Barbara |
fortitude = Holy Spirit |
Fosses, Belgium = Foillan |
founders = Barbara |
Foundlings = Holy Innocents |
Fragalata, Sicily = Calogerus, Demetrius, Gregory |
France = Joan of Arc, Laurent (Lawrence), Mary, on feast of her Assumption, Bishop of Paris, Therese of Lisieux |
Franciscan laity = Didacus |
Franciscan Lay = Didacus |
Franciscan tertiaries = Louis |
freedom = Infant Jesus of Prague |
French Commissariat = Ambrose of Milan |
French monarchs = Louis IX |
Frenzy, protection against = Denis, Peter the Apostle, Ulric |
friendships = John the Apostle |
Frost, protection against = Urban of Langres |
fruit dealers = Christopher |
fugitives = Bridgid of Ireland |
fullers = Anastasius the Fuller, Christopher, James the Lesser, Apostle |
Funeral directors = Joseph of Arimathea |
furriers = Hubert of Liege, James the Greater |
G Patronage = Saints
gall stones = Benedict, Drogo, Florentius of Strasburg, Liberius |
gambling addicts; compulsive gambling; uncontrolled gambling = Bernardine of Siena |
Gap = Arnulph |
Garage, or gas station, workers = Eligius (Eloi) |
Gardeners = Adelard, Fiacre, Rose of Lima, Adam |
Garment workers = Homobonus |
Gas station workers = Eligius (Eloi) |
Geese = Martin of Tours |
geese; goose = Gall, Martin of Tours |
Genoa, Italy = George, John the Baptist, Syrus of Genoa, Barbara |
geometricians = Thomas, Apostle |
Georgia, former USSR = George, Nino |
Georgia, USA = Immaculate Heart of Mary |
Germany = Anskar, Michael the Archangel |
Ghent, Belgium = Amalburga, Bavo, Macarius of Antioch, Pharaildis |
Gibraltar = Bernard of Clairvaux |
gilders = Clare of Assisi, Eligius (Eloi) |
Girl Scouts = Agnes of Rome |
Girls = Agnes, Maria Goretti |
glandular disorders = Cadoc of Llancarvan |
Glasgow, Scotland = Kentigern |
Glassworkers = Luke |
Glaziers = Lucy |
Glendalough, Ireland = Kevin |
glove makers = Crispin and Crispinian, Gummarus, Mary Magdalene |
Goa, India = Francis Xavier |
goitres = Blaise |
Golden-Tounges orator = Peter Chrysologus |
Goldsmiths = Dunstan, Anastasius, Eligius (Eloi) |
good finances = Infant Jesus of Prague |
Gout; Gout Sufferers, protection against = Andrew, Apostle, Coloman, Gerebernus, Gregory the Great, Killian, Maurice, Maurus, Totnan |
Governors = Ferdinand III of Castile |
Gozo = George |
grandfathers = Joachim |
grandmothers = Anne |
grandparents = Anne, Joachim |
Gravediggers = Antony the Abbot, Joseph of Arimathea |
Greece = Paul, Apostle |
Greece = Andrew, Apostle, George, Nicholas of Myra |
Greek Catholic Church in America = Nicholas of Tolentino |
Greek Catholic Union = Nicholas of Myra |
greeting card manufacturers = Valentine |
Greetings = Valentine |
Grocers = Michael the Archangel |
Gronigen, Nederlands = Walburga |
grooms, bridegrooms = Louis IX, Nicholas of Myra |
guardian angels = Raphael the Archangel |
guardians = Gummarus, Joseph of Palestine |
guards = Matthew the Apostle |
Guatemala = James the Greater |
Gunners = Barbara |
H Patronage = Saints
Haarlem, Nederlands = Bavo |
haberdashers = Louis IX, Michael the Archangel |
Haemorrhage = Lucy |
Haemorrhoid sufferers = Fiacre |
Hail = Magnus of Fussen |
Hainault, Belgium = Waltude |
Hairdressers = Martin de Porres, Cosmas and Damian |
Haiti = Our Lady of Perpetual Help |
Hanging; Hanged People, protection against = Colman of Stockerau |
hangovers = Bibiana |
happy meetings = Raphael the Archangel |
harness makers = Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, Eligius (Eloi) |
harvesters = Peter the Apostle |
harvests = Anthony of Padua, Florian, Jodocus, Medard of Noyon, Walburga |
hatmakers, hatters, milliners = Barbara, Clement I, James the Lesser, Apostle, Michael the Archangel, Severus of Avranches |
Hawaii, USA = Mary, Queen of Peace |
haymakers = Gervase, Protase |
head injuries = John Licci |
Headaches = Teresa of Avila, Denis, Bishop of Paris |
healers = Bridgid of Ireland |
health = Infant Jesus of Prague |
Health inspectors = Raphael the Archangel |
Health service, public = Martin de Porres |
Heart patients = John of God |
heart patients = John of God |
hermits, recluses = Anthony the Abbott, Giles |
hernia = Alban of Mainz, Cosmas and Damian, Drogo, Gummarus |
Hernia sufferers = Cathal |
herpes = George |
Hesitation, protection against = Joseph |
High command, Spanish = Immaculate Conception of Mary |
Highways, motorways = John the Baptist |
Hirnant, Powys, Wales = Ellidius |
Hoarseness = Bernardine of Siena |
Hoarseness, protection against = Bernardine of Siena, Maurus |
hogs, pigs, swine = Anthony the Abbott |
Holland = Willibrord |
Holland, the Nederlands, the Netherlands = Bavo, Plechelm, Willibrord |
holy death = Andrew Avellino, Christopher, Joseph, Michael the Archangel, Ursula |
Holy Name Society; Confraternity of the Most Holy Name of God and Jesus = John of Vercelli |
homeless people, hoboes, tramps = Benedict Joseph Labre, Edwin, Elizabeth of Hungary, Lufthild, Margaret of Cortona |
homemakers, housewives, housekeepers = Anne, Martha, Monica, Zita |
Honduras = Our Lady of Suyapa, Our Lady of Suyapa |
Hopeless (or desperate) cases = Jude, Rita of Cascia, Gregory the Wonderworker |
horned animals = Guy of Anderlecht |
horse men, riders, equestrians = Anne, George, James the Greater, Martin of Tours |
Horse-riders = Martin of Tours |
Horses = Eligius (Eloi), Martin of Tours, Hippolytus |
Horticulturalists = Adam, Fiacre |
hosiers = Fiacre |
hospital administrators = Basil the Great, Frances Xavier Cabrini |
hospital public relations = Paul, Apostle |
hospital workers = Camillus de Lellis, John of God, Jude Thaddeus, Vincent Ferrer |
hospitality, hospitallers = Julian the Hospitaller, Meinrad |
Hospitals = Camillus de Lellis, John of God, Vincent de Paul |
Hoteliers = Gentian |
Hoteliers (Italian) = Martha |
Hotelkeepers = Amand |
house hunters or sellers = Joseph |
House hunting = Joseph |
Housewives = Anne (Mother of Mary), Martha |
human race, people = Mary, Mother of God |
Hungary = Stephen, Mary, Great Queen of Hungary |
Hunters = Hubert, Eustachius |
Hydrophobia, or rabies = Hubert, Ubald |
I Patronage = Saints
Iceland = Anskar, Thorlac |
Iceland = St. Thorlac Thorhallsson |
Idaho = Our Lady of Limerick |
Illinois = Our Lady of the Universe |
Illness (mental) = Dymphna |
Immigrants = Frances Xavier Cabrini |
Impenitence, protection against = Barbara, Mark the Evangelist |
Imperia Italy = Leonard of Port Maurice |
Impossible Cases = Rita of Cascia |
in-law problems = Adelaide, Elizabeth of Hungary, Elizabeth Ann Seton, Godelieve, Jeanne de Chantal, Jeanne Marie de Maille, Ludmila, Pulcheria |
incest victims = Dymphna, Laurent (Lawrence) |
India = Mary, Patron of India, Frances Xavier Cabrini, Rose of Lima, Thomas, Apostle |
Indian missions in Ecuador = Our Lady of Agua Santa de Bańos |
Indiana = Our Lady of Providence |
Indiscretions, protection against = John Nepomucene |
Infantry = Martin of Tours |
Infantry, Spanish = Immaculate Conception of Mary |
infantrymen = Maurice |
Infertility = Rita of Cascia |
Inflammatory Diseases, protection against = Benedict |
Information Workers = Archangel Gabriel |
Innkeepers = Gentian |
innocence = Hallvard |
Innocent people (falsely accused) = Raymond Nonnatus |
inquisitors = Peter of Verona |
Insanity = Dymphna |
insect bites = Mark the Apostle, Narcissus |
Insects, protection against = Dominic of Silos |
inter-racial justice, race relations, racial harmony = Martin de Porres, Peter Claver |
interior souls = Joseph |
Invalids = Roch |
invoked in time of war = Elizabeth of Portugal |
ions, Chinese = Joseph |
Iowa = Mary of Nazareth |
Ireland = Patrick, Columba, Bridgid of Ireland |
iron mongers, hardware, hardware stores = Sebastian |
Isle of Man = Maughold |
Istanbul (Constantinople) = John Chrysostom, George, Roch |
Istanbul, Turkey; Constantinople = George, John de Britto, Roch |
Italy = Bernardine of Siena, Catherine of Siena, Francis of Assisi, Our Lady of Loreto, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Our Lady of the Snows |
J Patronage = Saints
Jamaica = Mary, on feast of her Assumption |
Japan = Francis Xavier, Our Lady of Japan, Peter Baptist |
jaundice = Odilo |
Jealousy, protection against = Elizabeth of Portugal |
Jesuit Order; Jesuits = Ignatius of Loyola |
Jesuit students = Aloysius Gonzaga |
Jewelers = Eligius (Eloi) |
job seekers, unemployed people = Cajetan |
jockeys = Eligius (Eloi) |
Joiners = Joseph, Thomas, Apostle |
Jordan = John the Baptist |
Journalists = Francis de Sales |
Journeys, safe = Christopher |
judges = Ivo of Kermartin, John of Capistrano, Nicholas of Myra |
Judges/Jurists = John of Capistrano, Ivo of Kermartin |
jugglers = Julian the Hospitaller |
Jumping = Venantius |
jurists; jurors = Catherine of Alexandria, Ivo of Kermartin, John of Capistrano |
Justice, social = Martin de Porres |
Juvenile delinquents = Dominic Savio |
K Patronage = Saints
Kae (Tzia) Island, Greece = Panagia Kastriani |
Kansas = Mary, Queen of Angels |
Kavala, Greece = Paul, Apostle |
Kentucky = Mary, Mother of God |
kidnap victims = Arthelais, Dagobert II |
Kidney Disease, protection against = Benedict, Drogo, Margaret (or Marina) of Antioch, Valentine |
kidney stones; gravel = Alban of Mainz |
Kilbarry, Ireland = Berach |
Kilmallock, Limerick, Ireland = Mochelloc |
Kinglassie, Fife, Scotland = Glastian |
kings = Casimir of Poland, Dagobert II, Edwin, Henry II, Louis IX, Olaf II |
knee diseases or trouble = Roch |
knife grinders, knife sharpeners = Catherine of Alexandria |
knights = George, James the Greater, Julian the Hospitaller, Michael the Archangel |
Knights Hospitaller = John the Baptist |
Knights of Malta, Maltese Knights = John the Baptist |
knowledge = Holy Spirit |
Korea = Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, Joseph |
Korean clergy = Andrew Kim Taegon |
L Patronage = Saints
Laborers = Isidore the Farmer, James the Greater |
Labour, Italian Knights of = Benedict, Abbot |
Lacemakers = Luke |
Lame, the = Giles |
lamp makers = Our Lady of Loreto |
Landulph, Cornwall = Cybi |
Langres cathedral = Marcellus |
Lanhydroc, Cornwall = Hydroc |
last sacraments = Stanislaus Kostka |
Latin America = Our Lady of Guadalupe, Rose of Lima |
Latin American bishops = Turibius |
laundry workers, laundresses, washerwomen = Clare of Assisi, Lawrence |
Law, schools or faculties of = Raymond of Pennafort |
lawsuits = Agia |
lawsuits lost unjustly = Nicholas of Myra |
Lawyers = Thomas More, Yves, Raymond of Pennafort, Ivo of Kermartin |
Lay Apostolate = Paul, Apostle |
lay brothers = Gerard Majella |
lay people, laity = Frances of Rome, Paul, Apostle |
lead workers = Sebastian |
Leaping = Venantius |
Learning = Ambrose, Catherine of Alexandria |
Leatherworkers = Crispin and Crispinian |
Lecce, Italy = Bernadine Realino |
lectors = Bede the Venerable, Pollio, Sabas |
Lecturers = Justin Martyr |
leg disease or trouble = Servatus |
Lennox, Scotland = Kessog |
Lens, France = Wulganus |
Lepers = Giles |
Lesotho = Immaculate Heart of Mary |
liberal arts = Catherine of Bologna |
Librarians, libraries = Jerome, Catherine of Alexandria |
Liege, Belgium = Hubert of Liege |
Lighthouse keepers = Venerius |
Lightning, protection against = Magnus of Fussen, Vitus |
Limerick, Ireland = Munchin |
linguists = Gotteschalk |
Linz, Austria = Florian |
lions = Mark the Apostle |
lithographers = John the Apostle |
Lithuania = Casimir, Cunegund, Hyacinth |
liturgy = Joseph Mary Tomasi |
livestock = Isidore the Farmer |
Living Rosary = Philomena |
Llanbrothen, Wales = Brothen |
Llandunwyd, Glamorgan = Donat |
Llangibby, Monmouthshire, Wales = Cybi |
Llangybi, Cardigan, Wales = Cybi |
Llanover, Gwent, Wales = Gorfor |
Llanrhyddlad, Anglesey, Wales = Rhuddlad |
Loc-Har, Brittany, France = Hernan |
locksmiths = Dunstan, Eligius (Eloi), Leonard of Noblac, Peter the Apostle |
longevity, long life = Peter the Apostle |
Lorraine = Nicholas of Myra |
loss of milk by nursing mothers = Margaret (or Marina) of Antioch |
loss of parents, mother, father = Dymphna, Gemma Galgani, Germaine Cousin, Jeanne Marie de Maille, Laura Vicuna, Louise de Marillac, Margaret of Cortona, Margaret Mary Alacoque, Marguerite Bourgeous, Maria Goretti |
Lost articles = Anthony of Padua |
lost keys, against losing keys = Zita |
Lost or desperate causes = Jude |
lost vocations = Gotteschalk |
Louisiana, USA = Our Lady of Prompt Succor |
Lourdes = Bernadette of Lourdes |
Lovers = Dwynwen, Valentine |
Lugo, Spain = Foillan |
lumbago = Lawrence |
lungs; chest; respiratory problems = Bernardine of Siena |
Luxembourg = Mary, Comforter of the Afflicted |
Léon, Spain = Foillan |
M Patronage = Saints
Macedonia = Clement of Ohrid |
machinists = Hubert of Liege |
Madagascar = Vincent de Paul |
Madrid & Alcala = Justus and Pastor, Isidore the Farmer |
Magistrates = Ferdinand III of Castile |
Maids = Zita |
mail = Anthony of Padua |
Maine, USA = Our Lady fo Peace |
Majorca city = Alonso Rodriguez |
Majorca island = Alonso Rodriguez |
Malta = Paul, Apostle |
Mantua, Italy = Anselm of Lucca, the Younger |
Marble workers = Clement I, Four crowned martyrs, Louis |
Marching Auxiliaries = Vitus |
Mariners = Nicholas of Tolentino |
Marines (Italian) = Barbara |
Maritime pilots = Nicholas of Myra |
market carriers = Christopher |
Maronites, Maronite Christians = Maro |
Marriage = John Francis Regis |
Marriages (unhappy) = Gengulf |
married couples = Joseph |
Married women = Monica |
martyrs, murdered as confessors of the faith or for moral integrity = Afra, Agatha, Agostina Pietrantoni, Alodia, Barbara, Cecilia, Dymphna, Felicity, Flora of Cordoba, Joan of Arc |
Maryland, USA = Our Lady of the Assumption |
Masons = Thomas, Apostle, Four crowned martyrs, Louis |
Massachusetts, USA = Our Lady of the Incarnation |
mathematicians = Barbara, Hubert of Liege |
mechanics = Catherine of Alexandria |
Medal collectors = Eligius (Eloi) |
Medical profession = Cosmas and Damian, Luke, Pantaleon |
medical record librarians = Raymond of Pennafort |
medical social workers = John Regis |
Medical technicians = Albert the Great |
mental health professionals, caregivers, psychiatrists, therapists = Dymphna |
Mentally ill = Dymphna |
Merchants = Francis of Assisi, Nicholas of Myra, Homobonus |
Merchants, Italian = Francis of Assisi |
Merthyr Tydfil, Wales = Tydfil |
Messengers = Gabriel the Archangel |
metal collectors, precious metal collectors = Eligius (Eloi) |
Metalworkers = Eligius (Eloi) |
Metz, France = Patiens of Metz |
Mexican young people = John Bosco |
Mexico = Our Lady of Guadalupe, Joseph |
Mexico City, Mexico = Philip of Jesus |
Michigan, USA = Our Lady, Gate of Heaven |
Midwives = Raymond Nonnatus |
migraine; against migraines; migraine sufferers = Gereon, Severus of Avranches, Ubald Baldassini |
Migrants = Frances Xavier Cabrini |
Milan = Ambrose of Milan |
military engineers = Barbara |
Millers = Honoratus |
Milliners (Hatmakers) = James the Greater |
Mine Collapse, protection against = Barbara |
Miners = Anne (Mother of Mary), Barbara |
Minnesota, USA = Our Lady, Mother of the Church |
Miscarriage prevention = Catherine of Sweden |
Miscarriages, protection against = Catherine of Siena, Catherine of Sweden, Eulalia |
misfortune = Agricola of Avignon |
missionaries = Francis Xavier, Therese of Lisieux |
missionary bishops = Paul, Apostle |
Missionary priests = Vincent Pallotti |
Missioners in Catholic Lands = Leonard of Port Maurice |
Missioners of the Precious Blood = Francis Xavier |
Missions = Francis Xavier, Peter Claver, Therese of Lisieux, Leonard of Port Maurice |
Missions, Polish = Maria Teresa Ledochowska (Bd) |
Missions, Portuguese = John de Britto |
Mississippi, USA = Our Lady of Sorrows |
Missouri, USA = Our Lady of Calvary |
Mixed race, people of = Martin de Porres |
Moles, protection against = Ulric |
Monaco = Devota |
Monarchy, French = Louis |
money managers = Matthew the Apostle |
Mongolia, Inner = Immaculate Conception of Mary |
Mongolia, Outer = Francis Xavier |
monks = Anthony the Abbott, Benedict |
Mons, Belgium = Waltrude |
Montana, USA = Our Lady of the Pines |
Monte Marano = John of Monte Marano |
Montefalco, Italy = Clare of Montefalco |
Montesanto, Italy = Gerard of Lunel |
Moral theologians = Alphonsus de Liguori |
Moravia = Wenceslaus, Cyril and Methodius |
Moscow = Boris |
motherhood = Gerard Majella |
Mothers = Monica, Gerard Majella, Nicholas of Tolentino |
Motorcyclists = Mary, The Madonna of Castaliazzo or Our Lady of Grace and of Crete |
Motorists = Frances of Rome, Christopher |
Motorways = John the Baptist |
mountain travellers = Petronilla |
Mountaineers, mountain climbers = Bernard of Montjoux (or Menthon) |
mulattoes, bi-racial or multi-racial people = Martin de Porres |
Mullion, Cornwall = Melaine of Rennes |
Munich, Germany = Benno |
murderers = Caedwalla, Julian the Hospitaller, Nicholas of Myra, Vladimir |
Music, musicians = Cecilia, Gregory the Great, Dunstan |
musical instrument makers = Cecilia |
mute people, muteness, dumbness = Drogo |
mystics, mystical theology = John of the Cross |
N Patronage = Saints
nail makers = Cloud |
Naples, Italy = Andrew Avellino, Januarius |
National Guard, Venezuelan = Our Lady of Chiquinquira |
native rights = Turibius of Mogroveio |
native traditions = Alonso Rodriguez |
natural disasters = Agatha |
natural sciences = Albertus Magnus |
Naval officers = Francis of Paola |
navigators = Erasmus (Elmo), Expeditus, Francis Xavier, Our Lady, Star of the Sea, Francis of Paola |
Navy, Argentinian = Mary, The Madonna of Castaliazzo or Our Lady of Grace and of Crete |
Navy, Bolivian = Our Lady of Copacabana |
Navy, Philippine = Our Lady of the Rosary, ‘La Naval’ |
Navy, Spanish = Our Lady of Mount Carmel |
Navy, Venezuelan = Our Lady of Valle |
Nearsightedness, short-sightedness = Clarus, Abbot |
Nebraska, USA = Our Lady of the Presentation |
needle makers = Nativity of the Blessed Virgin |
Neighborhood watch = Sebastian |
Nervous diseases = Vitus, Dymphna |
net makers = Peter the Apostle |
Netherlands = Willibrord |
Nettle Rash, protection against = Benedict |
neuralgia = Ubald Baldassini |
Neurological disorders = Dymphna |
Nevada, USA = Our Lady of Las Vegas |
New Caledonia = Mary, on feast of her Assumption |
New Hampshire, USA = Our Lady of Perpetual Help |
New Jersey, USA = Our Lady of Fatima |
New Mexico, USA = Our Lady of Guadalupe |
New York, USA = Our Lady Help of Christians |
New Zealand = Our Lady Help of Christians |
newlyweds = Nicholas of Myra |
news dealers = Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin |
Nicaragua = James the Greater |
Nigeria = Mary, Queen of Nigeria, Patrick |
Nightmares, protection against = Raphael the Archangel |
Nocera, Italy = Raynald of Nocera |
Nonantola, Italy = Anselm of Nonantola |
North Africa = Cyprian of Carthage |
North Carolina, USA = Our Lady of the Holy Rosary |
North Dakota, USA = Mary, Queen of Peace |
Norway = Olaf of Norway, Magnus of Orkney |
Norwegian west coast = Sunniva |
Notaries = Luke, Mark, Ivo of Kermartin |
novices of the Oblates of Saint Joseph = John Berchmans |
Numismatists = Eligius (Eloi) |
nuns = Blessed Virgin Mary, Bridgid of Ireland, Gertrude the Great, Scholastica |
Nuremburg, Germany = Sebaldus |
Nurses = Agatha, Camillus de Lellis, John of God |
Nurses of mentally ill = Dymphna |
Nurses’ associations = Camillus de Lellis |
Nurses, Italian = Catherine of Genoa, Catherine of Siena |
Nurses, Peruvian = Rose of Lima |
Nursing mothers = Basilissa, Giles |
nursing services = Catherine of Siena, Elizabeth of Hungary |
O Patronage = Saints
oaths = Pancras |
Oaxaca, Mexico = Our Lady of Solitude |
Oblate aspirants = Stanislaus Kostka |
Oblate Vocations = Our Lady of Sorrows |
Oblates of Saint Joseph = Joseph |
obsession = Raphael the Archangel |
obstetricians = Raymond Nonnatus |
Oceania = Peter Chanel |
Ohio, USA = Our Lady of Consolation |
oil refiners = Honorius of Amiens |
Oklahoma, USA = Our Lady, Queen of All Saints |
old-clothes dealers = Anne |
open sores = Peregrine Laziosi |
opposition of Church authorities = Elizabeth Ann Seton, Joan of Arc, Teresa of Avila |
oppressed people = Anthony of Padua |
Orators = John Chrysostom |
Order of Saint Lazarus = Lazarus |
Order of the Garter = George |
Ordnancemen and Cannoners = Barbara |
Oregon, USA = Our Lady of the Woods |
Orphans = Jerome Emiliani, Ivo of Kermartin |
Oslo, Norway = Hallvard |
Oudenarde, Belgium = Walburga |
Oversleeping, protection against = Vitus |
Oxford, England = Frideswide |
P Patronage = Saints
Pain; Cures from Pain; Pain Relief, protection against = Madron |
Painters = Luke, Bl (Fra) Angelico |
Pakistan = Thomas, Apostle |
Palermo, Italy = Agatha, Benedict the Black |
Palestine = Mary, ‘Queen of Palestine’ |
Palestinian Christians = George |
Pallbearers = Joseph of Arimathea |
Panama = Immaculate Conception, Immaculate Heart of Mary |
papal delegates = John XXIII |
papermakers = John the Apostle |
Papua New Guinea = Michael the Archangel |
Paraguay = Our Lady of the Assumption, Our Lady of Lujan |
paralysis, paralysed people = Osmund |
Paratroopers = Michael the Archangel |
Parenthood = Rita of Cascia |
parents of large families = Adalbald of Ostrevant, Adelaide, Clotilde, Dagobert II, Dorothy of Montau, Edwin, Ferdinand III of Castile, Ivetta of Huy, Leonidas, Leopold |
parents separated from children = Jeanne de Chantal |
Paris, France = Genevieve (Genofeva), Denis, Bishop of Paris |
parish clerks = Nicholas of Myra |
Parish Missions = Leonard of Port Maurice |
Park-keepers = John Gualbert |
parks; park services = John Gualbert |
pastry chefs = Honorius of Amiens, Macarius the Younger |
Patras, Greece = Andrew, Apostle |
Patricia, Italy = Roch |
pavement workers = Vincent Ferrer |
Pavia, Italy = Siro, Syrus of Pavia, Theodore of Pavia |
Pawnbrokers = Nicholas of Myra, Bernardino of Feltre (Bd) |
peace; invoked as peacemaker = Barnabas, Elizabeth of Portugal, Francis of Paola, Infant Jesus of Prague |
peasant girls, young country girls, girls who live in rural areas = Germaine Cousin |
peasants = Lucy of Syracuse, Margaret (or Marina) of Antioch, Notburga |
Pelota players, Argentinian = Francis Xavier |
pencil makers = Thomas Aquinas |
penitent sinners = Mary Magdalene |
penitent women = Afra, Margaret of Cortona, Mary Magdalene |
Pennsylvania, USA = Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal |
Pensioners, old age = Our Lady of Consolation, Teresa of Jesus Jornet e Ibars |
Penzance, Cornwall, England = John the Baptist |
people in needd of grace = Teresa of Avila |
people rejected by religious orders = Benedict Joseph Labre, Clare, Henry II, Jeanne de Lestonnac |
people ridiculed for their piety = Agostina Pietrantoni, Alodia, Angela of Foligno, Bernadette of Lourdes, Catherine of Genoa, Catherine of Siena, Elizabeth of Hungary |
Perfumers, perfumiers = Nicholas of Myra |
Pergamino, Argentina = Virgin of La Merced |
Perjury, protection against = Felix of Nola, Pancras |
Peronne, France = Fursey of Peronne |
Persecuted Christians = John De Martha |
Persia; Iran = Maruthas |
Peru = Joseph, Rose of Lima |
Pestilence (relief) = Roch |
Petit Goave, Haiti = Our Lady of Lourdes |
Pets = Antony the Abbot |
pewterers = Fiacre |
Pharmacists/Druggists = Cosmas and Damian, Raphael the Archangel |
Philatelists = Gabriel the Archangel |
Philippines = Our Lady of Safe Travel, Our Lady of the Turumba, Rose of Lima, Immaculate Heart of Mary |
Philosophers = Immaculate Conception of Mary, Pudentiana, Rose of Lima |
photographers = Veronica |
Physical Spouse Abuse; Victims of Spouse Abuse (physical), protection against = Rita of Cascia |
Physically Disabled = Giles |
Physicians = Cosmas and Damian, Luke, Pantaleon |
Physicians (diseases, contagious) = Roch, Sebastian |
Piedmont = Maurice |
Piedmont region = Maurice |
piety = Holy Spirit |
Pilgrims = Nicholas of Myra, Christopher |
Pilgrims (sick) = Pius X |
Pilots = Our Lady of Loreto |
Pilots, maritime = Francis of Paola, Nicholas of Myra |
pin makers = Nativity of the Blessed Virgin |
pioneers = Joseph |
Pisa, Italy = Ranieri |
Plague = Gregory the Great, Roch, Sebastian |
Plasterers = Bartholomew |
playing card manufacturers = Balthasar |
plumbers = Vincent Ferrer |
Poets = David, Columba |
Poison Sufferers = Benedict, Abbot, John the Apostle, Pirminus |
Poison, protection against = Benedict, John the Apostle, Pirmin |
poisonous snakes = Paul, Apostle |
Poland = Casimir, Florian, Mary, ‘Queen of Poland’, Stanislaus, Adalbert, Stanislaus Kostka |
Police officers = Michael the Archangel |
Police, Italian = Mary, Faithful Virgin |
Police, local, municipal = Sebastian |
Police, Spanish = Our Lady of the Pillar |
Police, Spanish, armed = The Guardian Angels |
polio = Margaret Mary Alacoque |
political prisoners = Maximillian Kolbe |
politicians = Thomas More |
Ponza, Italy = Silverio |
Poor = Anthony of Padua, Lawrence, Ferdinand III of Castile |
poor people, paupers = Anthony of Padua, Ferdinand III of Castile, Giles, Lawrence, Martin de Porres, Nicholas of Myra |
Popes = Gertrude the Great, Peter the Apostle |
pork butchers and processors = Transfiguration of Our Lord |
porters = Christopher, Leonard of Noblac, Theobald Roggeri |
Portsmouth, England = Nicholas of Myra |
Portugal = Anthony of Padua, Francis Borgia, Gabriel the Archangel, George, Immaculate Conception of Mary |
Possession (by the Devil) = Cyriacus, Dymphna, Michael the Archangel, Andrew Avellino |
Postal services = Gabriel the Archangel |
Postal workers = Gabriel the Archangel |
Potenza, Italy = Gerard of Potenza |
Potholers (spelunkers) = Benedict, Abbot |
potters = Catherine of Alexandria, Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, Sebastian |
poultry raisers, chicken farmers = Bridgid of Ireland |
Poverty or Impoverishment, protection against = Agostina Pietrantoni, Anne, Armogastes, Bernadette of Lourdes, Cuthman, Germaine Cousin, Julia of Billiart, Macrina the Elder, Marguerite Bourgeous, Margaret of Castello |
Poznan Poland = Paul, Apostle, Peter the Apostle |
Preachers = Catherine of Alexandria, John Chrysostom |
precision instrument makers = Hubert of Liege |
Pregnant women = Gerard Majella, Margaret (or Marina) of Antioch, Raymond Nonnatus |
Priests = John Vianney |
Priests (Spanish, secular) = John of Avila |
princes = Boris, Casimir of Poland, Gotteschalk |
princesses = Adelaide, Dymphna |
Printers = Augustine, Genesius, John of God |
printing presses = Bridgid of Ireland |
Prison guards, officers = Hippolytus, Processus and Martinian, Adrian of Nicomedia |
Prison officers (Italian) = Basilides |
Prisoners = Dismas, Leonard of Noblac, Roch, Vincent de Paul, Ferdinand III of Castile |
Prisoners (Italian) = Joseph Cafasso |
prisoners of war, pow’s = Leonard of Noblac |
prisoners, imprisonment, captives, imprisoned people = Adelaide, Barbara, Dismas, Ferdinand III of Castile, Joan of Arc, Joseph Cafasso, Leonard of Noblac, Mark the Evangelist, Nicholas of Myra, Vincent de Paul |
prisons = Joseph Cafasso |
pro-life movement = Gerard Majella, Maximillian Kolbe |
Probus, Cornwall, England = Grace, Probus |
prolonged suffering = Lydwina of Schiedam |
Propagation of the Faith = Francis Xavier |
protection against rats = Gertrude of Nivelles, Martin de Porres, Servatus |
protection of lambs = John the Baptist |
Protector of Crops = Ansovinus |
province of Burgenland = Martin of Tours |
province of Carinthia = Joseph |
province of Lower Austria = Leopold III |
province of Salzburg, Austria = Rupert |
province of Styria, Austria = Joseph |
province of Tyrol, Austria = Joseph |
province of Upper Austria = Leopold III |
province of Vorarlberg, Austria = Gebhard |
Prussia = Dorothy of Montau |
Public education = Martin de Porres |
Public Health Service = Martin de Porres |
Public Relations = Bernardine of Siena |
Puebla, Mexico = Michael the Archangel |
Pueri Cantores = Dominic Savio |
Pueri Cantors = Dominic Savio |
Puerto Rico = Our Lady of Divine Providence |
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico = Our Lady of Guadalupe |
purse makers = Brieuc |
Q Patronage = Saints
Quantity surveyors = Thomas, Apostle |
quartermasters = Martin of Tours |
Quebec = John Baptiste |
queens = Clotilde, Elizabeth of Portugal, Matilda |
Queens College Cambridge = Bernard of Clairvaux, Margaret (or Marina) of Antioch |
R Patronage = Saints
Rab, Croatia = Christopher |
Rabies = Hubert, Ubald |
rabies, hydrophobia, mad dogs = Dominic of Silos, Guy of Anderlecht, Hubert of Liege |
racquet makers = Sebastian |
Radio and radio workers = Gabriel the Archangel |
Radiologists, radiotherapists = Michael the Archangel |
Rain, excessive = Genevieve (Genofeva) |
rams = Giles |
rape victims = Agatha, Agnes of Rome, Dymphna |
Raphoe, Ireland = Adamnan |
reformed alcoholics = Martin of Tours, Matthias |
reformed prostitutes = Margaret of Cortona, Mary Magdalene |
reformed thieves = Dismas |
reformers = Basil the Great |
refugees = Alban |
religious, people in religious orders = Benedict, Teresa of Avila |
restauranteurs = Lawrence, Nicholas |
restoration of religious freedom in Russia = Therese of Lisieux |
Retreats = Ignatius of Loyola |
Rheumatoid sufferers = James the Greater |
rheumatoid sufferers; rheumatism, arthritis = Coloman, James the Greater, Killian, Servatus, Totnan |
Rhode Island, USA = Our Lady of Mt. Carmel |
ribbon makers = Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin |
Right to Life groups = Margaret of Castello |
Rimini, Italy = Gaudentius of Rimini |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil = Sebastian |
Ripacandida = Donatus |
road builders = Sebastian of Aparicio |
Robbers, danger from = Leonard of Noblac |
Roman housewives = Frances of Rome |
Romania = Nicetas |
Rome = Philip Neri |
rope makers; rope braiders = Paul, Apostle |
Rulers = Ferdinand III of Castile |
runaways = Alodia, Dymphna, Eulalia |
running water = John Nepomucene |
Ruptures, protection against = Drogo, Florentius of Strasburg, Osmund |
rural communities = Isidore the Farmer |
Russia = Joseph, Andrew, Apostle, Basil the Great, Nicholas of Myra, Casimir |
Ruthenia = Bruno |
S Patronage = Saints
sacristans; sextons = Guy of Anderlecht |
saddlers, saddlemakers = Crispin and Crispinian, Eligius (Eloi), George, Lucy of Syracuse, Paul, Apostle |
Saguntum, Spain = Sacerdos of Saguntum |
Sailors = Brendan, Erasmus (Elmo), Francis of Paola, Nicholas of Myra |
Saint Ives, Cornwall = Ia |
Saint Ives, England = Ivo |
Saint Mellyan, Cornwall = Melaine of Rennes |
Saint Teath, Cornwall = Teath |
Saint Vitus’s dance nervous disorder; rheumatic chorea = Vitus |
Salamanca, Spain = John of Sahagun |
salesmen = Lucy of Syracuse |
salmon = Kentigern |
saltpetre workers = Barbara |
San Gemini, Italy = Geminus |
San Marino = Marinus |
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico = Michael the Archangel |
Santa Ana Indian Pueblo = Anne |
Santa Clara Indian Pueblo = Clare of Assisi |
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA = Francis of Assisi |
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic = Our Lady of Ransom |
Sardinia = Maurice |
Sassano, Italy = John the Baptist |
Savings banks = Anthony Claret |
Savona, Italy = Our Lady of Mercy |
Savoy = Maurice |
sawmen, sawyers = Balthasar |
Saxony = Willihad |
Scandinavia = Ansgar |
sceond marriages = Adelaide, Matilda |
Scholars = Bridgid of Ireland, Thomas Aquinas |
Scholars, scripture = Jerome |
school principals, schoolmasters = John Baptist de la Salle |
School teachers = John Baptist de la Salle |
Schools = Thomas Aquinas |
schools for the poor = Joseph Calasanz |
Schools of law = Raymond of Pennafort |
Schools, all Christian = Joseph Calasanctius |
Schools, Catholic = Thomas Aquinas |
Scientists = Albert the Great |
Scotland = Margaret, Andrew, Apostle |
scribes = Catherine of Alexandria |
Scripture scholars = Jerome Emiliani |
scrofulous diseases, struma = Mark the Evangelist |
Sculptors = Claude, Luke, Four crowned martyrs, Louis |
Scurf, protection against = Genesius of Arles |
Sea, those associated with the = Francis of Paola |
seamstresses = Anne |
seasickness = Erasmus (Elmo) |
secretaries = Catherine of Alexandria, Genesius of Arles |
Security forces = Michael the Archangel |
Security forces, Andorran = Our Lady Help of Christians |
Security forces, French = Genevieve (Genofeva) |
Security forces, Peruvian = Rose of Lima |
Security guards = Matthew |
seekers of lost articles = Anthony of Padua |
Segovia, Spain = Venantius |
Seminarians = Charles Borromeo |
Senior citizens = Our Lady of Consolation, Teresa of Jesus Jornet e Ibars |
separated spouses = Gummarus, Nicholas of Myra |
Serbia = Sava |
Serbian peoples = Sebastian |
Sergio Osmena, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines = Philip Benizi |
Servants = Martha, Notbunga |
Servants (women) = Zita |
servants who broke their masters’ property = Benedict |
Seville, Spain = Ferdinand III of Castile |
sexual temptation = Angela of Foligno, Catherine of Siena, Margaret of Cortona, Mary of Edessa, Mary of Egypt, Mary Magdalene, Mary Magdalen of Pazzi, Pelagia of Antioch |
sheds; stables; outbuildings = Guy of Anderlecht |
sheep = Drogo |
shepherdesses = Bernadette of Lourdes, Germaine Cousin, Solange |
Shepherds = Our Lady of Lapurdo, Paschal Baylon |
shermen of Folkestone England = Rumwold |
ship builders; shipwrights = Peter the Apostle |
Shipwrecks, protection against = Anthony of Padua, Jodocus |
Shoemakers = Cyprian of Carthage, Homobonus |
Shorthand writers = Cassian of Imola |
Sibenik, Croatia = Michael the Archangel |
Sicily = Andrew, Apostle, Vitus |
Sick = John of God, Camillus de Lellis, Michael the Archangel |
sick animals = Beuno, Dwynwen, Nicholas of Tolentino |
sick horses = Eligius (Eloi) |
Sick, of Poland = Mary, The Health of the Sick |
Siena Italy = Ambrose Sansedoni of Siena, Catherine of Siena |
Signals, military = Gabriel the Archangel |
silence = John Nepomucene |
Silesia = Hedwig |
silk workers = Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, Severus of Avranches |
Silversmiths = Andronicus, Eligius (Eloi) |
singers; vocalists = Andrew, Apostle, Cecilia |
single laywomen = Agatha, Aloysius Gonzaga, Bibiana, Flora of Cordoba, Margaret of Cortona, Nunilo |
Sisak, Croatia = Quirinus |
Sisters of Mercy = Elizabeth of Hungary |
Sithney, Cornwall, England = Sithney |
Skaters = Lidwina |
Skiathos Island, Greece = Panagia Kastriani |
Skiers = Bernard of Montjoux, Andronicus (with Athanasia), Our Lady of Graces |
Skin diseases = Antony the Abbot |
Skopelos Island, Greece = Riginos |
Slander = John Nepomucene |
slavery = Peter Claver |
Sleepwalkers = Dymphna |
Slovakia = Our Lady of the Assumption |
Slovenes = Virgilius |
smallpox = Matthias |
smelters = Barbara, Hubert of Liege |
Snake bite victims = Hilary, Pirminus, Vitus |
snake bites = Hilary of Poitiers, Patrick, Paul, Apostle, Vitus |
Snakes, protection against = Dominic of Sora, Hilary of Poitiers, Magnus of Fussen, Patrick, Paul, Apostle, Pirmin |
soap boilers = Florian |
Social justice = Joseph, Martin de Porres |
Social workers = Louise de Marillac, John Francis Regis |
Soldiers = George, Martin of Tours, Maurice, Sebastian |
Soldiers, American = Joan of Arc |
Soldiers, French = Joan of Arc, Louis |
Soldiers, Paraguayan = Mary, on feast of her Assumption |
Solomon Islands = Michael the Archangel |
Sonsbeck (Santbeck), Germany = Gerebernus |
Sorrento, Italy = Antoninus of Sorrento |
souls in purgatory = Nicholas of Tolentino, Odilo |
South Africa, Southern Africa = Our Lady of the Assumption |
South America = Rose of Lima, Our Lady of Guadalupe |
South Carolina, USA = Mary the Virgin Mother |
South Dakota, USA = Our Lady of the Prairie |
Spain = James the Greater, John of Avila, Our Lady of Ransom, Immaculate Conception of Mary |
Spanish conquistadors = James the Greater |
Spanish poets = John of the Cross |
Spanish secular clergy = John of Avila |
Spas = John the Baptist |
spasms = John the Baptist |
Speakers (Orators) = John Chrysostom |
Speleologists, Italian = Benedict, Abbot |
speliologists, spelunkers, potholers, cavers, cave scientists = Benedict |
Spelunkers, potholers = Benedict, Abbot |
Spinners = Parasceva |
Spiritual directors of clergy = Joseph Cafasso |
spiritual directors or leaders = Charles Borromeo |
Spiritual exercises = Ignatius of Loyola |
spiritual help = Vincent de Paul |
Sportsmen and women, Belgian = Our Lady of Chevremont |
spur makers = Giles |
Sri Lanka = Mary, Immaculate, Our Lady of Lanka |
Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) = Lawrence, Our Lady of Madhu, Thomas, Apostle |
St Vincent de Paul Societies = Vincent de Paul |
St. Antony’s Fire = Antony the Abbot |
stablemen = Anne |
Stafford, England = Bettelin |
stained glass workers; glass painters = Lawrence, Lucy of Syracuse |
stammering children = Notkar Balbulus |
Stamp collectors = Gabriel the Archangel |
starch makers = Charles Borromeo |
Starving or Starvation; Starving People, protection against = Anthony of Padua |
Stavenger, England = Swithun |
Stenographers = Cassian of Imola |
step-parents = Adelaide, Thomas More |
Stiff Neck, protection against = Ursicinus of Saint-Ursanne |
stock brokers = Matthew the Apostle |
Stomach disorders = Timothy, Erasmus (Elmo) |
Stone masons = Four crowned martyrs, Louis, Stephen |
storks = Agricola of Avignon |
storms at sea = Mochelloc |
Storms, protection against = Vitus |
Strasbourg, France = Arbogast |
Strokes = Andrew Avellino |
Students = Catherine of Alexandria, Thomas Aquinas, Gabriel Possenti |
Students (examinees) = Joseph of Cupertino |
Students in Jesuit colleges = Aloysius Gonzaga |
students of theology = Albertus Magnus |
Students, of Peru = Our Lady of Guadalupe |
Students, women = Catherine of Alexandria |
success = Servatus |
Sudan = Josephine Bakhita |
Sudden Death, protection against = Aldegundis, Andrew Avellino, Barbara, Christopher |
Surgeons = Cosmas and Damian, Luke, Roch |
Surveyors = Thomas, Apostle |
Swabia, Germany = Meinrad |
swans = Hugh of Lincoln |
Sweden = Bridget, Eric of Sweden |
Swimmers = Adjutor |
swineherds = Anthony of Padua, Antony the Abbot |
Switzerland = Notbunga |
Swordsmiths = Maurice |
syphilis = Fiacre, George |
Syracuse, Sicily = Lucy of Syracuse |
Syria = Barbara |
T Patronage = Saints
Tailors = Homobonus |
tanners = Bartholomew the Apostle, Catherine of Alexandria, Crispin and Crispinian |
Tanzania = Immaculate Conception of Mary |
Taos, New Mexico = Anne, John the Apostle |
tapestry workers = Francis of Assisi |
Taranto = Catald |
Tax collectors = Matthew |
Taxi Drivers = Fiacre |
Teachers = Gregory the Great, John Baptist de la Salle |
Teenagers (esp. girls) = Mark, Maria Goretti |
teenagers, teenage children = Aloysius Gonzaga |
Telecommunications = Gabriel the Archangel |
telegraphs = Clare of Assisi, Gabriel the Archangel |
telephones = Clare of Assisi, Gabriel the Archangel |
Television = Clare, Gabriel the Archangel |
Television (Peru) = Martin de Porres |
television workers = Gabriel the Archangel |
television writers = Clare of Assisi |
Temptations, protection against = Angela of Foligno, Benedict, Catherine of Bologna, Catherine of Genoa, Catherine of Siena, Elizabeth of Schonau, Eustochium of Padua, Gemma Galgani, Helen del Cavalcanti, Margaret of Cortona |
Tennessee, USA = Our Lady of Lourdes |
tent makers = Paul, Apostle |
Termonde, Belgium = Christiana |
tertiaries = Elizabeth of Hungary, Elizabeth of Portugal, Ferdinand III of Castile |
Teutonic Order; Order of Teutonic Knights = George, Mary |
Texas, USA = Our Lady of the Annunciation |
the Internet = Isidore of Seville |
the O’Neill clan = Mura McFeredach |
the recently dead = Gertrude of Nivelles |
Theatrical profession = Genesius |
Theft, thieves = Dismas |
Theologians = Alphonsus de Liguori, Augustine of Hippo, Thomas Aquinas, John the Apostle |
Theologians, Moral = Alphonsus de Liguori |
thieves = Nicholas of Myra |
Thieves, danger from = Leonard of Noblac |
Throat ailments = Blaise, Ludmila |
Tigua Indians = Anthony of Padua |
tile makers = Fiacre, Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, Roch |
tilers = Barbara |
tin miners = Joseph of Arimathea, Piran |
tin smiths; tinsmiths = Joseph of Arimathea |
to have male children = Felicity |
to obtain lodgings while travelling = Gertrude of Nivelles, Julian the Hospitaller |
Toledo, Spain = Leocadia |
tool makers = Eligius (Eloi) |
Toothache = Apollonia |
Torino, Italy = John the Baptist |
torture victims = Agatha, Alban, Bibiana, Charles Lwanga, Eulalia |
Tourism, Spanish = Francis Xavier |
toy makers = Claude de la Columbiere |
Trade unionists, Spanish = Martin de Porres |
Tradespeople = Homobonus |
translators = Jerome |
transportation, transportation workers = Christopher |
trappers = Bartholomew the Apostle, Eustachius, Hubert of Liege |
travel hostesses = Anthony of Padua |
Travelers = Raphael the Archangel, Nicholas of Myra, Anthony of Padua, Christopher, Joseph |
travelling merchants = Menas |
treaties = Pancras |
treaties between the Popes and Frankish emperors = Petronilla |
Tregony, Cornwall = Cybi |
Trier, Germay = Maximus |
Trieste, Italy = Justus of Trieste |
truckers, truck drivers, lorry drivers = Christopher |
truss makers = Foillan |
tuberculosis, consumption = Pantaleon, Therese of Lisieux |
Tultepac, Mexico = John of God |
Tunisia = Immaculate Conception of Mary |
Turin, Italy = John the Baptist |
Turkey (Asiatic) = John the Apostle |
Turkey, Capuchin missions to = Joseph of Leonessa |
turners = Anne, Catherine of Alexandria, Claude de la Columbiere |
Twitching, protection against = Bartholomew the Apostle, Cornelius |
Typhus, Against Typhoid, protection against = Adelard |
U Patronage = Saints
U.S. Army Field Artillery = St. Barbara |
U.S. National Catholic Rural Conference = Isidore the Farmer |
Uganda = Mary, Queen of Africa |
Ukraine = Josaphat |
Ukrainian Catholic Diocese of Stamford, Connecticut, USA = Volodymyr the Great |
Ulcers; Ulcer Sufferers, protection against = Charles Borromeo, Job |
unattractive people = Drogo, Germaine Cousin |
unborn children = Gerard Majella, Joseph |
understanding = Holy Spirit |
Undertakers = Dismas |
United States Army Special Forces = Philip of Agirone |
United States National Rural Life Conference = Isidore the Farmer |
United States of America = Immaculate Conception of Mary |
Unity of the Eastern and Western Churches = Cyril and Methodius |
Universal Church = Joseph, Peter the Apostle |
Universities = Bl. Contardo Ferrini |
Universities, Catholic = Thomas Aquinas |
University of Oxford, England = Frideswide |
University of Patras, Greece = Andrew, Apostle |
University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Engineering = Jordan of Saxony |
Unmarried women = Nicholas of Myra |
upholsterers = Feast of the Immaculate Conception |
Upper Auvergne = Gerald of Aurillac |
Urban University, Rome = Oliver Plunket |
Uruguay = Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Lujan, Philip and James, Apostles |
Utah, USA = Our Lady of the Snows |
V Patronage = Saints
Valencia = Our Lady of the Forsaken |
Valldemossa, Mallorca, Spain = Catherine Thomas |
Vanity, protection against = Rose of Lima |
Vastergotland, Sweden = Helen of Skofde |
Velletri, Italy = Gerald |
Veneral disease = Fiacre |
Venezuela = Our Lady of Coromoto |
Venezuelan National Guard = Our Lady of Chiquinquira |
Venice = Mark |
Verbal Spouse Abuse; Victims of Spouse Abuse (verbal), protection against = Anne Marie Taigi, Godelieve, Monica |
Vermin, protection from = Magnus of Fussen |
Vermont, USA = Our Lady of Grace |
Veroli, Italy = Mary Salome |
Veterinarians = Our Lady of Coromoto |
victims of adultery or unfaithfulness = Catherine of Genoa, Elizabeth of Portugal, Fabiola |
victims of jealousy = Elizabeth of Portugal, Hedwig |
Vienna, Austria = Clement Mary Hofbauer |
Vietnam = Joseph |
Villareal Samar, Phillipines = Rose of Lima |
Vilna, Lithuania = Antony of Vilna, Eustace of Vilna, John of Vilna |
Vincentian Service Corps = Vincent de Paul |
vine dressers = Urban of Langres |
Vinegar makers = Vincent of Saragossa |
Vintners = Amand, Morand, Vincent of Saragossa |
Virginia, USA = Our Lady, Queen of the Apostles |
virgins = Agnes of Rome, Blessed Virgin Mary |
virtue = Hallvard |
Vocations = Alphonsus de Liguori |
Volcanic eruptions = Agatha |
Volperino, Italy = Maro |
W Patronage = Saints
Waiters, waitresses = Martha |
Wales = David |
wandering musicians, minstrels = Julian the Hospitaller |
War victims, civilian = Mary, Queen of Peace |
warehouses = Barbara |
Washington, DC = Our Immaculate Queen |
Washington, USA = Our Lady of Good Help |
watchmen = Peter of Alcantara |
Water, danger from = Florian |
Waterford, Ireland = Odrian |
wax melters, wax refiners = Ambrose of Milan, Bernard of Clairvaux |
Weavers = Parasceva, Antony Claret, Maurice, Onuphrius |
West Indies = Gertrude |
West Virginia, USA = Our Lady of Victory |
wet-nurses = Agatha |
whales = Brendan the Navigator |
Wheelwrights = Catherine of Alexandria |
whiteners = Bartholomew the Apostle |
whitewashers = Coloman, Killian, Totnan |
Whooping Cough, protection against = Blaise, Winoc |
widowers = Thomas More |
Widows = Frances of Rome, Paula |
Winchester, England = Swithun |
Wine merchants, and wine trade = Amand |
Winegrowers = Vincent of Saragossa, Martin of Tours |
Wisconsin, USA = Our Lady of the Americas |
wisdom = Holy Spirit |
Witchcraft, protection against = Benedict |
wolves = Edmund of East Anglia |
women = Margaret (or Marina) of Antioch |
Women Appointed for Voluntary Emergency Services (WAVES) = Joan of Arc |
Women giving birth = Margaret (or Marina) of Antioch |
Women in labor = Anne (Mother of Mary), Erasmus (Elmo) |
women who wish to become mothers = Andrew, Apostle |
women whose husbands are at war = Daniel of Padua |
women’s army corps, WACs = Genevieve (Genofeva), Joan of Arc |
Women, childless = Anne (Mother of Mary) |
Women, Italian = Paschal Baylon |
Women, young and students = Catherine of Alexandria |
woods, forests, woodlands = Giles |
wool combers = Blaise |
wool manufacturers = Severus of Avranches |
wool weavers = Blaise, Severus of Avranches |
work horses; working horses = Guy of Anderlecht |
Workers = Joseph |
Workers, young = John Bosco |
World Youth Day = Kateri Tekakwitha |
wounds = Aldegundis, Rita of Cascia |
Writers = Francis de Sales |
writers of catechisms = Peter Claver |
Writers, Spanish Catholic = Teresa of Avila |
Wyoming, USA = Our Lady of the Valley |
Y Patronage = Saints
yachtsmen = Adjutor, Our Lady, Star of the Sea |
Young girls = Agnes |
Young people, African = Charles Lwanga |
Young people, Christian = Aloysius Gonzaga |
Young people, Lithuanian = Casimir |
Young people, Mexican = John Bosco |
Young people, students = John Berchmans, Maria Goretti |
Youth = Aloysius Gonzaga, Maria Goretti, John Berchmans, Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, Raphael the Archangel, John Bosco, Stanislaus Kostka |
Yugoslavia = Cyril and Methodius |
Z Patronage = Saints
Zacatecas, Mexico = The Virgin of Patrocinio |
Zaire = Immaculate Conception of Mary |
Zakynthos Island, Greece = Dionysius the Aeropagite |
Zamarramala, Spain = Agatha |
Zeeland, Denmark = Canute Lavard |
zoos = Francis of Assisi |
Zutphen, Nederlands = Walburga |