PATRON SAINTS
Saints by Patronage
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Accountants -- St. Matthew the Apostle
Actors -- St. Matthew the Apostle
Adolescents -- St. Padre Pio
Advertising -- St. Bernadine of Siena
Against Hailstorms -- St. Barnabas
Against Snake Bites -- St. Hilary of Poitiers
Against witchcraft — Bl. Benedict Daswa
AIDS Suffers -- St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Air Travelers -- St. Joseph of Cupertino
Albertines — St. Albert Chmielowski
Alcoholics -- St. Matthias
Alexandria -- St. Cyril of Alexandria
Algeria -- St. Cyprian
Altar Serves -- St. Stephen
Animals -- St. Francis of Assisi
Apologists -- St. Catherine of Alexandria
Archdiocese of Brisbane — St. Mary MacKillop
Archdiocese of Milan -- St. Paul VI
Archeologists -- Pope St. Damasus
Archeologists -- St. Francis of Assisi
Architects -- St. Barbara
Armenia -- St. Bartholomew
Artists -- St. Luke
Artists — Bl. Fra Angelico
Arts -- St. Louis of France
Astronauts -- St. Joseph of Cupertino
Astronomers -- St. Dominic
Athletes -- St. Sebastian
Augustinians -- St. Augustine
Australia — St. Mary MacKillop
Automobile Drivers -- St. Frances of Rome
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Bankers -- St. Matthew the Apostle
Barbers -- Sts. Cosmas and Damian
Barnabite Order -- St. Anthony Zaccaria
Barristers -- St. Mark, Evangelist
Beekeepers -- St. Ambrose
Beekeepers -- St. Bernard
Beggars -- St. Ambrose
Beggars -- St. Giles
Beggars -- St. Martin of Tours
Benedictine Nuns -- St. Scholastica
Benedictine Oblates -- St. Henry
Biochemistry — St. Giuseppe Moscati
Bishops -- St. Charles Borromeo
Blindness -- St. Lucy
Blood Banks -- St. Januarius
Bodily Illness -- St. Bernadette Soubirous
Bodily Illness -- Sts. Jacinta and Francisco Marto
Bodily Ills -- St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi
Bohemia -- St. Wenceslaus
Breast Cancer Patients -- St. Agatha
Brewers -- St. Augustine
Brewers -- St. Boniface
Bridgittines — St. Elizabeth Hesselblad
Brindisi -- St. Lawrence of Brindisi
Builders -- St. Vincent Ferrer
Bulgaria -- Sts. Cyril and Methodius
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Calabria -- St. Bruno
California -- St. Junipero Serra
Canon Lawyers -- St. Raymond of Penyafort
Canon Lawyers -- St. Robert Bellarmine
Catechists -- St. Charles Borromeo
Catechists -- St. Robert Bellarmine
Catechumens -- St. Robert Bellarmine
Catholic Apostolate Center -- St. Vincent Pallotti
Catholic Education -- St. John Neumann
Catholic Missions -- St. Francis Xavier
Catholic Press -- St. Peter Canisius
Catholic Schools -- St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Catholic Youth — St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows
Cemetery Workers -- St. Callistus I
Charitable Societies -- St. Vincent de Paul
Chastity -- St. Agnes
Chemistry -- Sts. Cosmas and Damian
Children -- St. Nicholas
Chile — St. Alberto Hurtado
Christian Apprentices -- St. John Bosco
Cistercians -- St. Bernard
Civil Defense Volunteers -- St. Padre Pio
Colleges -- St. Thomas Aquinas
Colombia -- St. Peter Claver
Comedians -- St. Lawrence
Confessors -- St. Alphonsus Liguori
Contemplatives -- St. John of the Cross
Converts -- St. Charles Lwanga and Companions
Converts -- St. Mary Magdalene
Cooks -- Sts. Martha, Mary, and Lazarus
Cyprus -- St. Barnabas
Czech Republic — St. Adalbert of Prague
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Deacons -- St. Stephen
Devotees of the Sacred Heart -- St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
Diabetics — St. Rafael Arnaiz Barón
Difficult Marriages -- St. Monica
Difficult Marriages -- St. Rita of Cascia
Diocese of Raphoe — St. Adomnán
Diocese of Rochester -- St. John Fisher
Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe — Bl. Louis-Zéphirin Moreau
Disappointing Children -- St. Monica
Disasters -- St. Giles
Doctors -- St. Luke
Doctors — St. Giuseppe Moscati
Drug Addicts -- St. Maximilian Kolbe
Dysentery-- St. Polycarp
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Earaches -- St. Cornelius
Earaches -- St. Polycarp
Earthquakes — St. Francis Borgia
Eastern Mediterranean Church -- St. Ignatius of Antioch
Ecologists -- St. Kateri Tekakwitha
Ecology -- St. Francis of Assisi
England -- St. George
English Writers -- St. Bede the Venerable
Environment -- St. Kateri Tekakwitha
Epilepsy -- St. Cornelius
Eucharistic Congresses and Societies — St. Paschal Baylón
Europe -- St. Benedict
Europe -- St. Bridget of Sweden
Europe -- St. Catherine of Siena
Europe -- St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
Eye Diseases -- St. Clare
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Families — Bl. Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi and Maria Corsini
Farmers -- St. Isidore the Farmer
Fathers -- St. Joseph
Fevers -- St. Cornelius
Filipinos -- St. Lorenzo Ruiz
Fire Protection -- St. Catherine of Siena
Firemen -- St. Barbara
First Vatican Council -- Bl. Pope Pius IX
Fishermen -- St. Andrew
Florists -- St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Forgotten People -- St. Jane Frances de Chantal
France -- St. Denis
France -- St. Martin of Tours
France -- St. Joan of Arc
Franciscan Tertiaries -- Bl. Elisabetta Sanna
Friendships -- St. John the Apostle
Funeral Directors — St. Joseph of Arimathea
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Geosciences — Bl. Nicolas Steno
Germany -- St. Boniface
Germany -- St. Bruno
Germany -- St. Peter Canisius
Grandparents -- Sts. Joachim and Anne
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Handicapped People -- St. Angela Merici
Headache Suffers -- St. Teresa of Avila
Historians -- St. Bede the Venerable
Hospital Administration -- St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Hospitals -- St. Elizabeth of Hungary
Hospitals -- St. John of God
Human Trafficking Survivors -- St. Josephine Bakhita
Humor -- St. Philip Neri
Hungary -- St. Paul of the Cross
Hungary -- St. Stephen of Hungary
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Icon Painters -- St. John Damascence
Immigrants -- St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Imprisoned People -- St. Maximilian Kolbe
India -- St. Thomas, Apostle
Indigenous People -- St. Juan Diego
Internet -- St. Isidore of Seville
Ireland -- St. Brigid of Ireland
Ireland -- St. Patrick
Italy -- St. Catherine of Siena
Italy-- St. Francis of Assisi
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Japan -- St. Paul Miki and Companions
Jesuits -- St. Ignatius of Loyola
Jesuit Brothers — St. Alphonsus Rodriguez
Job Seekers -- St. Cajetan
Journalists -- St. Francis de Sales
Jurists -- St. John of Capistrano
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Kidney Disease -- St. Benedict
Kings -- St. Edmund
Korea -- Sts. Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang and Companions
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Latin America -- St. Rose of Lima
Laundry -- St. Clare
Lawyers -- St. Alphonsus Liguori
Lawyers -- St. Thomas More
Learning -- St. Ambrose
Lebanon -- St. Sharbel Makhluf
Lepers -- St. Marianne Cope
Librarians -- St. Catherine of Alexandria
Librarians -- St. Jerome
Lithuania -- St. Casimir
Loss of Parents — St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Lost and Impossible Causes -- St. Rita of Cascia
Lost Causes -- St. Jude
Lost Things -- St. Anthony of Padua
Lourdes, France -- St. Bernadette Soubirous
Love -- St. John the Apostle
Loyalty -- St. John the Apostle
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Majorca, Spain — St. Alphonsus Rodriguez
Marble Workers -- Pope St. Clement I
Married Couples — Bl. Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi and Maria Corsini
Married Woman -- St. Monica
Mental Health — St. Dymphna
Merchants -- St. Nicholas
Mercy -- St. Faustina
Midwives -- St. Brigid of Ireland
Miraculous Medal — St. Catherine Labouré
Missionaries -- St. Francis Xavier
Missionaries -- St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Missionaries and the Congregation of Jesus and Mary -- St. John Eudes
Mothers -- St. Gianna Molla
Mothers -- Sts. Perpetua and Felicity
Motorcyclists -- St. Columban
Music -- St. Cecilia
Musicians -- St. Cecilia
Musicians -- St. Gregory the Great
Musicians — St. Hildegard of Bingen
Mystics -- St. John of the Cross
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Naples -- St. Januarius
Natural Sciences -- St. Albert the Great
Newborn Babies -- St. Brigid of Ireland
North Africa -- St. Cyprian
North African Church -- St. Ignatius of Antioch
North America -- Sts. John de Brebeuf and Isaac Jogues
Notaries -- St. Mark, Evangelist
Nurses -- St. Elizabeth of Hungary
Nurses — St. Elizabeth Hesselblad
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Oceania -- St. Peter Chanel
Orators -- St. John Chrysostom
Orphans and Abandoned Children -- St. Jerome Emiliani
Outcasts -- St. Marianne Cope
Overcoming Adversity -- St. Rose Philippine Duchesne
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Painters -- St. Luke
Papal Delegates -- St. John XXIII
Parish Priests -- St. John Vianney
People with Leprosy -- St. Damien of Molokai
Persecuted Christians -- St. Jose Sanchez del Rio
Persecuted Christians -- St. Oscar Romero
Perseverance -- St. Rose Philippine Duchesne
Peru -- St. Rose of Lima
Peru -- St. Turibius of Mogrovejo
Pharmacists -- St. John Damascence
Pharmacists -- St. John Leonardi
Pharmacists -- Sts. Cosmas and Damian
Philanthropy -- St. Katharine Drexel
Philippines -- St. Lorenzo Ruiz
Philosophers -- St. Albert the Great
Philosophers -- St. Justin
Physicians -- St. Anthony Zaccaria
Physicians -- St. Gianna Molla
Physicians -- Sts. Cosmas and Damian
Pilgrims -- St. Rocco
Pilots -- St. Joseph of Cupertino
Plasterers -- St. Bartholomew
Poland -- St. John of Kanty
Poland — St. Adalbert of Prague
Poland and Krakow -- St. Stanislaus
Politicians — Bl. Hildegard Burjan
Poor People -- St. Giles
Poor People — St. Alberto Hurtado
Preachers -- St. John Chrysostom
Principals — Bl. Benedict Daswa
Public Health Workers -- St. Martin de Porres
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Race Relations -- St. Peter Claver
Racial Harmony -- St. Martin de Porres
Racial Justice -- St. Katharine Drexel
Rome -- St. Lawrence
Rome -- St. Philip Neri
Russia -- Sts. Basil and Gregory
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Sailors -- St. Francis of Paola
Sailors -- St. Nicholas
Sawmen -- St. Simon
Scholars -- St. Jerome
Scientists -- St. Albert the Great
Scotland -- St. Margaret of Scotland
Seafarers -- St. Peter Claver
Second Vatican Council -- St. John XXIII
Second Vatican Council -- St. Paul VI
Secular Clergy -- St. Thomas Becket
Seminarians -- St. Charles Borromeo
Shepherds — St. Paschal Baylón
Sick People -- St. Camillus de Lellis
Sick People -- St. John of God
Sick People -- St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Sick People — St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Sick People — St. Teresa of the Andes
Singers -- St. Gregory the Great
Sisterhood of Caritas Socialis — Bl. Hildegard Burjan
Sisters of St. Joseph — St. Zygmunt Gorazdowski
Solidarity — Bl. Jerzy Popiełuszko
Soldiers -- St. Joan of Arc
Soldiers -- St. Sebastian
Souls in Purgatory — St. Nicholas of Tolentino
Spain -- St. James, Apostle
Spanish Secular Clergy -- St. John of Avila
Speakers -- St. John Chrysostom
Spiritual Directors -- St. Ephrem
Spiritual Healers -- St. Ephrem
Stomach and Intestinal Disorders -- Sts. Timothy and Titus
Street Children — St. Alberto Hurtado
Stress Relief -- St. Padre Pio
Students -- St. Catherine of Alexandria
Students -- St. Gregory the Great
Students -- St. Joseph of Cupertino
Students — St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows
Sudan -- St. Josephine Bakhita
Surgeons -- St. Rocco
Sweden -- St. Bridget of Sweden
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Tailors -- St. Martin of Tours
Tailors -- St. Matthias
Tanners -- St. Bartholomew
Tax Collectors -- St. Matthew the Apostle
Teachers -- St. Gregory the Great
Teachers — Bl. Benedict Daswa
Teachers of Youth -- St. John Baptist de la Salle
Television -- St. Clare
The Disabled -- St. Giles
Theologians -- St. Athanasius
Theologians -- St. Augustine
Those studying for the priesthood — St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows
Those Suffering with Polio -- St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
Those with Eye Disorders -- St. Lucy
Those with HIV/AIDS -- St. Marianne Cope
Those with Lost Parents -- St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
Those with Nervous Afflictions — St. Dymphna
Throat Illnesses -- St. Blaise
Torture Victims -- St. Charles Lwanga and Companions
Translators -- St. Jerome
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Ukraine -- St. Josaphat
Ukrainian People — St. Vladimir of Kyiv
Unborn Children -- St. Gianna Molla
Undertakers — St. Joseph of Arimathea
Unemployed People -- St. Cajetan
Universal Patron of all Christian popular schools in the world — St. Joseph Calasanz
Uruguay -- Sts. Philip and James
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Vercelli -- St. Eusebius of Vercelli
Victims of Pandemics -- St. Edmund
Victims of Rape -- St. Maria Goretti
Vienna, Austria — St. Clement Mary Hofbauer
Villanova -- St. Thomas of Villanova
Vocations -- St. Alphonsus Liguori
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Weavers -- St. Anthony Mary Claret
West Indies -- St. Gertrude the Great
Widows -- St. Frances of Rome
Widows -- St. Jane Frances de Chantal
Wine Makers -- St. Vincent of Saragossa
Wool-Weavers -- St. Martin of Tours
Workers -- St. Joseph the Worker
World Youth Day -- St. John Paul II
World Youth Day -- St. Teresa of Calcutta
Writers -- St. Francis de Sales
Writers -- St. Hildegard of Bingen
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Youth — Bl. Sandra Sabattini
Youth — Bl. Chiara Badano
Young Catholics -- Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati
Young People — St. Teresa of the Andes
Young Students -- St. Aloysius Gonzaga