All Patrons and their causes sorted from a-z

Patrons Saints

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A

  • 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

  • Accommodations: 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 caregivers: 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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 Niño

  • 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, España: 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

  • 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, España: 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 of 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

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  • 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

  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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, Netherlands: 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

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  • Haarlem, Netherlands: 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 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

  • Horsemen, 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

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  • 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 Baños

  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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: Valentine

  • Lugo, Spain: Foillan

  • Lumbago: Lawrence

  • Lungs; Chest; Respiratory Problems: Bernardine of Siena

  • Luxembourg: Mary, Comforter of the Afflicted

  • Léon, Spain: Foillan

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  • 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 of 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

  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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 need 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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, Germany: 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

  • Venereal 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, Philippines: Rose of Lima

  • Vilnius, Lithuania: Antony of Vilnius, Eustace of Vilnius, John of Vilnius

  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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, Netherlands: Walburga