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