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A Patron Saint is one who has been appointed by the Vatican as special protectors or guardians over different circumstances and areas of life. Most of the time, they are patrons of professions or circumstances that the saints themselves have experienced or dealt with personally during their own lives. A patron saint can help us when we follow the example of that saint's life, and when we ask for that saint's intercessory prayers to God.
The Index is organized alphabetically according to the intention/circumstance in the left column. The corresponding patron saint is listed in the right column. Some of the saints are more well known than others. I suggest you read more about their lives from one of these online sources:
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CATHOLIC
ENCYCLOPEDIA: Patron Saints
A
| Abandoned children | Ivo of Kermartin, Jerome Emiliani |
| Abdominal pains | Erasmus (Elmo) |
| Abortion, protection against | Catherine of Sweden |
| Abuse victims | Adelaide, Agostina Pietrantoni, Fabiola, Germaine Cousin, Godelieve, Jeanne de Lestonnac, Jeanne Marie de Maille, John Baptist de la Salle, Laura Vicuna, Margaret the Barefooted |
| Academies, Roman Catholic | Thomas Aquinas |
| Acadians, Cajuns | Our Lady of the Assumption |
| Accomodations | Gertrude of Nivelles |
| Accountants | Matthew |
| Accused (falsely) | Raymond Nonnatus |
| 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 |
| Against bad weather | Eurosia, Medard |
| Against battle | Florian |
| Against birth complications | Ulric |
| Against blight | Urban of Langres |
| Against bruises and bruising | Amalburga |
| Against cold or cold weather | Maurus, Sebaldus |
| Against cramps | Cadoc of Llancarvan, Maurice, Pancras |
| Against death by artillery | Barbara |
| Against dizziness or vertigo | Ulric |
| Against earaches | Cornelius, Polycarp of Smyrna |
| Against enemy plots | Drausinus |
| Against evil spirits | Agrippina, Quirinus |
| Against famine | Walburga |
| Against frost | Urban of Langres |
| Against gout; gout sufferers | Andrew, Apostle, Coloman, Gerebernus, Gregory the Great, Killian, Maurice, Maurus, Totnan |
| Against hoarseness | Bernardine of Siena, Maurus |
| Against inflammatory diseases | Benedict |
| Against jealousy | Elizabeth of Portugal |
| Against kidney disease | Benedict, Drogo, Margaret (or Marina) of Antioch, Valentine |
| Against miscarriages | Catherine of Siena, Catherine of Sweden, Eulalia |
| Against nightmares | Raphael the Archangel |
| Against oversleeping | Vitus |
| Against pain; cures from pain; pain relief | Madron |
| Against physical spouse abuse; victims of spouse abuse (physical) | Rita of Cascia |
| Against poison | Benedict, John the Apostle, Pirmin |
| Against poverty or impoverishment; financial difficulties | Agostina Pietrantoni, Anne, Armogastes, Bernadette of Lourdes, Cuthman, Germaine Cousin, Julia of Billiart, Macrina the Elder, Marguerite Bourgeous, Margaret of Castello |
| Against shipwrecks | Anthony of Padua, Jodocus |
| Against starving or starvation | Anthony of Padua |
| Against stiff neck | Ursicinus of Saint-Ursanne |
| Against sudden death | Aldegundis, Andrew Avellino, Barbara, Christopher |
| Against temptations | 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 |
| Against the devil | Dionysius the Aeropagite |
| Against twitching | Bartholomew the Apostle, Cornelius |
| Against typhus, against typhoid | Adelard |
| Against ulcers; ulcer sufferers | Charles Borromeo, Job |
| Against vanity | Rose of Lima |
| Against verbal spouse abuse; victims of spouse abuse (verbal) | Anne Marie Taigi, Godelieve, Monica |
| Against whooping cough | Blaise, Winoc |
| Against witchcraft | Benedict |
| Agricultural workers; farm workers; farmers; field hands; field workers; husbandmen; ranchers | Benedict, Bernard of Vienne, Eligius (Eloi), Isidore the Farmer, Notburga, Phocas the Gardener, Walstan |
| AIDS care-givers | Aloysius Gonzaga |
| AIDS patients | Aloysius Gonzaga, Peregrine Laziosi, Therese of Lisieux |
| Air crew | Our Lady of Loreto |
| Air travelers | Joseph of Cupertino |
| Airborne (Paratroopers) | Michael the Archangel |
| Alcoholism | John of God, Martin of Tours, Monica, Urban of Langres |
| Altar servers | John Berchmans |
| 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 |
| Anesthetists | Rene Goupil |
| Angina sufferers | Swithbert |
| Animal welfare societies, humane societies | Francis of Assisi |
| Animals | Francis of Assisi, Nicholas of Tolentino |
| Animals, danger from | Vitus |
| Animals, domestic | Antony the Abbot |
| Apologists | Catherine of Alexandria, Justin Martyr, Thomas Aquinas |
| Apoplexy (Strokes) | Andrew Avellino |
| Apostleship of Prayer | Francis Xavier |
| Apothecaries (Pharmacies/Pharmacists) | Cosmas and Damian |
| Appendicitis | Erasmus (Elmo) |
| Apprentices | John Bosco |
| Archaeologists | Damasus |
| Archers | Sebastian |
| Architects | Barbara, Thomas, Apostle |
| Archivists, librarians, libraries | Catherine of Alexandria, Jerome, Laurent (Lawrence) |
| Arm pain; pain in the arms | Amalburga |
| Armies | Maurice |
| Armories | Laurent (Lawrence) |
| Arms dealers | Adrian of Nicomedia |
| Arrowsmiths; fletchers | Sebastian |
| Artists; art | Luke, Catherine of Bologna, Bl (Fra) Angelico |
| 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 Peņafort, Thomas More |
| 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 |
| Aviators, aviation | Our Lady of Loreto, Therese of Lisieux, Joseph of Cupertino |
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| 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 |
| Bacterial disease and infection | Agrippina |
| Bailiffs | Ivo of Kermartin |
| Bakers | Elizabeth of Hungary, Nicholas of Myra, Honoratus |
| Bakers of holy wafers | Honorius of Amiens |
| Bankers | Matthew, Bernardino of Feltre |
| Baptism | John the Baptist |
| Barbers | Cosmas and Damian, Louis, Martin de Porres |
| Barren women | Anthony of Padua, Felicity |
| Bartenders, bar keepers, bar staff | Amand |
| Battle | Michael the Archangel |
| Bee Keepers | Ambrose |
| Beggars | Alexius, Martin of Tours, Giles |
| Benedictine oblates | Henry the Emperor |
| Bible scholars | Jerome |
| Bicyclists, cyclists, bicycle riders | La Madonna di Ghisalo |
| Birds | Gall |
| Birth pains | Erasmus (Elmo) |
| Bishops | Charles Borromeo |
| Black people, African-Americans | Benedict the Black, Martin de Porres, Peter Claver |
| Blacksmiths | Bridgid of Ireland, Dunstan, Eligius (Eloi), Giles, James the Greater, Leonard of Noblac |
| 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 |
| Bomb technicians | Barbara |
| Bookbinders | Celestine V (pope), John of God |
| Bookkeepers | Matthew |
| Booksellers | John of God, Thomas Aquinas |
| Boot blacks, shoe shiners | Nicholas of Myra |
| Bowel disorders | Bonaventure |
| Box makers | Fiacre |
| Boy Scouts | George |
| Boys, young | Dominic Savio |
| Brass workers | Barbara |
| Breast cancer | Agatha, Aldegundis, Giles, Peregrine Laziosi |
| Breast disease, invoked against | Agatha |
| Breast-feeding | Basilissa, Giles |
| Brick makers | Vincent Ferrer |
| Bricklayers | Stephen |
| Brides | Nicholas of Myra |
| Bridge builders | John Nepomucene, Peter the Apostle |
| Bridges | John Nepomucene |
| Broadcasters | Gabriel the Archangel |
| Broken bones | Drogo, Stanislaus Kostka |
| Broommakers | Anne |
| Builders | Vincent Ferrer, Barbara, Thomas, Apostle |
| Building trade | Stephen |
| 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 |
C
| Cab drivers | Joseph, Fiacre |
| Cabinetmakers | Anne, Joseph, Vincent de Paul |
| Cake makers | Honoratus |
| Cancer victims/patients | Peregrine Laziosi, Anthony Mary Claret |
| Candelada | Bernard of Valdeiglesias |
| Candle-makers | Ambrose |
| Canonists, canon lawyers | Raymond of Peņafort, Robert Bellarmine, Ivo of Kermartin |
| Carnival workers, carnies | Julian the Hospitaller |
| Carpenters | Joseph, Thomas, Apostle |
| Carriage makers | Eligius (Eloi) |
| Carvers | Blaise, Olaf II |
| Catechists | Viator, Charles Borromeo, Robert Bellarmine |
| Catechumens | Charles Borromeo, Robert Bellarmine |
| Catholic Action | Francis of Assisi, Paul, Apostle |
| 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 |
| Cattle breeders | Mark |
| Cavalry | Martin of Tours |
| Cemetery keepers, or caretakers | Joseph of Arimathea, Antony the Abbot, Callistus I |
| Champions | Drausinus |
| Chaplains, military | John of Capistrano |
| Charitable societies | Vincent de Paul |
| Chastity, invoked for | Agnes of Rome, Thomas Aquinas |
| Chemical industry, chemical manufacturers | Cosmas and Damian |
| 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'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 |
| Chimney sweeps | Florian |
| Chivalry | George |
| Choir boys, choirs | Dominic Savio, Gregory the Great, Holy Innocents |
| Cholera | Roch |
| Christian Mothers | Anne (Mother of Mary) |
| Church | Joseph |
| Church cleaners | Theobald Roggeri |
| Circus workers | Julian the Hospitaller |
| 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 |
| Clock makers; watch makers | Eligius (Eloi), Peter the Apostle |
| Clothing industry | Paul the Hermit |
| Clothworkers | Homobonus |
| Clowns | Genesius, Justin Martyr |
| 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) |
| Colic | Erasmus (Elmo) |
| Colleges | Thomas Aquinas |
| Comedians | Vitus |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Cooks, chefs | Lawrence, Macarius the Younger, Martha, Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, Paschal Baylon |
| Coppersmiths | Benedict, Eulogius of Cordoba, Leonard of Noblac, Maurus |
| Coughs; against | Blaise, Quentin, Walburga |
| Council | Holy Spirit |
| Councilmen | Nicholas von Flue |
| Court Clerks | Thomas More |
| Cowherds | Gummarus |
| Craftsmen and women | Dymphna |
| Craftsmen who work with a wheel (potters, spinners, etc.) | Catherine of Alexandria |
| Craftworkers | Luke |
| Criminals | Dominic |
| Crops, protection of | Magnus of Fussen |
| Crusaders | Charles the Good, Louis IX |
| Cursillo movement | Paul, Apostle |
| Customs officers | Matthew |
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