Patron Saints: D to G

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:

Dairy workers	Bridgid of Ireland
Dancers	Vitus
danger at sea	Erasmus (Elmo), Michael, Brendan
Deacons	Stephen
Deaf	Francis de Sales
Death	Michael the Archangel, Margaret (or Marina) of Antioch
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
Dentists	Apollonia
Desperate situations	Jude, Gregory the Wonderworker, Rita of Cascia, Eustace
desperate, forgotten, impossible/lost causes or situations	Jude Thaddeus, Gregory Thaumaturgus, Philomena, Rita of Cascia
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
Diocesan priests	John of Avila
Diplomatic services	Gabriel the Archangel
diplomats	Gabriel the Archangel
Disabled	Giles
disappointing children	Clotilde, Louise de Marillac, Matilda, Monica
Disasters	Genevieve
discretion	John Nepomucene
Diseases of the eye	Raphael the Archangel, Lucy
Diseases, contagious	Roch, Sebastian
Diseases, nervous	Dymphna
divorced people	Fabiola, Gummarus, Helena
dock workers, longshoremen	Nicholas of Myra
Doctors, physicians	Luke, Cosmas and Damian, Pantaleon, Luke the Apostle, Raphael the Archangel
dog bites	Hubert of Liege, Vitus, Walburga, Ubald
dogs; dog lovers; dog fanciers	Hubert of Liege, Roch, Vitus
domestic workers, maids, butlers, manservants, servants	Adelelmus, Martha, Zita
Doubters	Joseph
drapers	Nativity of the Blessed Virgin
Drought	Genevieve
Drought relief	Herbert, Godeberta, Solange
Drowning, death/danger from	Adjutor
drug addiction	Maximillian Kolbe
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

Earthquakes	Emygdius, Francis Borgia, Gregory the Wonderworker
Ecologists, ecology	Francis of Assisi
ecumenists	Cyril and Methodius
Eczema	Antony the Abbot
Editors	John Bosco, Francis de Sales
Education, public	Martin de Porres
elderly people	Anthony of Padua
Embroiderers	Clare, Parasceva
Emigrants	Frances Xavier Cabrini
enemies of religion	Sebastian
engineers	Ferdinand III of Castile, Joseph, Patrick, Ferdinand III
engravers	John the Apostle, Thiemo
enlightenment	Holy Spirit, Our Lady of Good Counsel
Epidemics	Godeberta
Epilepsy	Dymphna, Vitus, Willibrord
escape from devils	Margaret (or Marina) of Antioch
Eucharist, The	Paschal Baylon
Europe	Benedict, Abbot, Cyril and Methodius
evangelists	Paul, Apostle
Exegetes, scriptural	Jerome
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

Faculties of law	Raymond of Peñafort
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
Farmers	Isidore the Farmer
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
ferrymen	Julian the Hospitaller
Fervent First Communion	Bl Imelda
Fever	Genevieve
fiddlers, fiddle players	Julian the Hospitaller
file makers	Theodosius the Cenobriarch
final perseverance	Alphonsus de Liguori
financial officers	Matthew the Apostle
Fire (danger from)	Agatha, Nicholas of Tolentino
Fire fighters	Florian, John of God
Fire prevention	Catherine of Siena, Agatha
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
Fliers	Our Lady of Loreto
Flight attendants	Bona
Flight crew	Our Lady of Loreto
Flood	Gregory the Wonderworker, Florian
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
fortifications	Barbara
fortitude	Holy Spirit
founders	Barbara
Foundlings	Holy Innocents
Franciscan laity	Didacus
Franciscan Lay	Didacus
Franciscan tertiaries	Louis
freedom	Infant Jesus of Prague
friendships	John the Apostle
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

gall stones	Benedict, Drogo, Florentius of Strasburg, Liberius
gambling addicts; compulsive gambling	Bernardine of Siena
Garage, or gas station, workers	Eligius (Eloi)
Gardeners	Adelard, Fiacre, Rose of Lima, Adam
Garment workers	Homobonus
Gas station workers	Eligius (Eloi)
geometricians	Thomas, Apostle
Girl Scouts	Agnes of Rome
Girls	Agnes, Maria Goretti
glandular disorders	Cadoc of Llancarvan
Glassworkers	Luke
goitres	Blaise
Goldsmiths	Dunstan, Anastasius, Eligius (Eloi)
good finances	Infant Jesus of Prague
Governors	Ferdinand III of Castile
grandfathers	Joachim
grandmothers	Anne
grandparents	Anne, Joachim
Gravediggers	Antony the Abbot, Joseph of Arimathea
greeting card manufacturers	Valentine
Greetings	Valentine
Grocers	Michael the Archangel
grooms, bridegrooms	Louis IX, Nicholas of Myra
guardian angels	Raphael the Archangel
guardians	Gummarus, Joseph of Palestine
guards	Matthew the Apostle
Gunners	Barbara