Patron Saints: L to O

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:

Laborers	Isidore the Farmer, James the Greater
Lame, the	Giles
last sacraments	Stanislaus Kostka
laundry workers, laundresses, washerwomen	Clare of Assisi, Lawrence
Law, schools or faculties of	Raymond of Peñafort
lawsuits	Agia
lawsuits lost unjustly	Nicholas of Myra
Lawyers	Thomas More, Yves, Raymond of Peñafort, Ivo of Kermartin
Lay Apostolate	Paul, Apostle
lay brothers	Gerard Majella
lay people, laity	Frances of Rome, Paul, Apostle
lead workers	Sebastian
Learning	Ambrose, Catherine of Alexandria
Leatherworkers	Crispin and Crispinian
lectors	Bede the Venerable, Pollio, Sabas
Lecturers	Justin Martyr
leg disease or trouble	Servatus
Lepers	Giles
liberal arts	Catherine of Bologna
Librarians, libraries	Jerome, Catherine of Alexandria
Lighthouse keepers	Venerius
Lightning, protection against	Magnus of Fussen, Vitus
linguists	Gotteschalk
lions	Mark the Apostle
lithographers	John the Apostle
liturgy	Joseph Mary Tomasi
livestock	Isidore the Farmer
Living Rosary	Philomena
locksmiths	Dunstan, Eligius (Eloi), Leonard of Noblac, Peter the Apostle
longevity, long life	Peter the Apostle
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
Lovers	Valentine
lumbago	Lawrence
lungs; chest; respiratory problems	Bernardine of Siena

machinists	Hubert of Liege
Magistrates	Ferdinand III of Castile
Maids	Zita
mail	Anthony of Padua
Marble workers	Clement I, Four crowned martyrs, Louis
Marching Auxiliaries	Vitus
Mariners	Nicholas of Tolentino, Brendan
Maritime pilots	Nicholas of Myra
Maronites, Maronite Christians	Maro
Marriage	John Francis Regis
Marriages (unhappy)	Gengulf
married couples	Joseph
Married women	Monica
martyrs	Afra, Agatha, Agostina Pietrantoni, Alodia, Barbara, Cecilia, Dymphna, Felicity, Flora of Cordoba, Joan of Arc
Masons	Thomas, Apostle, Four crowned martyrs, Louis
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 Peñafort
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
Messengers	Gabriel the Archangel
Metalworkers	Eligius (Eloi)
Midwives	Raymond Nonnatus
migraine; against migraines; migraine sufferers	Gereon, Severus of Avranches, Ubald Baldassini
Migrants	Frances Xavier Cabrini
military engineers	Barbara
Millers	Honoratus
Milliners (Hatmakers)	James the Greater
Miners	Anne (Mother of Mary), Barbara
Miscarriage prevention	Catherine of Sweden
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
Mixed race, people of	Martin de Porres
money managers	Matthew the Apostle
monks	Anthony the Abbott, Benedict
Moral theologians	Alphonsus de Liguori
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
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

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, Brendan
Nearsightedness, short-sightedness	Clarus, Abbot
Neighborhood watch	Sebastian
Nervous diseases	Vitus, Dymphna
net makers	Peter the Apostle
neuralgia	Ubald Baldassini
Neurological disorders	Dymphna
newlyweds	Nicholas of Myra
news dealers	Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin
Notaries	Luke, Mark, Ivo of Kermartin
novices of the Oblates of Saint Joseph	John Berchmans
nuns	Blessed Virgin Mary, Bridgid of Ireland, Gertrude the Great, Scholastica
Nurses	Agatha, Camillus de Lellis, John of God
Nurses of mentally ill	Dymphna
Nurses' associations	Camillus de Lellis
Nursing mothers	Basilissa, Giles
nursing services	Catherine of Siena, Elizabeth of Hungary

oaths	Pancras
Oblate aspirants	Stanislaus Kostka
Oblate Vocations	Our Lady of Sorrows
obsession	Raphael the Archangel
obstetricians	Raymond Nonnatus
oil refiners	Honorius of Amiens
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
Ordnancemen and Cannoners	Barbara
Orphans	Jerome Emiliani, Ivo of Kermartin