Patron Saints: P to R

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:

Painters	Luke, Bl (Fra) Angelico
Pallbearers	Joseph of Arimathea
papal delegates	John XXIII
papermakers	John the Apostle
paralysis, paralysed people	Osmund
Paratroopers	Michael the Archangel
Parenthood; Parents	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 (Jane) de Chantal
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
pavement workers; concrete workers	Vincent Ferrer
Pawnbrokers	Nicholas of Myra, Bernardino of Feltre (Bd)
peace; invoked as peacemaker	Barnabas, Elizabeth of Portugal, Francis of Paola, Infant Jesus of Prague, Our Lady of Peace
peasant girls, young country girls, girls who live in rural areas	Germaine Cousin
peasants	Lucy of Syracuse, Margaret (or Marina) of Antioch, Notburga
penitent sinners	Mary Magdalene
penitent women	Afra, Margaret of Cortona, Mary Magdalene
Pensioners, old age	Our Lady of Consolation, Teresa of Jesus Jornet e Ibars
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
Persecuted Christians	John De Martha
Pestilence (relief)	Roch
Pets	Antony the Abbot
pewterers	Fiacre
Pharmacists/Druggists	Cosmas and Damian, Raphael the Archangel
Philatelists	Gabriel the Archangel
Philosophers	Immaculate Conception of Mary, Pudentiana, Rose of Lima
photographers	Veronica
Physically Disabled	Giles
Physicians	Cosmas and Damian, Luke, Pantaleon
Physicians (diseases, contagious)	Roch, Sebastian
piety	Holy Spirit
Pilgrims	Nicholas of Myra, Christopher
Pilots	Our Lady of Loreto, Joseph of Cupertino
Pilots, maritime	Francis of Paola, Nicholas of Myra, Brendan
pioneers	Joseph
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
poisonous snakes	Paul, Apostle
Police officers	Michael the Archangel
Police, local, municipal	Sebastian
polio	Margaret Mary Alacoque
political prisoners	Maximillian Kolbe
politicians	Thomas More
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
Possession (by the Devil)	Cyriacus, Dymphna, Michael the Archangel, Andrew Avellino
Postal services and workers	Gabriel the Archangel
potters	Catherine of Alexandria, Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, Sebastian
poultry raisers, chicken farmers	Bridgid of Ireland
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
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
Prisoners	Dismas, Leonard of Noblac, Roch, Vincent de Paul, Ferdinand III of Castile
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, Maximillian Kolbe
prisons	Joseph Cafasso
pro-life movement	Gerard Majella, Maximillian Kolbe
prolonged suffering	Lydwina of Schiedam
Propagation of the Faith	Francis Xavier
protection against mice	Gertrude, Servatus, Ulric
protection against rats	Gertrude of Nivelles, Martin de Porres, Servatus
Protector of Crops	Ansovinus
Public education	Martin de Porres
Public Health Service	Martin de Porres
Public Relations	Bernardine of Siena

Rabies	Hubert, Ubald
rabies, hydrophobia, mad dogs	Dominic of Silos, Guy of Anderlecht, Hubert of Liege
Radio and radio workers	Gabriel the Archangel
Radiologists, radiotherapists	Michael the Archangel
Rain, excessive	Genevieve
rape victims	Agatha, Agnes of Rome, Dymphna
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
Retreats	Ignatius of Loyola
rheumatoid sufferers; rheumatism, arthritis	Coloman, James the Greater, Killian, Servatus, Totnan
ribbon makers	Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin
Right to Life groups	Margaret of Castello
road builders	Sebastian of Aparicio
Robbers, danger from	Leonard of Noblac
Rulers	Ferdinand III of Castile
runaways	Alodia, Dymphna, Eulalia
rural communities	Isidore the Farmer

Quantity surveyors	Thomas, Apostle
quartermasters	Martin of Tours
queens	Clotilde, Elizabeth of Portugal, Matilda