Patron Saints: W to Z

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:

Waiters, waitresses	Martha
wandering musicians, minstrels	Julian the Hospitaller
War victims, civilian	Mary, Queen of Peace
warehouses	Barbara
Washington, DC	Our Immaculate Queen
watchmen	Peter of Alcantara
Water, danger from	Florian
wax melters, wax refiners	Ambrose of Milan, Bernard of Clairvaux
Weavers	Parasceva, Antony Claret, Maurice, Onuphrius
wet-nurses	Agatha
whales	Brendan the Navigator
widowers	Thomas More
Widows	Frances of Rome, Paula
Wine merchants, and wine trade	Amand
Winegrowers	Vincent of Saragossa, Martin of Tours
wisdom	Holy Spirit
women	Margaret (or Marina) of Antioch
Women giving birth	Margaret (or Marina) of Antioch
Women in labor	Anne (Mother of Mary), Erasmus (Elmo)
women who wish to become mothers	Andrew, Apostle
women whose husbands are at war	Daniel of Padua
women's army corps, WACs	Genevieve, Joan of Arc
Women, childless	Anne (Mother of Mary)
Women, young and students	Catherine of Alexandria
woods, forests, woodlands	Giles
wool manufacturers	Severus of Avranches
wool weavers	Blaise, Severus of Avranches
work horses; working horses	Guy of Anderlecht
Workers	Joseph
Workers, young	John Bosco
World Youth Day	Kateri Tekakwitha
wounds	Aldegundis, Rita of Cascia
Writers	Francis de Sales
writers of catechisms	Peter Claver

yachtsmen	Adjutor, Our Lady, Star of the Sea
Young girls	Agnes
Young people, Christian	Aloysius Gonzaga
Young people, students	John Berchmans, Maria Goretti
Youth	Aloysius Gonzaga, Maria Goretti, John Berchmans, Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, Raphael the Archangel, John Bosco, Stanislaus Kostka