A Guide to Patron Saints - St. John The Evangelist Parish · Writers St. Francis de Sales St....

Cause Saint

Wales St. David of Wales

Weavers St. Anthony Claret

West Indies St. Gertrude

Widows St. Frances of Rome

St. Paula

Wine Trade St. Amand

St. Vincent of Saragossa

Women in Labor Sts. Ann & Joachim

St. Elmo

Workers S. Joseph

Writers St. Francis de Sales

St. Aloysus Gonzaga

Feast Day: June 21

St. Maria Goretti

Feast Day: February 18th

St. John Bosco

Feast Day: January 31

Patron Saints of Youth

Saint John the Evangelist Parish

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A Guide to Patron Saints

And their Influence on our Lives...

Just What is a Saint?

Saints, broadly speaking, are those who follow Jesus Christ and live their lives according to his teaching. Catholics, however, also use the term narrowly to refer to especially holy men and women who, through extraordinary lives of virtue, have already entered Heaven. Sainthood in the New Testament The word saint literally means "holy," and, in the New Testament, saint referred to all who believed in Jesus Christ and followed his teachings. Saint Paul often addressed his epistles to "the saints" of a particular city and the Acts of the Apostles talks about Saint Peter going to visit the saints in Lydda. The assumption was that those who followed Christ had been so transformed that they were now different from other men and women and, thus, should be considered holy. Practitioners of Heroic Virtue Very early on, however, the meaning of the word began to change. As Christianity began to spread, it became clear that some Christians lived lives of extraordinary, or heroic, virtue. While other Christians struggled to live out the gospel of Christ, these people were eminent examples of the moral virtues, and they easily practiced the theological virtues of faith, hope, and charity. The word saint thus became more narrowly applied to such people, who were venerated after their deaths as saints, usually by the members of their local church or the Christians in the region where they had lived, because they were familiar with their good deeds. Eventually, the Catholic Church created a process, called "canonization," through which such venerable people could be recognized as saints by all Christians everywhere. Canonized and Acclaimed Saints Most of the saints whom we refer to by that title (for instance, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton) have gone through this process of canonization. Others, such as Saint Peter and Saint Paul, received the title through acclamation, or the universal recognition of their holiness. Catholics believe that both types of saints (canonized and acclaimed) are already in Heaven, which is why one of the requirements for the canonization process is proof of miracles performed by the possible saint after his death. Canonized saints can be venerated anywhere and prayed to publicly, and their lives are held up to Christians still struggling here on earth as examples to be imitated.

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Cause Saint

Undertakers Sts. Joseph of Arimathea

& Nicodemus

United States Feast of the Immaculate Conception

Universal Church St. Joseph

Universities Blessed Contardo Ferrini

Uruguay Sts. Philip & James

Veneral Disease St. Fiacre

Venezuela Our Lady of Coromoto

Veterinarians St. Eligius

Vietnam St. Joseph

Vintners St. Amand

Vocations St. Alphonsus Liguori

Waiters, Waitresses St. Marth

St. Aloysius Gonzaga

Feast Day: June 21

St. Maria Goretti

Feast Day: July 6

Patron Saints of Teenagers

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Cause Saint

Tailors St. Homobonus

Tax Collectors St. Matthew

Taxi Drivers St. Fiarce

Telecommunications Gabriel (Michael, Gabriel, Raphael)

Television St. Clare

Theatrical Performers St. Genesius

Theologians St. Alphonsus Liguori

St. Augustine of Hippo

Throat Ailments St. Blasé

Toothache St. Apollonia

Travellers St. Anthony of Padua

St. Nicholas

Raphael (Michael, Gabriel, Raphael)

Turkey St. John the Apostle

St. Gregory the Great

Feast Day: March 2

St. John Baptist de la Salle

Feast Day: May 15

Patron Saints of Teachers

]Why take a Saint’s Name for Confirmation?

Receiving a name at Confirmation has a number of different sources in the history of the Church. In Scripture, receiving a new name is often associated with a change of life. When Jesus told Simon that his new name was now Peter(Matthew 16:18), it was because his role was changing and he was going to be asked to take on a role of leadership. When Saul had his great conversion, the risen Lord gave him the name Paul (Acts 13:9). Furthermore, when God established his first covenant with Abraham, God changed Abraham’s name from Abram and Sarah’s name from Sarai. Their new names showed their change in life as God’s chosen people (Genesis 17). There are a number of other characters from Scripture that we see this happen to as well. To take on a new name at Confirmation similarly carries with it the idea that you are asking for the Lord to change you. You’re asking Him to affirm you like He’s never done before and to give you strength to live your faith more fully and with more life than you ever could have imagined.

Again, the Saint you pick should have significance to you. You may take St. Francis because you like his poverty or his love for animals. Or if you’re aspiring to be a doctor consider St. Luke or St. Pantaleon. Thinking about joining military? Then look at St. Joan of Arc, St. George, or St. Sebastian. The list goes on and on. The idea is to pick somebody who says something about you. When you stand before the Bishop the day of your Confirmation and you tell him your name, say it with a pride and with conviction that the Holy Spirit is going to change you forever.

2014 Canonized Saints

Asked on the plane to describe the two late popes, Pope Francis said Blessed John was "a bit of the 'country priest,' a priest who loves each of the faithful and knows how to care for them; he did this as a bishop and as a nuncio. He was holy, patient, had a good sense of humor and, especially by calling the Second Vatican Council, was a man of courage, Pope Francis said. "He was a man who let himself be guided by the Lord."

As for Blessed John Paul, Pope Francis said "I think of him as 'the great missionary of the church," because he was "a man who proclaimed the Gospel everywhere.

Pope John Paul II

Blessed John XXIII

Cause Saint

Accountants St. Matthew

Actors St. Genesius

Addicts St. Maximillian Mary Kolbe

Advertising St. Bernardine of Siena

African Americans St. Benedict the African

St. Martin de Porres

AIDS Patients St. Peregrine Laziosi

Air Travelers St. Joseph of Cupertino

Alcoholics Venerable Matt Talbot

St. Monica

Americas Our Lady of Quadalupe

St. Rose of Lima

Anesthetists St. Rene Goupil

Animals St. Francis of Assisi

Archaeologists St. Helen

Architects St. Thomas the Apostle

Argentina Out Lady of Lujan

Art St. Catharine of Bologna

Astronauts St. Joseph of Cupertino

St. John Berchmans

Patron Saint of Altar Servers

Feast Day: August 13th

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Cause Saint

Social Justice St. Joseph


Social Workers St. Louis de Marillac

Soldiers St. George

St. Martin of Tours

South Africa Our Lady of the Assumption

South America St. Rose of Lima

Spain St. James the Greater

Speakers St. John Chrysostom

Stomach Disorders Sts. Timothy & Titus

Surgeons Sts. Cosmas & Damian

St. Luke

Sweden St. Brigid of Sweden

Switzerland St. Nicholas von Flue

St. Catherine of Alexandria

Feast Day: November 25

St. Thomas Aquinas

Feast Day: February 18

Patron Saints of Students

Cause Saint

Savings St. Anthony Claret

Scholars St. Brigid of Kildare

St. Bede the venerable

Schoolchildren St. Benedict

School St. Thomas Aquinas

Scientists St. Albert the Great

Scotland St. Margaret

St. Andrew

Sculptors St. Claude

Secretaries St. Genesius

Seminarians St. Charles Borromeo

Serbia St. Sava

Servants St. Sava

St. Zita of Lucca

Shepherds St. Marie Bernadette Soubirous

St. Paschal Baylon

Skin Diseases St. Anthony the Abbott

Slavic Peoples Ss. Cyril & Methodius

Sobriety Venerable Matt Talbot

St. John of God

Patron Saint of the Sick

Feast Day: March 8

Cause Saint

Astronauts St. Joseph of Cupertino

Athletes St. Sebastian

Attorneys St. Thomas Moore.

St. Raymond of Penyafort

Australia Our Lady, help of Christians

Authors St. Francis de Sales

Babies Feast of the Holy Innocents

Bakers St. Elizabeth of Hungary

St. Nicholas

Bankers St. Matthew

Baptism St. John the Baptist

Barbers Sts. Cosmas & Damien

St. Louis of France


St Catherine of Bologna

Feast Day: March 9th

Blessed Fra Angelo

Feast Day: February 18th

St. Luke

Feast Day: October 18th

Patron Saints of Artists

Cause Saint

Bee Keepers St. Ambrose

Beggars St. Alexis

St. Giles

Belgium St. Joseph

Blacksmiths St. Dunstan

Blind Raphael (Michael, Gabriel, Raphael)

St. Lucy

Bodily Ills Our Lady of Lourdes

Bohemia St. Wenceslaus

Bookkeepers St. Matthew

Booksellars St. John of God

Boys St. John Bosco

Brazil Feast of the Immaculate Conception

Breast Disease, against St. Agatha

Brewers St. Luke

St. Augustine of Hippo

St. Nicholas

Bricklayers St. Stephen

Brides St. Nicholas

St. George

Patron Saint of Boy Scouts

Feast Day: April 23

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Cause Saint

Prisoners St. Dismas

St. Joseph Cafasso

Prussia St. Joseph Cafasso

Public Relations St. Bernardine of Siena

Race Relations St. Martin de Porres

Radio Gabriel (Michael, Gabriel, Raphael)

Radiologists Michael, Gabriel & Raphael

Retreats St. Ignatius of Loyola

Rheumatism St. James the Greater

Robbers, danger from St. Leonard of Noblac

Rome St. Peter (Peter & Paul)

Russia St. Andrew

St. Basil the Great

St. Casimir

St. Nicholas

St. Joseph

Sailors St. Elmo

St. Brendan

St. Francis of Paola

St. Vincent Ferrer

Patron Saint of Reconciliation

Feast Day: April 5

Cause Saint

Physicians St. Luke

Sts. Cosmas & Damian

Pilots St. Joseph of Cupertino

St. Therese of Lisieux

Poets St. Columbia

St. David of Wales

Poisoning St. Benedict

Poland St. Casimir

St. Florian

St. Stanislaus

Police Officers Michael, Gabriel & Raphael

Politicians,

& Public Servants St. Thomas More

Poor St. Anthony of Padua

St. Lawrence

Popes St. Peter (Peter & Paul)

Portugal St. George

Postal Workers Gabriel (Michael, Gabriel, Raphael)

Preachers St. John Chrysostom

Sts. Ann & Joachim

Pregnant Women St. Gerard Majella

St. Margaret

St. Raymond Nonnatus

Priests St. John Vianney

Printers St. Augustine

St. John of God

Cause Saint

Broadcasters Gabriel (Michael, Gabriel & Raphael)

Builders St. Barbara

St. Vincent Ferrer

Businessmen St. Homobonus

Businesswomen St. Margaret Clitherow

Butchers St. Anthony the Abbot

St. Luke

Cab Drivers St. Fiacre

Canada Sts. Ann & Joachim

St. Joseph

Cancer Patients St. Peregrine Laziosi

Carpenters St. Joseph

Catechists St. Charles Borromeo

St. Robert Bellamine

St. Viator

Catechumens St. Charles Borromeo

St. Robert Bellamine

Catholic Schools St. Thomas Aquinas

Catholic Youth St. Aloysius

St. Maria Goretti

Charities St. Vincent de Paul

Childbirth St. Gerard Majella


Children St. Nicholas

Chile Our Lady of Mount Carmel

St. James the Greater

Cause Saint

China St. Joseph

Choirboys St. Dominic Savio

Church St. Joseph

Civil Servants St. Thomas More

Clergy St. Gabriel

Our Lady of Sorrows

Colleges St. Thomas Aquinas

Columbia St. Louis Bertrand

St. Peter Claver

Comedians St. Vitus

Communication

Workers Gabriel (Michael, Gabriel, Raphael)

Computers St. Isidore of Seville

Construction Workers St. Thomas the Apostle

Cooks St. Thomas the Apostle

St. Lawrence

Court Clerks St. Thomas More

Dairy Workers St. Brigid of Kildare

Dancers St. Vitus

Deacons St. Stephen

Deafness St. Francis de Sales

Death St. Joseph

Michael, Gabriel & Raphael

Denmark St. Angsar

St. Canute

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Cause Saint

Nuns St. Scholastica

St. Brigid of Kildare

Nurses St. John of God

St. Agatha

Obstetricians St. Raymond Nonnatus

Oceania St. Peter Channel

Orators St. John Chrysostom

Orphans,

Abandoned Children St. Jerome Emiliani

Painters St. Luke

Paraguay Our Lady of the Assumption

Paralysis St. Osmund

Parenthood St. Rita of Cascia

Parish Priests St. John Vianney

Pawnbrokers St. Nicholas

Penitents St. Mary Magdalen

Perfumers St. Mary Magdalen

Peru St. Joseph

St. Rose of Lima

Pharmacists Sts. Cosmas & Damian

Philippines St. Rose of Lima

Philosophers St. Catherine of Alexandra

St. Albert the Great

Cause Saint

Miscarriage, prevention of St. Catherine of Sweden

Missionaries St. Francis Xavier

St. Therese of Lisieux

Monks St. John the Baptist

Motorists St. Frances of Rome

Mystics St. John of the Cross

Netherlands St. Willibrord

Neurological Diseases St. Dymphna

New Zealand Our Lady, help of Christians

Nicaragua St. James the Greater

Nigeria St. Patrick

North Africa St. Cyprian

North America Isaac Jogues

John de Brebeuf & Companians

Norway St. Olaf

Notaries St. Luke

St. Mark

St. Monica

Patron Saint of Mothers

Feast Day: May 30

Cause Saint

Dentists St. Apollonia

Desperate Causes St. Jude (Simon & Jude)

Difficult Marriages St. Rita of Cascia

Disabled St. Giles

Disasters St. Genevieve

Doctors St. Luke

Dogs St. Roch

Dominican Republic St. Dominic

Drivers St. Fiacre

Drug Addiction St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe

Earaches St. Polycarp

Earthquakes St. Francis Borgia

Ecology St. Francis of Assisi

Ecuador Sacred Heart

Editors St. John Bosco

Engineers St. Patrick

St. Ferdinand III


Patron Saint of Falsely Accused

Feast Day: August 31

Cause Saint

England St. Augustine of Canterbury

St. George

St. Gregory the Great

Epilepsy St. Dymnphna

St. Vitus

St. Willibrord

Europe St. Benedict

St. Bridget

St. Catherine of Siena

Eye Disorders St. Clare

St. Lucy

Farmers St. Isidore the Farmer

Fathers St. Joseph

Firefighters St. Florian

St. John of God

St. Agnes

Feast Day: January 21

St. Maria Goretti

Feast Day: July 6

Patron Saints of Girls

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Cause Saint

Lawyers St. Thomas More

St. Raymond of Penyafort

Librarians St. Jermone

Lithuania St. Casimir

Longevity St. Peter (Peter & Paul)

Loss of Parents St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

Lovers St. Valentine

Maids,

Domestic Workers St. Zita of Lucca

Married Women St. Monica

Medical Technicians St. Albert the Great

Mentally Ill St. Dymphna

Merchants St. Francis of Assisi

St. Nicholas

Messengers Gabriel (Michael, Gabriel, Raphael)

Metal Workers St. Eligius

Mexico Our Lady of Guadalupe

Midwives St. Raymond Nonnatus

St. Joan of Arc

Patron Saint of Military Members

Feast Day: May 30

Cause Saint

Italy St. Francis of Assis

St Bernardine of Siena

St. Catherine of Siena

Japan St. Francis Xavier

St. Peter Baptist & Companions

Jewelers St. Eligius

Jordan St. John the Baptist

Journalists St. Francis de Sales

Judges St. John of Capistrano

Juvenille Delinquents St. Dominic Savio

Kidney Disease St. Benedict

Knee Problems St. Roch

Laborers St.. Isidore the Farmer

St. James the Greater

Latin America St. Rose of Lima

St. Cecilia

Patron Saint of Musicians

Feast Day: November 22

Cause Saint

Fishermen St. Andrew

St. Peter (Peter & Paul)

Florists St. Therese of Lisieuz

St. Rose of Lima

St. Dorothy

Foundry Workers St. Agatha

France Our Lady of the Assumption

St. Denis

St. Joan of Arc

Funeral Directors St. John of Arc

Gambling, compulsive St. Bernardine of Siena

Gardeners St. Adelard

St. Fiacre

Germany St. Boniface

Michael, Gabriel & Raphael

St. Peter Canisius

St. George

Grandparents Sts. Ann & Joachim

Greece St. Andrew

St. Nicholas

St. Teresa of Avila

Patron Saint of Headaches

Feast Day: April 23

Cause Saint

Greetings St. Valentne

Grocers Michael, Gabriel & Raphael

Grooms St. Louis of France

St. Nicholas

Gypsies Blessed Ceferino

Gimenex Malla

Hairdressers St. Martin de Porres

Happy Death St. Joseph

Heart Patients St. John of God

Homeless St. Benedict Joseph Labre

Horses St. Martin of Tours

Hospital Administrators St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

Hospitals St. Camillus de Lellis

‘ St. John of God

Hotel Keepers St. Amand

Housewives Sts. Ann & Joachim

St. Martha

Hungary St. Gerard

St. Stephen

St. Isidore of Seville

Patron Saint of the Internet

Feast Day: April 4

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Cause Saint

Hunters St Hubert

St. Eustachius

Immigrants St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

Impossible Causes St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

St. Rita of Cascia

India Our Lady of the Assumption

Infertility St. Rita of Cascia

St. Philomena

Insanity St. Dymphna

Invalids St. Roch

Ireland St. Brigid of Kildare

St. Patrick

St. Columbia

St. Ambrose

Patron Saint of Learning

Feast Day: December 7

St. Anthony of Padua

Patron Saint of Lost Items

Feast Day: December 7

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