This List of Patron Saints and their Patronage is a guidebook that shows which saints help with different parts of life, such as Saint Christopher for travellers or Saint Francis of Assisi for animals.
Accountants/Bankers – St. Matthew
Addicts – St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe
AIDS patients – St. Peregrine Laziosi
Air travelers – St. Joseph of Cupertino
Alcoholics – St. Monica
Altar servers – St. John Berchmans
Animals – St. Francis of Assisi
Architects – St. Thomas the Apostle
Art/Artists – St. Catherine of Bologna
Authors – St. Francis de Sales
Bakers – St. Elizabeth of Hungary / St. Nicholas
Baptism – St. John the Baptist
Barbers – St. Louis of France, Sts. Cosmas and Damian, St. Martin de Porres
Beggars – St. Alexis, St. Giles
Blind – St. Lucy, St Claire
Bodily ills – Our Lady of Lourdes
Against Breast disease – St. Agatha
Businessmen – St. Homobonus
Businesswomen – St. Margaret Clitherow
Cab drivers (drivers) – St. Fiacre
Cancer patients – St. Peregrine Laziosi
Carpenters – St. Joseph
Catechists – St. Robert Bellarmine, St. Charles Borromeo, St. Viator
Catholic schools – St. Thomas Aquinas
Catholic youth – St. Aloysius
Gonzaga Charities – St. Vincent de Paul
Childbirth – St. Gerard Majella
Church – Solemnity of St. Joseph
Civil servants – St. Thomas More
Cooks – St. Lawrence, St. Thomas the Apostle
Comedians/Dancers – St. Vitus
Deafness – St. Francis de Sales
Death – Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, St. Joseph
Dentists – St. Apollonia
Desperate causes – St. Jude (Simon and Jude)
Difficult marriages – St. Rita of Cascia
Disabled – St. Giles
Doctors – St. Luke
Dogs – St. Roch
Ear aches – St. Polycarp
Engineers – St. Patrick
Epilepsy – St. Dymphna
Falsely accused – St. Raymond
Nonnatus Farmers – St. Isidore the Farmer
Fathers – St. Joseph
Fishermen – St. Andrew
Florists – St. Rose of Lima, St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Funeral directors – Our Lady of the Assumption
Gambling, compulsive behavior – St. Bernardine of Siena
Gardeners – St. Fiacre, St. Adelard
Girls – St. Agnes, St. Maria Goretti
Grandparents – Sts. Ann and Joachim
Grave diggers – St. Anthony the Abbot
Greetings/Lovers – St. Valentine
Grocers – Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael
Grooms – St. Louis of France, St. Nicholas
Hairdressers – St. Martin de Porres
Happy death – Solemnity of St. Joseph
Headaches – St. Teresa of Avila
Heart patients – St. John of God
Homeless – St. Benedict Joseph Labre
Hospital administrators – St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Hospitals – St. John of God, St. Camillus de Lellis
Hotel keepers – St. Amand
Housewives – St. Martha, Sts. Joachim and Ann
Immigrants – St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Impossible causes – St. Rita of Cascia
Infertility – St. Rita of Cascia, St. Philomena
Insanity – St. Dymphna
Internet – St. Isidore of Seville
Journalists -St. Francis de Sales
Judges – St. John of Capistrano
Kidney disease – St. Benedict
Knee problems – St. Roch
Laborers – St. James
Lawyers – St. Raymond of Peñafort, St. Thomas More
Learning – St. Ambrose
Librarians – St. Jerome
Loss of parents – St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Lost items – St. Anthony of Padua
Maids, domestic workers – St. Zita of Lucca
Married women – St. Monica
Mentally ill – St. Dymphna
Merchants – St. Nicholas
Messengers – Gabriel (Michael, Gabriel and Raphael)
Metal workers – St. Eligius
Midwives – St. Raymond Nonnatus
Military members – St. Joan of Arc
Miscarriage, prevention of miscarriage – St. Catherine of Sweden
Missionaries – St. Francis Xavier
Monks – St. John the Baptist
Mothers – St. Monica
Motorists – St. Frances of Rome
Musicians – St. Cecilia
Nuns – St. Scholastica, St. Brigid of Kildare
Nurses – St. Agatha, St. John of God, St. Camillus de Lellis
Orators – St. John Chrysostom
Orphans, abandoned children – St. Jerome Emiliani
Painters – St. Luke
Paralysis – St. Osmund
Parenthood – St. Rita of Cascia
Parish priests – St. John Vianney
Perfumers – St. Mary Magdalene
Pharmacists – Sts. Cosmas and Damian
Philosophers – St. Albert the Great, St. Catherine of Alexandria
Physicians – Sts. Cosmas and Damian, St. Luke
Pilots – St. Joseph of Cupertino, St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Poets – St. David of Wales, St. Columba
Poisoning – St. Benedict
Police officers – Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael
Healing – St Raphael
Politicians, public servants – St. Thomas More
Poor – St. Lawrence, St. Anthony of Padua
Popes – St. Peter (Peter and Paul)
Postal workers – Gabriel (Michael, Gabriel and Raphael)
Preachers – St. John Chrysostom
Pregnant women – St. Gerard Majella, Sts. Ann and Joachim
Printers – St. Augustine of Hippo, St. John of God
Prisoners – St. Joseph Cafasso and St. Dismas
Public relations – St. Bernardine of Siena
Race relations – St. Martin de Porres
Radio – Gabriel (Michael, Gabriel and Raphael)
Reconciliation – St. Vincent Ferrer
Retreats – St. Ignatius of Loyola
From Robbers, danger – St. Leonard of Noblac
Sailors – St. Francis of Paola
Savings – St. Anthony Claret
Scholars – St. Bede the Venerable
Schoolchildren – St. Benedict
Scientists – St. Albert the Great
Sculptors – St. Claude
Secretaries – St. Genesius
Seminarians – St. Charles Borromeo
Servants – St. Zita of Lucca
Shepherds – St. Paschal Baylon, St. Marie Bernadette Soubirous
Sick – St. John of God
Skin diseases – St. John of God, St. Anthony the Abbot
Slavic peoples – Sts. Cyril and Methodius, St Peter Claver
Social justice – St. Martin de Porres, St. Joseph
Social workers – St. Louise de Marillac
Soldiers – St. Martin of Tours, St. George
Speakers – St. John Chrysostom
Stomach disorders – Sts. Timothy and Titus
Students – St. Thomas Aquinas & St. Catherine of Alexandria
Surgeons – Sts. Cosmas and Damian, St. Luke
Tailors – St. Homobonus
Teachers – St. Gregory the Great, St. John Baptist de la Salle
Teenagers – St. Aloysius Gonzaga, St. Maria Goretti
Television – St. Clare
Theatrical performers – St. Genesius
Theologians – St. Alphonsus Liguori, St. Augustine of Hippo
Toothache – St. Apollonia
Travelers – St. Nicholas
Universal Church – St. Joseph
Veterinarians – St. Eligius
Vocations – St. Alphonsus Liguori
Waiters, waitresses – St. Martha
Weavers – St. Anthony Claret
Widows – St. Frances of Rome, St. Paula
Workers – St. Joseph
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