Patron saints of ailments, illness and dangers
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A list of patron saints of ailments, illness and dangers:
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[edit] A
- Abd-al-Masih - sterile women (in Syria)
- Saint Abel - patron of the blind and the lame
- Abhai - poisonous reptiles
- Agapitus of Palestrina -invoked against colic[1]
- Agatha - breast cancer[2]
- Agathius - headache
- Agricola of Avignon - bubonic plague, misfortunes
- Agrippina of Mineo -invoked against evil spirits, leprosy, thunderstorms, bacterial diseases, and bacterial infections
- Albinus of Angers -against pirate attack
- Amabilis of Riom - invoked against fire, snakes, and snake bites[3]; also invoked against demonic possession, mental illness, poison, wild beasts[4]
- Andrew Avellino - sudden death
- Andrew Corsini - riot, civil disorder
- Anthony - skin disease, Saint Anthony's fire
- Anthony of Padua - Missing people and lost things
- Apollinare - epilepsy, gout
- Apollonia - toothache
- Arthelais - kidnapping, illness
- Augustine of Hippo - sore eyes
- Adrian of Nicomedia - plague, epilepsy
[edit] B
- Balbina - scrofula
- Berlinda of Meerbeke- invoked against cattle diseases[5]
- Bernardino of Siena - chest problems, lung problems, gambling addictions
- Blaise - ailments of the throat
[edit] C
- Castulus -invoked against erysipelas, lightning, horse theft, wildfires, and drowning.[6]
- Christina the Astonishing -against insanity, mental disorders
- Coloman - plague, sick horses, against hanging
- Cornelius - invoked against epilepsy, cramps, afflictions associated with the nerves and ears.[7]
- Crescentinus - headache
- Cyriacus - eye disease
[edit] D
- Deicolus - childhood illnesses
- Deodatus of Nevers - against thunderstorm, evil spirits, and plague[8]
- Domninus of Fidenza - rabies[9]
- Dymphna - sleepwalking, epilepsy, insanity, mental illness
[edit] E
- Emygdius of Ancoli - invoked against earthquakes[10]
- Engelmund of Vebsen -invoked against toothache[11]
- Epipodius - victims of betrayal and of torture[12]
- Eurosia - invoked against storms, hailstorms, lightning[13]
- Expeditus - invoked against procrastination[14]
[edit] F
- Fiacre - Venereal disease sufferers, hemorrhoids
- Florian -invoked against fire, floods and drowning[15]
- Four Holy Marshals - epidemics, diseases
- Fourteen Holy Helpers - epidemics, bubonic plague or the Black Death
[edit] G
- Gangulphus - eye and skin conditions; knee pains; invoked against adultery and marital difficulties
- Gerard of Lunel -invoked against epilepsy[16] and headaches[17]
- Gereon -headaches, migraine
- Gertrude of Nivelles -invoked against fever, rats, and mice, particularly field-mice.
- Godelina -throat trouble[18]
- Gotthard of Hildesheim -invoked against fever, dropsy, childhood sicknesses, hailstones, the pain of childbirth, and gout.[19]
- Gratus of Aosta -against lightning; fear of insects[20]
- Guy of Anderlecht - invoked against epilepsy, against rabies, against infantile convulsions[21]
[edit] H
- Hemma of Gurk -invoked during childbirth and against diseases of the eye
- Hermes - mental illnesses
- Harvey -eye problems, eye disease
- Hippolytus of Rome - sick horses
- Hyacinth - those in danger of drowning
[edit] J
- James the Great - rheumatism
- John of Bridlington - women in difficult labor
- Jude Thaddaeus - lost causes, desperate situations
- Julia of Corsica - pathologies of the hands and the feet
- Juliana of Nicomedia - childbirth, sickness
[edit] K
- Kentigern -against bullies
[edit] L
- Leodegar - blindness, eye disease, eye problems, sore eyes
- Liborius of Le Mans - against gallstones, colic[22]
- Lucy of Syracuse - haemorrhage, eye complaints
[edit] M
- Macrina - poverty
- Mammes -protector of sufferers from broken bones and hernias
- Marciana of Mauretania -invoked to cure wounds[23]
- Marculf - scrofula, diseases of the skin
- Maturinus - invoked against mental illness and infertility[24]
- Saint Maurus - rheumatism, gout, epilepsy
- Saint Medard - toothache
[edit] N
[edit] O
- Saint Olaf - difficult marriage
- Saint Ovidius - auditory conditions and diseases[25]
[edit] P
- Patroclus of Troyes- demons, fever[26]
- Peregrine of Auxerre- against snake bites[27]
- Saint Peregrine Laziosi - cancer, AIDS
- Saint Paulina - Diabetics
- Pancras - cramp, headache, bearing false witness, perjury
- Pharaildis - childhood diseases; difficult marriages; victims of abuse[28]
- Saint Pio of Pietrelcina - Stress relief and New year blues
- Polycarp - earache, dysentery[29]
- Potamiana - protectoress of rape victims[30]
[edit] Q
- Saint Quentin - coughs, sneezes, and dropsy.[31]
- Quirinus of Neuss -invoked against the bubonic plague, smallpox, and gout[32]
- Quiteria - against rabies[33]
[edit] R
- Rasso - invoked against stomach pains, especially in children[34]
- Regina -against poverty, impoverishment, shepherdesses, torture victims[35]
- Reinildis -to cure open wounds, against eye diseases[36][37]
- Roch - Invoked against cholera, epidemics, knee problems, plague, skin diseases[38]
- Rita of Cascia - lost causes or impossible cases, marital problems, abuse[39]
[edit] S
- Sebaldus -against cold and cold weather[40]
- Scholastica - convulsive children; invoked against storms and rain[41]
- Servatius - invoked against foot troubles, lameness, rheumatism, rats, and mice[42]
- Silvia - invoked by pregnant women for safe delivery of children[43]
- Simon of Trent - torture and kidnap victims (no longer venerated)[44]
- Suitbert of Kaiserwerdt - angina
- Symphorian - syphilis, eye troubles[45]
[edit] T
- Teresa of Avila - headaches
- Trophimus of Arles- against drought[46]
[edit] U
- Ubald - migraine, neuralgia, sick children, autism, obsessive compulsive disorder
- Urban of Langres -invoked against blight, frost, storms, alcoholism, and faintness[47]
- Ursicinus of Saint-Ursanne - invoked against stiff neck[48]
- Ursus of Aosta -faintness, kidney disease, and rheumatism[49]
[edit] V
- Victor of Marseilles - invoked against lightning[50]
- Vitalis of Assisi - diseases and sicknesses affecting the genitals[51]
- Vitus - chorea/Saint Vitus' Dance, epilepsy, seizures
[edit] W
- Walter of Pontoise -invoked against stress[52]
- Wilgefortis -people seeking relief from tribulations, in particular by women who wished to be liberated from abusive husbands.[53]
- William Firmatus - against headache
- Willibrord - convulsions, epilepsy, epileptics
- Winnoc - fever, whooping cough[54]
- Wulfram of Sens is called upon for protection against the dangers of the sea.
[edit] See also
- Patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- Patron saints of occupations and activities
- Patron saints of places
[edit] Notes
- ^ Patron Saints Index: Saint Agapitus
- ^ Saints.SQPN.com: Saint Agatha
- ^ St. Amabilis - Catholic Online
- ^ Patron Saints Index: Saint Amabilis
- ^ Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of February 3
- ^ Castulus (Kastulus) - Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon
- ^ Cornelius - Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon
- ^ Saints of June 19
- ^ San Donnino di Fidenza
- ^ http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/sainte16.htm.
- ^ Saints of June 21
- ^ Patron Saints Index: Saint Epipodius
- ^ antropologia/santa orosia
- ^ Patron Saints Index: Saint Expeditus
- ^ S. D. Paramedics: The Patron Saint of the Fire Service: Saint Florian
- ^ Patron Saints for Chronic and Incurable Illness
- ^ Patron Saints Index: Blessed Gerard of Lunel
- ^ Godeleva (Godelina) von Gistel - Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon
- ^ San Gottardo di Hildesheim
- ^ Patron Saints Index: Saint Gratus of Aosta
- ^ Patron Saints Index: Saint Guy of Anderlecht
- ^ Saints of July 23
- ^ http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0109.htm
- ^ Saint Mathurin
- ^ Sant' Audito (Ovidio) di Braga
- ^ http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0121.htm#patr
- ^ La cathédrale Saint-Etienne d’Auxerre - 2. Saint Pèlerin
- ^ Jones, Terry. Pharaildis. Patron Saints Index. Retrieved on 2007-02-17.
- ^ Patron Saints Index: Saint Polycarp of Smyrna
- ^ Patron Saints Index: Saint Potamiaena
- ^ http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/1031.htm#quen
- ^ San Quirino
- ^ ACI Prensa - Santos
- ^ Rasso (Ratho) von Andechs - Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon
- ^ Archdiocese of Regina - Ask a Sister
- ^ Stocks, Relics and... 'Tarte al Djote'. Office de Promotion du Tourisme de Wallonie et de Bruxelles (June 2006). Retrieved on 2007-02-21.
- ^ Sainte Renelde et comp.. Nominis. Retrieved on 2007-02-21.
- ^ Patron Saints Index: Saint Roch
- ^ Patron Saints Index: Saint Rita of Cascia
- ^ Patron Saints Index: Saint Sebaldus
- ^ Patron Saints Index: Saint Scholastica
- ^ Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of May 13
- ^ Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Silvia
- ^ Patron Saints Index: Saint Simon of Trent
- ^ http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0822.htm
- ^ Patron Saints Index: Saint Trophimus of Arles
- ^ Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of April 2
- ^ Prayers to St. Ursicinus of Saint Ursanne
- ^ Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of February 1
- ^ Saints of July 21
- ^ San Vitale di Assisi
- ^ Annette Sandoval, The Directory of Saints: A Concise Guide to Patron Saints (Signet, 1997), 226.
- ^ Ilse E. Friesen (2001). The Female Crucifix: Images of St. Wilgefortis Since the Middle Ages, p47-8. ISBN 0-88920-365-2
- ^ Patron Saints Index: Saint Winnoc
