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Patron saint

In several forms of Christianity, a patron saint has special affinity for a trade or group. St. Florian is the patron saint of firefighters, and St. Christopher is the patron saint of travellers, for example. Eastern Orthodoxy generally doesn't associate saints with occupations and activities, or does so to a much lesser degree.

Patron saints can also be associated with geographical areas: St. Joseph is the patron saint of Belgium, and St. Patrick is patron saint of Ireland, for example.

Association with a particular area or profession can be found with tutelary deities from other religions as well.

Saints associated with occupations and activities

  • Agatha - nurses, bellmaking
  • Albertus Magnus - natural scientists
  • Alexius - nurses
  • Amand- bartenders, Boy Scouts, brewers, innkeepers, merchants, vine growers, vintners
  • Ambrose of Milan - bee keepers, wax melters and refiners
  • Andrew the Apostle - fish dealers, fishermen
  • Anne - equestrianss, stablemen
  • Anthony the Great - swineherds, motorists
  • Anthony of Padua - fishermen, swineherds
  • Apollonia - dentists
  • Augustine of Hippo - brewerss, printerss, and theologianss
  • Barbara - architects and builders, artillerymen and arsenals, prisoners
  • Bartholomew the Apostle - tannerss, leatherworkers and curriers
  • Basil the Great - hospital administrators
  • Benedict of Nursia - farms, farmers, farmhands, ranches, husbandry
  • Benno - fishermen
  • Bernadette of Lourdes - shepherds, shepherdesses
  • Bernard of Clairvaux - bee keepers, wax melters and refiners
  • Bernard of Venice - farms, farmers, farmhands, ranches, husbandry
  • Blaise - veterinarians, wool combers and weavers
  • Botulph - farms, farmers, farmhands, ranches, husbandry
  • Brigid of Ireland - dairy farms and workers, healers
  • Camillus of Lellis - hospitals and hospital workers, nurses
  • Catherine of Alexandria - tannerss, nurses
  • Catherine of Siena - nursing services, nurses
  • Cecilia - musicians
  • Clare of Assisi - television
  • Cosmas - doctors, pharmacists, surgeons
  • Germaine Cousin - shepherdesses
  • Christopher - travellers
  • Crispian - tannerss, leatherworkers and curriers
  • Crispin - tannerss, leatherworkers and curriers
  • Cuthbert - shepherds
  • Cuthman - shepherds
  • Damian - doctors, pharmacists, surgeons
  • Dominic of Silos - shepherds
  • Drogo - shepherds
  • Dymphna - mental health professionals, therapists
  • Eligius - veterinarians, farriers, farms, farmers, farmhands, ranches, husbandry, harness makers
  • Elisabeth of Hungary - hospitals, nursing services
  • Erasmus of Formiae (Saint Elmo) - sailors
  • Erhard of Regensburg - hospitals
  • Eustachius - hunters
  • Fiacre - Taxi-drivers, venereal disease sufferers, horticulturists, hemorrhoid sufferers
  • Foillan - dentists, surgeons
  • Francis of Assisi - animal welfare and rights organizations and workers; environment
  • Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows - students, seminarians, clerics, youth
  • Gemma Galgani - pharmacists
  • George - soldiers, farms, farmers, farmhands, ranches, husbandry, equestrianss, scouts
  • Rocco Gonzalez - Native American traditions
  • Rene Goupil - anethesiologists
  • Hubert of Liege - hunters, furriers
  • Isidore the Farmer - farms, farmers, farmhands, ranches, husbandry
  • Isidore of Sevilla - computer scientists, programmers, programming
  • James the Greater - veterinarians, equestrianss, furriers, tannerss, pharmacists
  • James the Lesser - pharmacists
  • Januarius - blood banks
  • Jeanne de Chantal - forgotten people, loss of parents, parents separated from children, widows, girls
  • Jerome - librarians, translators
  • Joan of Arc - Girl Guides
  • John the Almoner - Knights Hospitaller
  • John the Apostle - tannerss
  • John the Baptist - farriers, bird dealers, Knights Hospitaller, Wrocław
  • John of God - hospitals and hospital workers, nurses
  • John Bosco - apprentices, editors, printerss/publishers
  • Joseph the Betrothed - fighting Communism
  • Joseph of Cupertino - air travelers and aviators
  • Juan de Castillo - Native American traditions
  • Jude (also known as Jude Thaddeus) - hopeless cases, and hospitals and hospital workers
  • Julian the Hospitaller - shepherds
  • Saint Lawrence - librarians, tannerss
  • Luke the Apostle - doctors, surgeons, artists
  • Margaret of Antioch - nurses, pregnancy
  • Martha - dieticians
  • Mary Magdalen - tannerss
  • Magnus - fish dealers
  • Albertus Magnus - chemists, medical technicians
  • Martin of Tours - equestrianss
  • Michael the Archangel - radiologists, soldiers, paramedics, police officers
  • Nicholas of Myra - fishermen, pharmacists
  • Notburga - farms, farmers, farmhands, ranches, husbandry
  • Our Lady of Salambao - fishermen
  • Pantaleon - doctors
  • Saint Patrick - engineers
  • Paul the Apostle - hospital public relations
  • Peter the Apostle - popes, fishermen, fishmongers, sailors, bakers, harvesters, butchers, glass makers, carpenters, shoemakers, clockmakers, blacksmiths, potters, masons, bridge builders, cloth makers, penitents, virgins; helps against: snake bites, rabies, demonic possession, ill legs, thefts
  • Phocas the Gardener - farms, farmers, farmhands, ranches, husbandry
  • St. Raphael - shepherds, shepherdesses
  • Raphael the Archangel - doctors, pharmacists, nurses
  • Raymond of Penyafort - medical record librarians
  • St. Regina - shepherdesses
  • John Regis - medical social workers
  • Roch - surgeons
  • Alonso Rodriguez - Native American traditions
  • Severus of Avranches - silk workers, wool weavers and manufacturers
  • Simon - tannerss
  • Solange - shepherdesses
  • Tomas de Aquino - students
  • Thomas More - Politicians, Statesmen
  • Turibius of Mogroveio - Native American rights
  • Valentine - bee keepers
  • Vincent de Paul - hospitals and hospital workers
  • Walston - farms, farmers, farmhands, ranches, husbandry
  • Wolbodo - students
  • Francis Xavier Cabrini - hospital administrators
  • Zeno of Verona - fishermen

    Occupations and activities under the patronage of Mary


    The Blessed Virgin Mary may be taken as a patron of any good activity; indeed, she is cited as the patron of all humanity. However, certain occupations and activities are more closely associated with her protection.

    A large number of countries, places and groups claim the Blessed Virgin Mary as a patron, though usually under a specific title or apparition.

    Dioceses claiming Mary as patron
  • Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles for the Maronites
  • Albany, New York
  • Austin, Texas
  • Baltimore, Maryland
  • Bismarck, North Dakota
  • Burlington, Vermont
  • Camden, New Jersey
  • Cologne, Germany (Immaculate Conception)
  • Colorado Springs, Colorado
  • Crookston, Minnesota
  • Denver, Colorado
  • Des Moines, Iowa
  • Dodge City, Kansas
  • Duluth, Minnesota
  • Evansville, Indiana
  • Fargo, North Dakota
  • Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana
  • Gallup, New Mexico
  • Gaylord, Michigan
  • Grand Island, Nebraska
  • Guadalajara, Mexico
  • Halifax, Nova Scotia
  • Honolulu, Hawaii
  • Lafayette, Indiana
  • Lake Charles, Louisiana
  • Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Miami, Florida
  • Monterey, California
  • Nashville, Tennessee
  • New Orleans, Louisiana
  • New Ulm, Minnesota
  • Ogdensburg, New York
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Phoenix, Arizona
  • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • Portland, Maine
  • Portland, Oregon
  • Providence, Rhode Island
  • Pueblo, Colorado
  • Reno, Nevada
  • Rockford, Illinois
  • Sacramento, California
  • Salina, Kansas
  • Savannah, Georgia
  • Seattle, Washington
  • Shreveport, Louisiana
  • Sioux City, Iowa
  • Spokane, Washington
  • Steubenville, Ohio
  • Syracuse, New York
  • Tyler, Texas
  • Venice, Florida
  • Wichita, Kansas

    Non-saint patrons

  • Transfiguration of Our Lord - pork butchers and processors
  • Sacred Heart of Jesus - Ecuador

    Saints associated with protection from ailments or illness

  • Agatha - breast cancer
  • Apollonia - toothache
  • Augustine of Hippo - sore eyes
  • Blaise - ailments of the throat
  • Fourteen Holy Helpers
  • James the Greater - rheumatism
  • Lucy of Syracuse - haemorrhage, eye complaints
  • Marculf - scrofula, diseases of the skin
  • Dymphna - sleepwalking, epilepsy, insanity, mental_illness
  • Fiacre - Venereal disease sufferers, hemorrhoids
  • Teresa of Avila - headaches
  • Vitus - chorea
  • Simon of Trent - torture and kidnap victims (no longer venerated)

    See also

  • Slava
  • List of saints
  • Calendar of saints
  • Intercession of saints

    External links

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