Patron Saints Directory

7,110 patronages across 1,705 saints, spanning 21 centuries of Christian tradition.

Category distribution

Century spread

Peak century

4th

(199)

Most patronages

Saint George

(253)

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1,465 of 1,705 patron saints have a known century

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240 featured patronages of 7110

Patronage

Saint(s)

Count

Other95
Americas
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Saint Isaac Jogues+3

5

apothecaries
Saint Cosmas, Saint Damian+5

7

archers
Saint Christopher, Saint George+3

5

Austria
Saint Andrew The Apostle, Saint Colman of Stockerau+3

5

bachelors
Saint Benedict Joseph Labre, Saint Benezet The Bridge Builder+7

9

Bachelors
Saint Caesarius of Nazianzus, Saint Epipodius of Lyon+6

8

barristers
Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Saint Genesius of Rome+4

6

beggars
Saint Alexius of Rome, Saint Benedict Joseph Labre+3

5

boatmen
Saint Andrew The Apostle, Saint Barbara+11

13

Boatmen
Pope Saint Clement I, Saint Brendan The Navigator+3

5

Bohemia
Saint Adalbert of Prague, Saint Cyril+7

9

bookbinders
Saint Bartholomew The Apostle, Saint Christopher+5

7

builders
Saint Barbara, Saint Blaise+3

5

Canada
Saint Anne, Saint George+3

5

cattle
Four Crowned Martyrs, Pope Saint Cornelius+9

11

Cattle
Saint Cunera, Saint Engelmaro+3

5

cobblers
Saint Bartholomew The Apostle, Saint Blaise+4

6

Cologne, Germany
Saint Balthasar, Saint Caspar+3

5

coopers
Saint Abdon, Saint Florian of Lorch+5

7

disabled people
Saint Gerald of Aurillac, Saint Germaine Cousin+6

8

domestic animals
Pope Saint Cornelius, Saint Ambrose of Milan+4

6

druggists
Saint Cosmas, Saint Damian+5

7

educators
Pope Saint Gregory The Great, Saint Catherine of Alexandria+4

6

epileptics
Pope Saint Cornelius, Saint Adrian of Nicomedia+16

18

exiles
Saint Adelaide of Burgundy, Saint Clotilde+7

9

eyes
Saint Aldegundis, Saint Clare of Assisi+4

6

firefighters
Saint Barbara, Saint Catherine of Siena+4

6

fishermen
Saint Andrew The Apostle, Saint Anthony of Padua+6

8

florists
Saint Dorothy of Caesarea, Saint Fiacre+3

5

for rain
Saint Agricola of Avignon, Saint Eulalia of Barcelona+7

9

For rain
Elijah The Prophet, Saint Columba of Sens+3

5

forgotten causes
Saint Gregory Thaumaturgus, Saint Jude Thaddeus+3

5

France
Our Lady of Lourdes, Saint Anne+4

6

Germany
Saint Adrian of Nicomedia, Saint Andrew The Apostle+5

7

Ghent, Belgium
Saint Amalburga of Mauberge, Saint Bavo of Ghent+3

5

glaziers
Saint John The Apostle, Saint Lawrence of Rome+3

5

hairdressers
Saint Cosmas, Saint Damian+3

5

handicapped people
Saint Gerald of Aurillac, Saint Germaine Cousin+6

8

harvests
Saint Anthony of Padua, Saint Engelmaro+3

5

hatters
Saint Barbara, Saint Blaise+3

5

hoboes
Saint Benedict Joseph Labre, Saint Edwin of Northumbria+3

5

homeless people
Saint Benedict Joseph Labre, Saint Edwin of Northumbria+3

5

horses
Saint Anthony of Padua, Saint Colman of Stockerau+8

10

hospitals
Saint Armagillus of Brittany, Saint Camillus of Lellis+6

8

husbandmen
Saint George, Saint Isidore The Farmer+3

5

imprisoned people
Saint Giuseppe Cafasso, Saint Joan of Arc+4

6

innkeepers
Saint Amand of Maastricht, Saint Gertrude of Nivelles+7

9

Ireland
Saint Brigid of Ireland, Saint Columba of Iona+3

5

Italy
Our Lady of Loreto, Our Lady of The Snow+3

5

kings
Saint Casimir of Poland, Saint Dagobert II+7

9

knights
Saint Gengulphus of Burgundy, Saint George+4

6

laborers
Saint Eligius of Noyon, Saint Guy of Anderlecht+5

7

lepers
Saint George, Saint Giles+4

6

livestock
Saint Ambrose of Milan, Saint Anthony The Abbot+11

13

loss of parents
Saint Dymphna, Saint Germaine Cousin+7

9

mariners
Pope Saint Clement I, Saint Andrew The Apostle+16

18

millers
Saint Arnulf of Soissons, Saint Blaise+7

9

motorists
Saint Balthasar, Saint Blaise+3

5

Naples, Italy
Saint Agnellus of Naples, Saint Andrew Avellino+4

6

notaries
Saint Genesius of Arles, Saint Ivo of Kermartin+5

7

parenthood
Saint Adelaide of Burgundy, Saint Clotilde+3

5

paupers
Saint Anthony of Padua, Saint Ferdinand III of Castille+4

6

peasants
Saint Eligius of Noyon, Saint Engelmaro+3

5

people in exile
Saint Adelaide of Burgundy, Saint Clotilde+3

5

people ridiculed for their piety
Saint Agostina Petrantoni, Saint Alodia of Huesca+20

22

physically challenged people
Saint Gerald of Aurillac, Saint Germaine Cousin+6

8

physicians
Saint Cosmas, Saint Damian+3

5

pilgrims
Pope Saint Pius X, Saint Alexius of Rome+11

13

poets
Saint Brigid of Ireland, Saint Cecilia+3

5

Poland
Our Lady of Czestochowa, Saint Adalbert of Prague+9

11

poor people
Saint Anne, Saint Anthony of Padua+18

20

Portugal
Saint Anthony of Padua, Saint Francis Borgia+3

5

possessed people
Saint Denis of Paris, Saint Dymphna+4

6

printers
Saint Augustine of Hippo, Saint Genesius of Rome+4

6

rape victims
Saint Agatha of Sicily, Saint Agnes of Rome+5

7

relief from pestilence
Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Saint Anthony The Abbot+4

6

Russia
Saint Andrew The Apostle, Saint Basil The Great+7

9

saddlers
Saint Crispian, Saint Crispin+4

6

Scotland
Saint Andrew The Apostle, Saint Columba of Iona+3

5

sculptors
Four Crowned Martyrs, Saint Bernward of Hildesheim+4

6

separated spouses
Saint Edward The Confessor, Saint Gengulphus of Burgundy+3

5

singers
Pope Saint Gregory The Great, Saint Andrew The Apostle+3

5

stonecutters
Four Crowned Martyrs, Pope Saint Clement I+5

7

tanners
Saint Bartholomew The Apostle, Saint Blaise+8

10

tertiaries
Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Saint Elizabeth of Portugal+4

6

torture victims
Saint Agatha of Sicily, Saint Alban of Britain+21

23

tramps
Saint Benedict Joseph Labre, Saint Edwin of Northumbria+3

5

travellers
Saint Alexius of Rome, Saint Anthony of Padua+17

19

Umbria
Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint John The Apostle+3

5

Venice
Annunciation of The Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Anne+10

12

Venice, Italy
Pope Saint Pius X, Saint George+8

10

victims of adultery
Saint Catherine of Genoa, Saint Elizabeth of Portugal+4

6

victims of unfaithfulness
Saint Catherine of Genoa, Saint Elizabeth of Portugal+4

6

vintners
Saint Amand of Maastricht, Saint Ginés De La Jara+7

9

watermen
Saint Brendan The Navigator, Saint Brigid of Ireland+11

13

Causes & Protection40
Against alcoholism
Saint John of God, Saint Martin of Tours+2

4

Against arthritis
Saint Albert of Cashel, Saint Alphonsus Maria De Liguori+2

4

against bodily ills
Saint Camillus of Lellis, Saint Germaine Cousin+4

6

Against bodily ills
Saint Alphonsa of India, Saint Arthelais of Benevento+14

16

against colic
Saint Charles Borromeo, Saint Emerentiana+2

4

Against convulsions
Saint Andrew The Apostle, Saint John The Baptist+2

4

Against drought
Saint Angadrisma of Beauvais, Saint Calamanda of Calaf+10

12

Against earthquakes
Saint Amatus of Nusco, Saint Emidius of Ascoli Piceno+4

6

against fire
Saint Agatha of Sicily, Saint Amabilis of Auvergne+11

13

Against fire
Saint Caesarius of Arles, Saint Defendente The Theban+4

6

against floods
Saint Christopher, Saint Gregory Thaumaturgus+2

4

against gout
Saint Andrew The Apostle, Saint Apollinaris of Ravenna+7

9

Against gout
Pope Saint Gregory The Great, Saint Colman of Stockerau+2

4

against hail
Saint Gratus of Aosta, Saint John The Baptist+2

4

against hailstorms
Saint Christopher, Saint Godehard of Hildesheim+3

5

against hydrophobia
Saint Denis of Paris, Saint Guy of Anderlecht+2

4

against impoverishment
Saint Agostina Petrantoni, Saint Germaine Cousin+2

4

Against in-law problems
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Saint Elizabeth of Hungary+2

4

against kidney stones
Saint Aelred of Rievaulx, Saint Alban of Mainz+3

5

against lightning
Saint Barbara, Saint Barbara+9

11

against mad dogs
Saint Dominic of Silos, Saint Guy of Anderlecht+5

7

against poverty
Saint Agostina Petrantoni, Saint Bernadette of Lourdes+6

8

Against poverty
Saint Anne, Saint Armogastes of Africa+5

7

against rabies
Saint Bellinus of Padua, Saint Bieuzy of Brittany+8

10

against rheumatism
Saint Amand of Maastricht, Saint Armagillus of Brittany+5

7

Against sexual temptation
Saint Angela of Foligno, Saint Mary Magdalen+3

5

against snake bites
Saint Blaise, Saint Hilary of Poitiers+4

6

against snakes
Saint Dominic of Sora, Saint Hilary of Poitiers+5

7

against storms
Saint Agrippina of Rome, Saint Barbara+16

18

Against storms
Saint Bertulph of Renty, Saint Cyril+4

6

against temptations
Saint Angela of Foligno, Saint Benedict of Nursia+3

5

against thunder
Saint Balthasar, Saint Caspar+3

5

against ulcers
Job, Saint Aldegundis+4

6

against vermin
Saint Abdon, Saint Augustine of Hippo+3

5

captives
Saint Dominic of Silos, Saint Jacinta Marto+4

6

falsely accused people
Saint Dominic De Guzman, Saint Dominic Savio+11

13

fire prevention
Saint Agatha of Sicily, Saint Barbara+3

5

impossible causes
Saint Gregory Thaumaturgus, Saint Jude Thaddeus+3

5

lost causes
Saint Gregory Thaumaturgus, Saint Jude Thaddeus+3

5

prisoners
Saint Adelaide of Burgundy, Saint Barbara+20

22

Professions & Trades40
agricultural workers
Saint Benedict of Nursia, Saint Eligius of Noyon+3

5

bakers
Saint Blaise, Saint Donatus of Münstereifel+6

8

barbers
Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Saint Cosmas+4

6

barrel makers
Saint Abdon, Saint Leonard of Noblac+4

6

blacksmiths
Saint Brigid of Ireland, Saint Dunstan of Canterbury+6

8

brewers
Saint Amand of Maastricht, Saint Augustine of Hippo+6

8

butchers
Saint Adrian of Nicomedia, Saint Andrew The Apostle+8

10

candle makers
Saint Ambrose of Milan, Saint Eligius of Noyon+3

5

carpenters
Saint Anne, Saint Barbara+7

9

construction workers
Saint Barbara, Saint Blaise+3

5

farm workers
Saint Andrew The Apostle, Saint Benedict of Nursia+7

9

farmers
Saint Amalburga of Mauberge, Saint Anthony The Abbot+13

15

gardeners
Saint Abdon, Saint Adelard of Corbie+13

15

gold workers
Nativity of The Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Clare of Assisi+3

5

goldsmiths
Nativity of The Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Anastasius The Persian+5

7

lace makers
Saint Anne, Saint Crispian+5

7

lace workers
Saint Anne, Saint Crispian+7

9

laundry workers
Saint Clare of Assisi, Saint Hunna of Alsace+3

5

lawyers
Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Saint Genesius of Rome+8

10

masons
Four Crowned Martyrs, Pope Saint Gregory The Great+6

8

merchants
Saint Amand of Maastricht, Saint Expeditus of Melitene+4

6

midwives
Saint Brigid of Ireland, Saint Cosmas+7

9

miners
Saint Andrew The Apostle, Saint Anne+7

9

musicians
Pope Saint Gregory The Great, Saint Arnold of Arnoldsweiler+5

7

nurses
Saint Agatha of Sicily, Saint Alexius of Rome+7

9

pharmacists
Saint Amand of Maastricht, Saint Cosmas+6

8

potters
Nativity of The Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Catherine of Alexandria+3

5

saddle makers
Saint Crispian, Saint Crispin+4

6

sailors
Pope Saint Clement I, Saint Adjutor of Vernon+22

24

scholars
Saint Brigid of Ireland, Saint Catherine of Alexandria+3

5

servants
Saint Adelelmus, Saint Colette+4

6

shepherds
Saint Bernadette of Lourdes, Saint Castulus of Rome+8

10

shoemakers
Saint Bartholomew The Apostle, Saint Crispian+5

7

soldiers
Saint Acacius of Byzantium, Saint Adrian of Nicomedia+11

13

stone masons
Four Crowned Martyrs, Pope Saint Gregory The Great+10

12

tailors
Adam The Patriarch, Saint Blaise+7

9

teachers
Pope Saint Gregory The Great, Saint Cassian of Imola+5

7

travelling merchants
Saint Balthasar, Saint Caspar+3

5

weavers
Saint Anastasia of Sirmium, Saint Anastasius The Fuller+13

15

wine makers
Saint Donatus of Münstereifel, Saint Lawrence of Rome+3

5

Illnesses & Healing32
Against blindness
Saint Catald of Taranto, Saint Cosmas+6

8

Against cancer
Saint Ezekiel Moreno Y Diaz, Saint Joavan of Brittany+2

4

Against deafness
Saint Francis De Sales, Saint Meriadoc of Vannes+2

4

against epilepsy
Pope Saint Cornelius, Saint Anthony The Abbot+13

15

Against epilepsy
Saint Adrian of Nicomedia, Saint Alban of Mainz+8

10

Against eye disease
Saint Clare of Assisi, Saint Felix of Nola+3

5

Against eye diseases
Saint Abdon, Saint Adelaide of Guelders+4

6

against eye problems
Saint Erhard of Regensburg, Saint Hemma of Gurk+4

6

against fever
Pope Saint Cornelius, Saint Aldegundis+21

23

Against fever
Four Crowned Martyrs, Saint Abraham of Cyriacus+15

17

against headaches
Saint Acacius of Byzantium, Saint Aldegundis+13

15

Against headaches
Saint Aedh Mac Bricc, Saint Anastasius The Persian+3

5

against illness
Saint Alphonsa of India, Saint Arthelais of Benevento+10

12

against insanity
Saint Bibiana, Saint Dymphna+2

4

Against insanity
Saint Benedict Joseph Labre, Saint Bertha of Avenay+5

7

against leprosy
Saint Agrippina of Rome, Saint George+2

4

against mental disorders
Saint Christina The Astonishing, Saint Dymphna+2

4

against mental illness
Saint Amabilis of Auvergne, Saint Benedict Joseph Labre+11

13

against paralysis
Saint Amand of Maastricht, Saint Catald of Taranto+3

5

against plague
Pope Saint Gregory The Great, Saint Adrian of Nicomedia+15

17

Against plague
Saint Casimir of Poland, Saint Charalampias+11

13

against sickness
Saint Alphonsa of India, Saint Arthelais of Benevento+20

22

against skin diseases
Saint Amand of Maastricht, Saint Anthony The Abbot+5

7

against sterility
Saint Agatha of Sicily, Saint Anne+10

12

against toothache
Saint Alena, Saint Apollonia of Alexandria+6

8

blind people
Saint Catald of Taranto, Saint Cosmas+10

12

deaf people
Saint Auditus of Braga, Saint Cadoc of Llancarvan+4

6

mentally ill people
Saint Benedict Joseph Labre, Saint Bibiana+10

12

painters
Saint Benedict Biscop, Saint Bernward of Hildesheim+3

5

Seville, Spain
Saint Ferdinand III of Castille, Saint Hermengild+3

5

Sick children
Saint Albinus of Angers, Saint Boethian of Pierrepont+3

5

sick people
Saint Alphonsa of India, Saint Angela Merici+33

35

Life & Family28
Abandoned people
Saint Flora of Cordoba, Saint Germaine Cousin+4

6

Abuse victims
Saint Adelaide of Burgundy, Saint Agostina Petrantoni+4

6

Against the death of children
Saint Felicity of Rome, Saint Isidore The Farmer+6

8

against the death of parents
Saint Alphonsa of India, Saint Angela Merici+10

12

brides
Saint Adelaide of Burgundy, Saint Catherine of Genoa+6

8

childbirth
Saint Erasmus of Formiae, Saint Leonard of Noblac+3

5

childless people
Saint Anne, Saint Catherine of Genoa+3

5

children
Saint Abdon, Saint Bathilde+14

16

Children
Saint Gabriel Gowdel, Saint Lupenzius+3

5

converts
Saint Afra of Augsburg, Saint Anne Line+11

13

Converts
Saint Alban of Britain, Saint Caedwalla of Wessex+9

11

difficult marriages
Saint Catherine of Genoa, Saint Elizabeth of Portugal+15

17

Difficult marriages
Saint Castora Gabrielli, Saint Edward The Confessor+4

6

dying people
Saint Barbara, Saint Benedict of Nursia+9

11

expectant mothers
Saint Anne, Saint Anthony of Padua+4

6

large families
Saint Edwin of Northumbria, Saint Ferdinand III of Castille+4

6

mothers
Saint Anne, Saint Gerard Majella+3

5

orphans
Saint Dagobert II, Saint Drogo+7

9

parents of large families
Saint Adelaide of Burgundy, Saint Clotilde+6

8

pregnant women
Saint Andrew The Apostle, Saint Anne+10

12

schoolchildren
Pope Saint Gregory The Great, Saint Albert The Great+8

10

single laywomen
Saint Agatha of Sicily, Saint Bibiana+7

9

students
Pope Saint Gregory The Great, Saint John Bosco+17

19

victims of abuse
Saint Adelaide of Burgundy, Saint Fabiola of Rome+4

6

widows
Saint Adelaide of Burgundy, Saint Anastasia of Sirmium+35

37

World Youth Day 2011
Saint Francis Xavier, Saint Ignatius of Loyola+6

8

World Youth Day 2019
Saint José Sánchez Del Río, Saint Juan Diego+3

5

World Youth Day 2023
Saint Carlo Acutis, Saint Anthony of Padua+3

5

Religious Life4
martyrs
Saint Afra of Augsburg, Saint Agatha of Sicily+20

22

Martyrs
Saint Anastasia of Sirmium, Saint Britta+6

8

people rejected by religious orders
Saint Benedict Joseph Labre, Saint Henry II+7

9

theologians
Saint Alphonsus Maria De Liguori, Saint Augustine of Hippo+3

5

Places & Regions1
Czech Republic
Saint Adalbert of Prague, Saint Cyril+6

8

Most Patronages

1

Saint George

253

2

Saint Joseph

211

3

Saint John The Baptist

198

4

Saint Andrew The Apostle

171

5

Saint Nicholas of Myra

171

6

Saint Sebastian

169

7

Saint Anthony of Padua

160

8

Assumption of The Blessed Virgin Mary

156

9

Saint Peter The Apostle

144

10

Saint Stephen The Martyr

125

11

Saint Anne

110

12

Saint Lawrence of Rome

107