12th-Century Patron Saints
Meet 71 patron saints whose lives are dated to the 12th century. Explore their patronages and stories.
71
Patron saints
1
Martyrs
Saint Adjutor of Vernon
Against drowning · drowning victims · sailors
7 patronages
Saint Aelred of Rievaulx
Against kidney disease · against kidney stones
2 patronages
Saint Albert of Montecorvino
Pietra Montecorvino, Italy
1 patronage
Saint Albert Quadrelli
Rivolta d’Adda, Italy
1 patronage
Saint Allucio of Campugliano
Pescia, Italy, diocese of (proclaimed in 2000 by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints)
1 patronage
Saint Anthelm of Belley
Belley, France
1 patronage
Saint Bellinus of Padua
Adria, Italy, city of · Adria, Italy, diocese of · against dog bites
4 patronages
Saint Benezet The Bridge Builder
Avignon · bachelors · bridge builders
3 patronages
Saint Benno of Meissen
Anglers, fishermen · weavers · in Germany Bavaria Dresden-Meissen, diocese of Munich
6 patronages
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
Beekeepers · bees · candlemakers
13 patronages
Saint Bernard of Lérida
Alcira, Valencia, Spain
1 patronage
Saint Bernard of Valdeiglesias
Candelada, Spain
1 patronage
Saint Bernard Valeara of Teramo
Teramo, Italy, city of · Teramo, Italy, diocese of
2 patronages
Saint Bernerio of Eboli
Eboli, Italy
1 patronage
Saint Bertrand of Comminges
Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, France
1 patronage
Saint Bruno
Possessed people · Ruthenia
2 patronages
Saint Bruno of Segni
Segni, Italy
1 patronage
Saint Canute Lavard
Zeeland, Denmark
1 patronage
Saint Chelidonia
Subiaco, Italy
1 patronage
Saint Dominic De La Calzada
Spanish civil engineers
1 patronage
Saint Donatus of Ripacandida
Auletta, Italy · Basilicata, Italy · Melfi, Italy
7 patronages
Saint Drogo
Against bodily ills · against broken bones, against deafness against dumbness against gall stones against hernias against illness against insanity, against mental illness, against muteness against ruptures against sickness Baume-les-Messieurs cattle coffee house keepers coffee house owners deaf people Fleury-sur-Loire mentally ill people midwives mute people mutes orphans sheep shepherds sick people unattractive people · against deafness
27 patronages
Saint Elizabeth of Schönau
Against temptations
1 patronage
Saint Eric of Sweden
Farmers · Sweden
2 patronages
Saint Euphrosyne of Polotsk
Belarus
1 patronage
Saint Gaucherius
Wood cutters
1 patronage
Saint Gens of Le Beaucet
For rain · Saint-Gence, France · Saint-Gein, France
3 patronages
Saint Gerald of Braga
Braga, Portugal
1 patronage
Saint Gerard of Potenza
Potenza, Italy, city of · Potenza, Italy, archdiocese of
2 patronages
Saint Gerlac of Valkenburg
Against cattle disease · against plague · domestic animals
4 patronages
Saint Gerland The Bishop
Agrigento, Sicily · Agrigento, Italy, archdiocese of
2 patronages
Saint Gracia of Lérida
Alcira, Valencia, Spain
1 patronage
Saint Guarinus of Sion
Against plague · cattle
2 patronages
Saint Helen of Skofde
Falsely accused people · in-law problems · martyrs
5 patronages
Saint Henry of Uppsala
Against storms · Finland
2 patronages
Saint Herbert Hoscam
Conza, Italy
1 patronage
Saint Hildegard Von Bingen
Esperantists · Esperanto users or speakers · philologists
3 patronages
Saint Homobonus of Cremona
Business people · clothworkers · cobblers
8 patronages
Saint Hugh of Cluny
Against fever
1 patronage
Saint Hugh of Grenoble
Against headache · Grenoble, France
2 patronages
Saint Hugh of Lincoln
Sick children · sick people · swans
3 patronages
Saint Ida of Boulogne
Widows
1 patronage
Saint Isidore The Farmer
Against the death of children · agricultural workers · day laborers
60 patronages
Saint John Osorinus
Trogir, Croatia
1 patronage
Saint Lawrence Otoole
Archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland
1 patronage
Saint Leopold III
Death of children · large families · Lower Austria
9 patronages
Saint Lidanus of Sezze
Sezze, Italy
1 patronage
Saint Litard of Corneto
Corneto (modern Tarquinia), Italy
1 patronage
Saint Magnus of Orkney
Orkney Islands
1 patronage
Saint Malachy Omore
Armagh, Ireland, archdiocese of · Down and Connor, Ireland, diocese of · Ireland
3 patronages
Saint Maria of Lérida
Alcira, Valencia, Spain
1 patronage
Saint Mechtildis of Edelstetten
Against eye diseases · against headaches · against lightning
4 patronages
Saint Nicasius of Jerusalem
Against scrofula · Caccamo, Italy (declared on 31 May 1625)
2 patronages
Saint Norbert of Xanten
Against birth complication · for peace · Bohemia
4 patronages
Saint Odo of Urgell
La Seu d’Urgell, Spain
1 patronage
Saint Otto of Bamberg
Against hydrophobia · against mad dogs · against rabies
4 patronages
Saint Ottone Frangipane
Ariano Irpino, Italy, city of · Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Italy, diocese of · Castelbottaccio, Italy
3 patronages
Saint Peter of Pappacarbone
Policastro, Italy
1 patronage
Saint Pietro of Anagni
Anagni, Italy, city of · Anagni, Italy, diocese of
2 patronages
Saint Rainerio of Split
Cagli, Italy, city of · Cagli, Italy, diocese of · Split, Croatia, archdiocese of
3 patronages
Saint Raymond of Barbastro
Barbastro, Spain, city of · Barbastro, Spain, diocese of
2 patronages
Saint Richard of Andria
Andria, Italy, city of · Andria, Italy, diocese of
2 patronages
Saint Rosalia
Locations in Italy Baucina Benetutti Bivona Caltagirone, diocese of Campofelice di Roccella Delia Isola delle Femine Lentiscosa Palermo Pegli Racalmuto San Mango Cilento Santo Stefano Quisquina Sicily Vicari · Baucina · Benetutti
16 patronages
Saint Ruggero of Canne
Barletta, Italy · Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie, Italy, archdiocese of
2 patronages
Saint Stephen of Obazine
Prisoners
1 patronage
Saint Theotonius of Coimbra
Coimbra, Portugal, diocese of · Viseu, Portugal, city of · Viseu, Portugal, diocese of
3 patronages
Saint Thomas A Becket
Clergy · Exeter College, Oxford, England · Portsmouth, England
5 patronages
Saint Thorlac Thorhallsson
Iceland
1 patronage
Saint Ubaldus Baldassini
Against autism · against demonic possession · against migraine
12 patronages
Saint William Firmatus
Against headache
1 patronage
Saint William of Vercelli
Irpinia, Italy
1 patronage
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