12th-Century Patron Saints
Meet 74 patron saints whose lives are dated to the 12th century. Explore their patronages and stories.
74
Patron saints
2
Martyrs
Saint Adjutor
swimmers, boaters, drowning victims, Vernon, France
Century assigned from death evidence: 1131 CE
1 patronage
Saint Adjutor of Vernon
Against drowning · drowning victims · sailors
Century assigned from death evidence: 1131 CE
7 patronages
Saint Aelred of Rievaulx
Against kidney disease · against kidney stones
Century assigned from death evidence: 1167 CE
2 patronages
Saint Albert of Montecorvino
Pietra Montecorvino, Italy
Century assigned from death evidence: 1127 CE
1 patronage
Saint Albert Quadrelli
Rivolta d’Adda, Italy
Century assigned from death evidence: 1179 CE
1 patronage
Saint Allucio of Campugliano
Pescia, Italy, diocese of (proclaimed in 2000 by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints)
Century assigned from death evidence: 1134 CE
1 patronage
Saint Anthelm of Belley
Belley, France
Century assigned from death evidence: 1178 CE
1 patronage
Saint Bellinus of Padua
Adria, Italy, city of · Adria, Italy, diocese of · against dog bites
Century assigned from death evidence: 1151 CE
4 patronages
Saint Benezet The Bridge Builder
Avignon · bachelors · bridge builders
Century assigned from death evidence: 1184 CE
3 patronages
Saint Benno of Meissen
Anglers, fishermen · weavers · in Germany Bavaria Dresden-Meissen, diocese of Munich
Century assigned from death evidence: 1106 CE
6 patronages
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
Beekeepers · bees · candlemakers
Century assigned from death evidence: 1153 CE
13 patronages
Saint Bernard of Lérida
Alcira, Valencia, Spain
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 1180 CE
1 patronage
Saint Bernard of Valdeiglesias
Candelada, Spain
Century assigned from death evidence: 1155 CE
1 patronage
Saint Bernard Valeara of Teramo
Teramo, Italy, city of · Teramo, Italy, diocese of
Century assigned from death evidence: 1122 CE
2 patronages
Saint Bernerio of Eboli
Eboli, Italy
Century assigned from death evidence: 12th century CE
1 patronage
Saint Bertrand of Comminges
Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, France
Century assigned from death evidence: 1123 CE
1 patronage
Saint Bruno
Possessed people · Ruthenia
Century assigned from death evidence: 1101 CE
2 patronages
Saint Bruno of Segni
Segni, Italy
Century assigned from death evidence: 1123 CE
1 patronage
Saint Canute Lavard
Zeeland, Denmark
Century assigned from death evidence: 1131 CE
1 patronage
Saint Chelidonia
Subiaco, Italy
Century assigned from death evidence: 1138 CE
1 patronage
Saint Dominic De La Calzada
Spanish civil engineers
Century assigned from death evidence: 1109 CE
1 patronage
Saint Donatus of Ripacandida
Auletta, Italy · Basilicata, Italy · Melfi, Italy
Century assigned from death evidence: 1198 CE
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
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 1186 CE
27 patronages
Saint Elizabeth of Schönau
Against temptations
Century assigned from death evidence: 1164 CE
1 patronage
Saint Eric of Sweden
Farmers · Sweden
Century assigned from death evidence: 1161 CE
2 patronages
Saint Euphrosyne of Polotsk
Belarus
Century assigned from death evidence: 1173 CE
1 patronage
Saint Galdino
Lombardy
Century assigned from death evidence: 1176 CE
1 patronage
Saint Gaucherius
Wood cutters
Century assigned from death evidence: 1140 CE
1 patronage
Saint Gens of Le Beaucet
For rain · Saint-Gence, France · Saint-Gein, France
Century assigned from death evidence: 1127 CE
3 patronages
Saint Gerald of Braga
Braga, Portugal
Century assigned from death evidence: 1109 CE
1 patronage
Saint Gerard of Potenza
Potenza, Italy, city of · Potenza, Italy, archdiocese of
Century assigned from death evidence: 1119 CE
2 patronages
Saint Gerlac of Valkenburg
Against cattle disease · against plague · domestic animals
Century assigned from death evidence: 1172 CE
4 patronages
Saint Gerland The Bishop
Agrigento, Sicily · Agrigento, Italy, archdiocese of
Century assigned from death evidence: 1104 CE
2 patronages
Saint Gracia of Lérida
Alcira, Valencia, Spain
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 1180 CE
1 patronage
Saint Guarinus of Sion
Against plague · cattle
Century assigned from death evidence: 1150 CE
2 patronages
Saint Helen of Skofde
Falsely accused people · in-law problems · martyrs
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 1160 CE
5 patronages
Saint Henry of Uppsala
Against storms · Finland
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 1156 CE
2 patronages
Saint Herbert Hoscam
Conza, Italy
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 1180 CE
1 patronage
Saint Hildegard Von Bingen
Esperantists · Esperanto users or speakers · philologists
Century assigned from death evidence: 1179 CE
3 patronages
Saint Homobonus of Cremona
Business people · clothworkers · cobblers
Century assigned from death evidence: 1197 CE
8 patronages
Saint Hugh of Cluny
Against fever
Century assigned from death evidence: 1109 CE
1 patronage
Saint Hugh of Grenoble
Against headache · Grenoble, France
Century assigned from death evidence: 1132 CE
2 patronages
Saint Hugh of Lincoln
Sick children · sick people · swans
Century assigned from death evidence: 1200 CE
3 patronages
Saint Ida of Boulogne
Widows
Century assigned from death evidence: 1113 CE
1 patronage
Saint Isidore The Farmer
Against the death of children · agricultural workers · day laborers
Century assigned from death evidence: 1130 CE
60 patronages
Saint John Osorinus
Trogir, Croatia
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 1111 CE
1 patronage
Saint Lawrence Otoole
Archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland
Century assigned from death evidence: 1180 CE
1 patronage
Saint Leopold III
Death of children · large families · Lower Austria
Century assigned from death evidence: 1136 CE
9 patronages
Saint Lidanus of Sezze
Sezze, Italy
Century assigned from death evidence: 1118 CE
1 patronage
Saint Litard of Corneto
Corneto (modern Tarquinia), Italy
Century assigned from death evidence: 12th century CE
1 patronage
Saint Magnus of Orkney
Orkney Islands
Century assigned from death evidence: 1115 CE
1 patronage
Saint Malachy Omore
Armagh, Ireland, archdiocese of · Down and Connor, Ireland, diocese of · Ireland
Century assigned from death evidence: 1148 CE
3 patronages
Saint Maria of Lérida
Alcira, Valencia, Spain
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 1180 CE
1 patronage
Saint Mechtildis of Edelstetten
Against eye diseases · against headaches · against lightning
Century assigned from death evidence: 1160 CE
4 patronages
Saint Nicasius of Jerusalem
Against scrofula · Caccamo, Italy (declared on 31 May 1625)
Century assigned from death evidence: 1187 CE
2 patronages
Saint Norbert of Xanten
Against birth complication · for peace · Bohemia
Century assigned from death evidence: 1134 CE
4 patronages
Saint Odo of Urgell
La Seu d’Urgell, Spain
Century assigned from death evidence: 1122 CE
1 patronage
Saint Otto of Bamberg
Against hydrophobia · against mad dogs · against rabies
Century assigned from death evidence: 1139 CE
4 patronages
Saint Ottone Frangipane
Ariano Irpino, Italy, city of · Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Italy, diocese of · Castelbottaccio, Italy
Century assigned from death evidence: 1127 CE
3 patronages
Saint Peter of Pappacarbone
Policastro, Italy
Century assigned from death evidence: 1123 CE
1 patronage
Saint Pietro of Anagni
Anagni, Italy, city of · Anagni, Italy, diocese of
Century assigned from death evidence: 1105 CE
2 patronages
Saint Rainerio of Split
Cagli, Italy, city of · Cagli, Italy, diocese of · Split, Croatia, archdiocese of
Century assigned from death evidence: 1180 CE
3 patronages
Saint Raymond of Barbastro
Barbastro, Spain, city of · Barbastro, Spain, diocese of
Century assigned from death evidence: 1126 CE
2 patronages
Saint Richard of Andria
Andria, Italy, city of · Andria, Italy, diocese of
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 1200 CE
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
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 1160 CE
16 patronages
Saint Ruggero of Canne
Barletta, Italy · Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie, Italy, archdiocese of
Century assigned from death evidence: 1129 CE
2 patronages
Saint Stephen of Obazine
Prisoners
Century assigned from death evidence: 1159 CE
1 patronage
Saint Theotonius of Coimbra
Coimbra, Portugal, diocese of · Viseu, Portugal, city of · Viseu, Portugal, diocese of
Century assigned from death evidence: 1166 CE
3 patronages
Saint Thomas A Becket
Clergy · Exeter College, Oxford, England · Portsmouth, England
Century assigned from death evidence: 1170 CE
5 patronages
Saint Thorlac Thorhallsson
Iceland
Century assigned from death evidence: 1193 CE
1 patronage
Saint Thorlak Thorhallsson
Iceland
Century assigned from death evidence: 1193 CE
1 patronage
Saint Ubaldus Baldassini
Against autism · against demonic possession · against migraine
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 1160 CE
12 patronages
Saint William Firmatus
Against headache
Century assigned from death evidence: 1103 CE
1 patronage
Saint William of Vercelli
Irpinia, Italy
Century assigned from death evidence: 1142 CE
1 patronage
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