19th-Century Patron Saints
Meet 47 patron saints whose lives are dated to the 19th century. Explore their patronages and stories.
47
Patron saints
2
Martyrs
Pope Blessed Pius XI
Bavarian Congregation
1 patronage
Saint Agostina Petrantoni
Abuse victims · against impoverishment · against poverty
5 patronages
Saint Andréhubert Fournet
Sisters of the Cross (Sisters of Saint Andrew)
1 patronage
Saint Andrew Kim Taegon
Korean clergy
1 patronage
Saint Anthony Mary Claret
Catholic press · Claretians · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
4 patronages
Saint Anthony Mary Gianelli
Bobbio, Italy (proclaimed on 7 December 1963 by Pope Paul VI) · Missionaries of Saint Alphonsus · Oblates of Saint Alphonsus
4 patronages
Saint Antonio of Saint Anne
World Youth Day 2013
1 patronage
Saint Antony Mary Pucci
Vernio, Italy
1 patronage
Saint Bartholomea Capitanio
Lovere, Italy
1 patronage
Saint Benedicta Cambiagio Frassinello
Benedictine Sisters of Providence
1 patronage
Saint Benildus
Accordionists (when working with youth groups he would often lead songs by playing a concertina or early form of an accordion)
1 patronage
Saint Bernadette of Lourdes
Against bodily ills · against illness · against poverty
10 patronages
Saint Catherine Labouré
Pigeon fanciers · pigeons
2 patronages
Saint Charles Lwanga
African youth · converts · Catholic Action
3 patronages
Saint Clelia Barbieri
Little Sisters of the Mother of Sorrows · people ridiculed for their piety
2 patronages
Saint Clement Mary Hofbauer
Vienna, Austria (named by Pope Saint Pius X in 1914)
1 patronage
Saint Conrad of Parzham
Capuchin-Franciscan Province of Mid-America · Catholic Student Association · doorkeepers
4 patronages
Saint Dominic Savio
Boys · children’s choirs · choir boys (given on 8 June 1956 by Pope Pius XII)
9 patronages
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
Against in-law problems · against the death of children · against the death of parents
8 patronages
Saint Eugene De Mazenod
Dysfunctional families
1 patronage
Saint Francis Mary of Camporosso
Camporosso, Italy
1 patronage
Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows
Abruzzi, Italy (proclaimed on 1 June 1964 by Pope Paul VI) · Catholic Action · clerics
5 patronages
Saint Giles Maryofsaintjoseph
Taranto, Italy (chosen on 29 June 1919 by Archbishop Orazio Mazzella of Taranto
1 patronage
Saint Giuseppe Cafasso
Captives · imprisoned people · prisoners
5 patronages
Saint Joachim
Fathers · grandfathers · grandparents
10 patronages
Saint Joaquina Vedruna Vidal De Mas
Abuse victims · death of children · exiles
4 patronages
Saint John Bosco
Youth · students · apprentices
4 patronages
Saint John Mary Vianney
Confessors · Personal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Mary Vianney · parish priests (proclaimed on 23 April 1929 by Pope Pius XI)
9 patronages
Saint Joseph De Veuster
Against leprosy · lepers
2 patronages
Saint Julia Billiart
Against poverty · bodily ills · impoverishment
6 patronages
Saint Leonard Murialdo
Apprentices
1 patronage
Saint Ludovico Pavoni
Sons of Mary Immaculate
1 patronage
Saint Luigi Maria Palazzolo
Sisters of the Poor
1 patronage
Saint Maria De Mattias
Adorers of the Blood of Christ
1 patronage
Saint Maria Katharina Kasper
Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ
1 patronage
Saint Maria Mazzarello
Against bodily ills · against sickness · sick people
4 patronages
Saint Mary Euphrasia Pelletier
Travellers
1 patronage
Saint Nuntius Sulprizio
Workers (proposed by Pope Leo XIII)
1 patronage
Saint Paula Frassinetti
Sick people
1 patronage
Saint Peter Chanel
Oceania
1 patronage
Saint Pierrefrançois Néron
Young people in the diocese of Jura, France
1 patronage
Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne
Opposition of Church authorities – note that it was nothing to do with theology · Springfield-Cape Girardeau, Missouri, diocese of
2 patronages
Saint Teresa De Gesu Jornet Y Ibars
People rejected by religious orders
1 patronage
Saint Teresa Eustochio Verzeri
Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
1 patronage
Saint Theodore Guerin
Lafayette, Indiana, diocese of
1 patronage
Saint Thérèse of Lisieux
African missions · against bodily ills · against illness
41 patronages
Saint Vincentia Gerosa
Lovere, Italy
1 patronage
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