19th-Century Patron Saints
Meet 49 patron saints whose lives are dated to the 19th century. Explore their patronages and stories.
49
Patron saints
3
Martyrs
Saint Agostina Petrantoni
Abuse victims · against impoverishment · against poverty
Century assigned from death evidence: 1894 CE
5 patronages
Saint Andréhubert Fournet
Sisters of the Cross (Sisters of Saint Andrew)
Century assigned from death evidence: 1834 CE
1 patronage
Saint Andrew Kim Taegon
Korean clergy
Century assigned from death evidence: 1846 CE
1 patronage
Saint Anthony Mary Claret
Catholic press · Claretians · Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Century assigned from death evidence: 1870 CE
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
Century assigned from death evidence: 1846 CE
4 patronages
Saint Antonio Maria Gianelli
Bobbio, Val di Vara
Century assigned from death evidence: 1846 CE
1 patronage
Saint Antonio of Saint Anne
World Youth Day 2013
Century assigned from death evidence: 1822 CE
1 patronage
Saint Antony Mary Pucci
Vernio, Italy
Century assigned from death evidence: 1892 CE
1 patronage
Saint Bartholomea Capitanio
Lovere, Italy
Century assigned from death evidence: 1833 CE
1 patronage
Saint Benedicta Cambiagio Frassinello
Benedictine Sisters of Providence
Century assigned from death evidence: 1858 CE
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)
Century assigned from death evidence: 1862 CE
1 patronage
Saint Bernadette of Lourdes
Against bodily ills · against illness · against poverty
Century assigned from death evidence: 1879 CE
10 patronages
Saint Catherine Labouré
Pigeon fanciers · pigeons
Century assigned from death evidence: 1876 CE
2 patronages
Saint Charles Lwanga
African youth · converts · Catholic Action
Century assigned from death evidence: 1886 CE
3 patronages
Saint Clelia Barbieri
Little Sisters of the Mother of Sorrows · people ridiculed for their piety
Century assigned from death evidence: 1870 CE
2 patronages
Saint Clement Mary Hofbauer
Vienna, Austria (named by Pope Saint Pius X in 1914)
Century assigned from death evidence: 1820 CE
1 patronage
Saint Conrad of Parzham
Capuchin-Franciscan Province of Mid-America · Catholic Student Association · doorkeepers
Century assigned from death evidence: 1894 CE
4 patronages
Saint Damien De Veuster
lepers, outcasts
Century assigned from death evidence: 1889 CE
1 patronage
Saint Daniele Comboni
missionaries, social justice
Century assigned from death evidence: 1881 CE
1 patronage
Saint Dominic Savio
Boys · children’s choirs · choir boys (given on 8 June 1956 by Pope Pius XII)
Century assigned from death evidence: 1857 CE
9 patronages
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
Against in-law problems · against the death of children · against the death of parents
Century assigned from death evidence: 1821 CE
8 patronages
Saint Eugene De Mazenod
Dysfunctional families
Century assigned from death evidence: 1861 CE
1 patronage
Saint Francis Mary of Camporosso
Camporosso, Italy
Century assigned from death evidence: 1866 CE
1 patronage
Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows
Abruzzi, Italy (proclaimed on 1 June 1964 by Pope Paul VI) · Catholic Action · clerics
Century assigned from death evidence: 1862 CE
5 patronages
Saint Giles Maryofsaintjoseph
Taranto, Italy (chosen on 29 June 1919 by Archbishop Orazio Mazzella of Taranto
Century assigned from death evidence: 1812 CE
1 patronage
Saint Giuseppe Cafasso
Captives · imprisoned people · prisoners
Century assigned from death evidence: 1860 CE
5 patronages
Saint Joachim
Fathers · grandfathers · grandparents
Century assigned from death evidence: 1889 CE
10 patronages
Saint Joaquina Vedruna Vidal De Mas
Abuse victims · death of children · exiles
Century assigned from death evidence: 1854 CE
4 patronages
Saint John Bosco
Youth · students · apprentices
Century assigned from death evidence: 1888 CE
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)
Century assigned from death evidence: 1859 CE
9 patronages
Saint Joseph De Veuster
Against leprosy · lepers
Century assigned from death evidence: 1889 CE
2 patronages
Saint Julia Billiart
Against poverty · bodily ills · impoverishment
Century assigned from death evidence: 1816 CE
6 patronages
Saint Leonard Murialdo
Apprentices
Century assigned from death evidence: 1900 CE
1 patronage
Saint Ludovico Pavoni
Sons of Mary Immaculate
Century assigned from death evidence: 1849 CE
1 patronage
Saint Luigi Maria Palazzolo
Sisters of the Poor
Century assigned from death evidence: 1886 CE
1 patronage
Saint Maria De Mattias
Adorers of the Blood of Christ
Century assigned from death evidence: 1866 CE
1 patronage
Saint Maria Katharina Kasper
Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ
Century assigned from death evidence: 1898 CE
1 patronage
Saint Maria Mazzarello
Against bodily ills · against sickness · sick people
Century assigned from death evidence: 1881 CE
4 patronages
Saint Mary Euphrasia Pelletier
Travellers
Century assigned from death evidence: 1868 CE
1 patronage
Saint Nuntius Sulprizio
Workers (proposed by Pope Leo XIII)
Century assigned from death evidence: 1836 CE
1 patronage
Saint Paula Frassinetti
Sick people
Century assigned from death evidence: 1882 CE
1 patronage
Saint Peter Chanel
Oceania
Century assigned from death evidence: 1841 CE
1 patronage
Saint Pierrefrançois Néron
Young people in the diocese of Jura, France
Century assigned from death evidence: 1860 CE
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
Century assigned from death evidence: 1852 CE
2 patronages
Saint Teresa De Gesu Jornet Y Ibars
People rejected by religious orders
Century assigned from death evidence: 1897 CE
1 patronage
Saint Teresa Eustochio Verzeri
Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Century assigned from death evidence: 1852 CE
1 patronage
Saint Theodore Guerin
Lafayette, Indiana, diocese of
Century assigned from death evidence: 1856 CE
1 patronage
Saint Thérèse of Lisieux
African missions · against bodily ills · against illness
Century assigned from death evidence: 1897 CE
41 patronages
Saint Vincentia Gerosa
Lovere, Italy
Century assigned from death evidence: 1847 CE
1 patronage
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