20th-Century Patron Saints
Meet 46 patron saints whose lives are dated to the 20th century. Explore their patronages and stories.
46
Patron saints
1
Martyrs
Pope Saint John XXIII
Papal delegates
Century assigned from death evidence: 1963 CE
1 patronage
Pope Saint Pius X
Atlanta, Georgia, archdiocese of · Des Moines, Iowa, diocese of · first communicants
Century assigned from death evidence: 1914 CE
10 patronages
Saint Albert Chmielowski
Albertine Brothers · Albertine Sisters
Century assigned from death evidence: 1916 CE
2 patronages
Saint Alfonso Maria Fusco
Congregation of the Baptistine Sisters of the Nazarene
Century assigned from death evidence: 1910 CE
1 patronage
Saint Alphonsa of India
Against bodily ills · against illness · against sickness
Century assigned from death evidence: 1946 CE
5 patronages
Saint André Bessette
Family caregivers in Canada
Century assigned from death evidence: 1937 CE
1 patronage
Saint Arcangelo Tadini
Worker Sisters of the Holy House of Nazareth
Century assigned from death evidence: 1912 CE
1 patronage
Saint Candida Maria De Jesus Cipitria Y Barriola
Daughters of Jesus
Century assigned from death evidence: 1912 CE
1 patronage
Saint Elizabeth of The Trinity
Against bodily ills · against the death of parents · against illness
Century assigned from death evidence: 1906 CE
5 patronages
Saint Ezekiel Moreno Y Diaz
Against cancer
Century assigned from death evidence: 1906 CE
1 patronage
Saint Faustina Kowalska
World Youth Day 2016 · Sisters of Reparation to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Century assigned from death evidence: 1938 CE
2 patronages
Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini
Against malaria · emigrants (given on 8 September 1950 by Pope Pius XII) · hospital administrators
Century assigned from death evidence: 1917 CE
5 patronages
Saint Francesca Saverio Cabrini
immigrants
Century assigned from death evidence: 1917 CE
1 patronage
Saint Gaetano Catanoso
Reggio Calabria, Italy (given on 10 March 2010)
Century assigned from death evidence: 1953 CE
1 patronage
Saint Geltrude Caterina Comensoli
Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament (Sacramentine Sisters)
Century assigned from death evidence: 1903 CE
1 patronage
Saint Gemma Galgani
Against temptations · against the death of parents · against tuberculosis
Century assigned from death evidence: 1903 CE
8 patronages
Saint Gianna Beretta Molla
Against abortion · mothers · pregnant women
Century assigned from death evidence: 1962 CE
5 patronages
Saint Giovanni Battista Scalabrini
Scalabrinians
Century assigned from death evidence: 1905 CE
1 patronage
Saint Giovanni Calabria
Poor Servants of Divine Providence · Poor Sisters Servants of Divine Providence
Century assigned from death evidence: 1954 CE
2 patronages
Saint Guido Maria Conforti
Xaverian Missionaries
Century assigned from death evidence: 1931 CE
1 patronage
Saint Jacinta Marto
Bodily ills · captives · people ridiculed for their piety
Century assigned from death evidence: 1920 CE
6 patronages
Saint José Sánchez Del Río
World Youth Day 2019
Century assigned from death evidence: 1928 CE
1 patronage
Saint Joseph Moscati
Bachelors · people rejected by religious orders · physicians
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 1927 CE
3 patronages
Saint Joseph Sebastian Pelczar
Sister Servants of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Century assigned from death evidence: 1924 CE
1 patronage
Saint Josephine Bakhita
Sudan
Century assigned from death evidence: 1947 CE
1 patronage
Saint Leopold Bogdan Mandic
Cancer patients (chosen by the Italian Bishops‘ Conference in 2018)
Century assigned from death evidence: 1942 CE
1 patronage
Saint Manuel González García
Children of Reparation · Disciples of Saint John · Eucharistic Missionaries of Nazareth
Century assigned from death evidence: 1940 CE
3 patronages
Saint Manuel González y García
all his religious orders, Diocese of Palencia
Century assigned from death evidence: 1940 CE
1 patronage
Saint Maria Del Carmen Rendiles Martinez
Servants of Jesus of Caracas
Century assigned from death evidence: 1977 CE
1 patronage
Saint Maria Goretti
Against poverty · against the death of parents · children
Century assigned from death evidence: 1902 CE
12 patronages
Saint María Natividad Venegas De La Torre
Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Guadalajara · nurses
Century assigned from death evidence: 1959 CE
2 patronages
Saint Marie Leonie Paradis
Sherbrooke, Canada, archdiocese of
Century assigned from death evidence: 1912 CE
1 patronage
Saint Mary Mackillop
Australia · Wagga Wagga, Australia, diocese of
Century assigned from death evidence: 1909 CE
2 patronages
Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop
Archdiocese of Brisbane, Australia
Century assigned from death evidence: 1909 CE
1 patronage
Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Against drug addiction · drug addicts · families
Century assigned from death evidence: 1941 CE
8 patronages
Saint Nazaria Ignacia March Y Mesa
Missionary Crusaders of the Church
Century assigned from death evidence: 1943 CE
1 patronage
Saint Oscar Arnulfo Romero Y Galdámez
Caritas Internationalis (chosen 17 May 2015) · World Youth Day 2019
Century assigned from death evidence: 1980 CE
2 patronages
Saint Paulina Do Coração Agonizante De Jesus
Against diabetes · diabetics
Century assigned from death evidence: 1942 CE
2 patronages
Saint Pauline
Diabetics
Century assigned from death evidence: 1942 CE
1 patronage
Saint Rafael Arnáiz Barón
Against diabetes · diabetics · World Youth Day 2011
Century assigned from death evidence: 1938 CE
3 patronages
Saint Rafqa
Against bodily ills · against sickness · loss of parents
Century assigned from death evidence: 1914 CE
4 patronages
Saint Teresa Benedicta of The Cross
Against the death of parents · Europe · martyrs
Century assigned from death evidence: 1942 CE
3 patronages
Saint Teresa of Calcutta
Calcutta, India, diocese of · Missionaries of Charity
Century assigned from death evidence: 1997 CE
2 patronages
Saint Teresa of The Andes
Against bodily ills · against illness · against sickness
Century assigned from death evidence: 1920 CE
5 patronages
Saint Titus Brandsma
Against cancer · Philippine Province of the Order of Carmelites
Century assigned from death evidence: 1942 CE
2 patronages
Saint Toribio Romo González
Immigrants
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 1928 CE
1 patronage
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