20th-Century Patron Saints
Meet 42 patron saints whose lives are dated to the 20th century. Explore their patronages and stories.
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Patron saints
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Martyrs
Pope Saint John XXIII
Papal delegates
1 patronage
Pope Saint Pius X
Atlanta, Georgia, archdiocese of · Des Moines, Iowa, diocese of · first communicants
10 patronages
Saint Albert Chmielowski
Albertine Brothers · Albertine Sisters
2 patronages
Saint Alfonso Maria Fusco
Congregation of the Baptistine Sisters of the Nazarene
1 patronage
Saint Alphonsa of India
Against bodily ills · against illness · against sickness
5 patronages
Saint André Bessette
Family caregivers in Canada
1 patronage
Saint Arcangelo Tadini
Worker Sisters of the Holy House of Nazareth
1 patronage
Saint Candida Maria De Jesus Cipitria Y Barriola
Daughters of Jesus
1 patronage
Saint Elizabeth of The Trinity
Against bodily ills · against the death of parents · against illness
5 patronages
Saint Ezekiel Moreno Y Diaz
Against cancer
1 patronage
Saint Faustina Kowalska
World Youth Day 2016 · Sisters of Reparation to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
2 patronages
Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini
Against malaria · emigrants (given on 8 September 1950 by Pope Pius XII) · hospital administrators
5 patronages
Saint Gaetano Catanoso
Reggio Calabria, Italy (given on 10 March 2010)
1 patronage
Saint Geltrude Caterina Comensoli
Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament (Sacramentine Sisters)
1 patronage
Saint Gemma Galgani
Against temptations · against the death of parents · against tuberculosis
8 patronages
Saint Gianna Beretta Molla
Against abortion · mothers · pregnant women
5 patronages
Saint Giovanni Battista Scalabrini
Scalabrinians
1 patronage
Saint Giovanni Calabria
Poor Servants of Divine Providence · Poor Sisters Servants of Divine Providence
2 patronages
Saint Guido Maria Conforti
Xaverian Missionaries
1 patronage
Saint Jacinta Marto
Bodily ills · captives · people ridiculed for their piety
6 patronages
Saint José Sánchez Del Río
World Youth Day 2019
1 patronage
Saint Joseph Moscati
Bachelors · people rejected by religious orders · physicians
3 patronages
Saint Joseph Sebastian Pelczar
Sister Servants of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
1 patronage
Saint Josephine Bakhita
Sudan
1 patronage
Saint Leopold Bogdan Mandic
Cancer patients (chosen by the Italian Bishops‘ Conference in 2018)
1 patronage
Saint Manuel González García
Children of Reparation · Disciples of Saint John · Eucharistic Missionaries of Nazareth
3 patronages
Saint Maria Del Carmen Rendiles Martinez
Servants of Jesus of Caracas
1 patronage
Saint Maria Goretti
Against poverty · against the death of parents · children
12 patronages
Saint María Natividad Venegas De La Torre
Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Guadalajara · nurses
2 patronages
Saint Marie Leonie Paradis
Sherbrooke, Canada, archdiocese of
1 patronage
Saint Mary Mackillop
Australia · Wagga Wagga, Australia, diocese of
2 patronages
Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Against drug addiction · drug addicts · families
8 patronages
Saint Nazaria Ignacia March Y Mesa
Missionary Crusaders of the Church
1 patronage
Saint Oscar Arnulfo Romero Y Galdámez
Caritas Internationalis (chosen 17 May 2015) · World Youth Day 2019
2 patronages
Saint Paulina Do Coração Agonizante De Jesus
Against diabetes · diabetics
2 patronages
Saint Rafael Arnáiz Barón
Against diabetes · diabetics · World Youth Day 2011
3 patronages
Saint Rafqa
Against bodily ills · against sickness · loss of parents
4 patronages
Saint Teresa Benedicta of The Cross
Against the death of parents · Europe · martyrs
3 patronages
Saint Teresa of Calcutta
Calcutta, India, diocese of · Missionaries of Charity
2 patronages
Saint Teresa of The Andes
Against bodily ills · against illness · against sickness
5 patronages
Saint Titus Brandsma
Against cancer · Philippine Province of the Order of Carmelites
2 patronages
Saint Toribio Romo González
Immigrants
1 patronage
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