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5th-Century Patron Saints

Meet 95 patron saints whose lives are dated to the 5th century. Explore their patronages and stories.

95

Patron saints

4

Martyrs

Pope Saint Celestine I

Castelnuovo Rangone, Italy

Century assigned from death evidence: 432 CE

1 patronage

Pope Saint Leo The Great

In Italy Castellana Grotte Ponteginori · Castellana Grotte · Ponteginori

Century assigned from death evidence: 461 CE

3 patronages

Pope Saint Silverio

Ponza, Italy · Valprato Soana, Italy

Century assigned from birth evidence: 480 CE

2 patronages

Saint Abban of Killabban

Cell Abbáin, Ireland · Killabban, Ireland · Mag Arnaide, Ireland

Century assigned from death evidence: 5th century CE

3 patronages

Saint Abraham of Cyriacus

Against fever

Century assigned from death evidence: c. 480 CE

1 patronage

Saint Abundius of Como

Como, Italy, city of · Como, Italy, diocese of

Century assigned from death evidence: 469 CE

2 patronages

Saint Aignan of Orléans

Diocese of Orléans, France

Century assigned from death evidence: 453 CE

1 patronage

Saint Alexius of Rome

Martyr

Alexians · beggars · belt makers

Century assigned from death evidence: 5th century CE

6 patronages

Saint Amabilis of Auvergne

Against demonic possession · against fire · against mental illness

Century assigned from death evidence: 475 CE

8 patronages

Saint Ampelio

Blacksmiths · Bordighera, Italy

Century assigned from death evidence: c. 410 CE

2 patronages

Saint Armogastes of Africa

Against poverty · against torture · poor people

Century assigned from death evidence: 460 CE

4 patronages

Saint Asicus of Elphin

Diocese of Elphin, Ireland

Century assigned from death evidence: c. 490 CE

1 patronage

Saint Augusta of Treviso

Martyr

Ceneda, Italy · Serravalle, Italy

Century assigned from death evidence: 5th century CE

2 patronages

Saint Augustine of Hippo

Against sore eyes · against vermin · brewers

Century assigned from death evidence: 430 CE

23 patronages

Saint Augustus of Campania

Caserta, Italy

Century assigned from death evidence: c. 490 CE

1 patronage

Saint Aurelius of Riditio

Against diseases of the head · against head injury · against headaches

Century assigned from death evidence: c. 475 CE

4 patronages

Saint Balsamia of Reims

Pregnant women · nursing women

Century assigned from death evidence: 5th century CE

2 patronages

Saint Bassian of Lodi

Bassano del Grappa, Italy · Lodi, Italy · San Bassano, Italy

Century assigned from death evidence: 413 CE

3 patronages

Saint Benedict of Nursia

Against erysipelas · against fever · against gall stones

Century assigned from birth evidence: c. 480 CE

37 patronages

Saint Brice of Tours

Against stomach diseases · Calimera, Italy

Century assigned from death evidence: 444 CE

2 patronages

Saint Caprasius of Lérins

Aulla

Century assigned from death evidence: 430 CE

1 patronage

Saint Castor of Apt

Apt, France

Century assigned from death evidence: c. 420 CE

1 patronage

Saint Cledwyn of Wales

Llangedwyn, Wales

Century assigned from death evidence: 5th century CE

1 patronage

Saint Constantius of Aquino

Aquino, Italy · Aquino-Pontecorvo, Italy, diocese of · Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo, Italy, diocese of

Century assigned from death evidence: c. 487 CE

3 patronages

Saint Cyril of Alexandria

Alexandria, Egypt · Carpino, Italy

Century assigned from death evidence: 444 CE

2 patronages

Saint Darerca

Valentia Island, Ireland

Century assigned from death evidence: 5th century CE

1 patronage

Saint Declan of Ardmore

Ardmore, Ireland · Waterford and Lisman, Ireland, diocese of

Century assigned from birth evidence: 5th century CE

2 patronages

Saint Diomma of Kildimo

Kildimo, County Limerick, Ireland

Century assigned from death evidence: 5th century CE

1 patronage

Saint Dwynwen

Lovers (especially Welsh) · sick animals

Century assigned from death evidence: c. 460 CE

2 patronages

Saint Elpidius of Campania

Casapulla, Italy · Sant’Arpino, Italy

Century assigned from death evidence: c. 455 CE

2 patronages

Saint Flavian of Constantinople

In Italy Barisciano Basciano Capitignano Conversano Giulianova Recanati Torano Nuovo · Barisciano · Basciano

Century assigned from death evidence: 449 CE

8 patronages

Saint Gaudentius of Novara

Novara, Italy

Century assigned from death evidence: 417 CE

1 patronage

Saint Genesius of Brescello

Brescello, Italy

Century assigned from death evidence: 5th century CE

1 patronage

Saint Genevieve

Against plague · against disasters · against fever

Century assigned from death evidence: 500 CE

7 patronages

Saint Gerasimus of Palestine

Cephalonia, Greece

Century assigned from death evidence: c. 475 CE

1 patronage

Saint Germanus of Auxerre

Auxerre, France · San Germano Vercellese, Italy

Century assigned from death evidence: 448 CE

2 patronages

Saint Gratus of Aosta

Against animal attacks · against fear of insects · against fire

Century assigned from death evidence: c. 470 CE

22 patronages

Saint Honoratus of Arles

Against drought · against misfortune · against rain

Century assigned from death evidence: 429 CE

4 patronages

Saint Ia

Saint Ives, Cornwall, England

Century assigned from death evidence: 450 CE

1 patronage

Saint Ibar of Meath

Begerin, Ireland

Century assigned from death evidence: c. 500 CE

1 patronage

Saint James Intercisus

Lost vocations · torture victims

Century assigned from death evidence: 421 CE

2 patronages

Saint Jerome

Archeologists · archivists · Bible scholars

Century assigned from death evidence: 419 CE

13 patronages

Saint John Chrysostom

Epileptics · against epilepsy · orators, lecturers, public speakers (proclaimed on 8 July 1908 by Pope Pius X)

Century assigned from death evidence: 407 CE

7 patronages

Saint Leontius of Fréjus

Fréjus, France, diocese of

Century assigned from death evidence: c. 432 CE

1 patronage

Saint Loman of Trim

Trim, Ireland

Century assigned from death evidence: c. 450 CE

1 patronage

Saint Macarius of Rome

For good weather (a tradition in the region of Bologna, Italy)

Century assigned from death evidence: 5th century CE

1 patronage

Saint Macarius The Younger

Confectioners · cooks · pastry chefs

Century assigned from death evidence: c. 401 CE

3 patronages

Saint Maccallin of Lusk

Lusk, Ireland

Century assigned from death evidence: c. 497 CE

1 patronage

Saint Madrun

Trawsfynydd, Wales

Century assigned from birth evidence: c. 440 CE

1 patronage

Saint Mamillian of Palermo

Giglio Island, Italy · Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello, Italy, diocese of

Century assigned from death evidence: 460 CE

2 patronages

Saint Manehildis

Sainte-Ménéhould, France

Century assigned from death evidence: c. 490 CE

1 patronage

Saint Marinus

Bachelors · deacons · falsely accused people

Century assigned from birth evidence: 5th century CE

4 patronages

Saint Maro

Maronite Christians · Saint Maron of Brooklyn for the Maronites, eparchy of · Saint-Maron de Montréal, Québec, diocese of

Century assigned from death evidence: 433 CE

4 patronages

Saint Maruthas

Iran · Persia

Century assigned from death evidence: c. 415 CE

2 patronages

Saint Mary of Egypt

Against sexual temptation · penitent women · reformed prostitutes

Century assigned from death evidence: c. 421 CE

3 patronages

Saint Maughold

Isle of Man

Century assigned from death evidence: c. 488 CE

1 patronage

Saint Maximus of Riez

Children · dying people · Agliè, Italy

Century assigned from death evidence: 460 CE

4 patronages

Saint Maximus of Turin

Turin, Italy

Century assigned from death evidence: c. 466 CE

1 patronage

Saint Mel of Ardagh

Ardagh, Ireland, city of · Ardagh, Ireland, diocese of · Ardagh and Clonmacnois, Ireland, diocese of

Century assigned from death evidence: c. 489 CE

3 patronages

Saint Melania The Younger

Against the death of children · exiles

Century assigned from death evidence: 439 CE

2 patronages

Saint Menefrida

St Minver, Cornwall, England · Tredresick, Cornwall, England

Century assigned from death evidence: 5th century CE

2 patronages

Saint Mercurialis of Forli

Forlì, Italy · Forlì-Bertinoro, Italy, diocese of

Century assigned from death evidence: c. 406 CE

2 patronages

Saint Moses The Black

Martyr

Africa

Century assigned from death evidence: 405 CE

1 patronage

Saint Nicetas of Remesiana

Romania

Century assigned from death evidence: c. 414 CE

1 patronage

Saint Ninian

Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada, diocese of · Galloway, Scotland, diocese of

Century assigned from death evidence: c. 432 CE

2 patronages

Saint Palladius of Ireland

Scotland

Century assigned from death evidence: 432 CE

1 patronage

Saint Patrick

Against fear of snakes · against ophidiophobia · against snake bites

Century assigned from death evidence: 461 CE

46 patronages

Saint Paula of Rome

Widows

Century assigned from death evidence: 404 CE

1 patronage

Saint Paulinus of Nola

Sutera, Italy

Century assigned from death evidence: 431 CE

1 patronage

Saint Peter Chrysologus

Against fever · against mad dogs · Imola, Italy

Century assigned from death evidence: 450 CE

3 patronages

Saint Petronius of Bologna

In Italy Bologna, archdiocese of Bologna, city of Castel Bolognese · Bologna, archdiocese of · Bologna, city of

Century assigned from death evidence: c. 445 CE

4 patronages

Saint Piran

Cornwall, England · miners · Piran, Slovenia

Century assigned from death evidence: 480 CE

5 patronages

Saint Possidius of Calama

Mirandola, Italy · Rhegio, Italy

Century assigned from death evidence: c. 440 CE

2 patronages

Saint Prosper

Reggio Emilia

Century assigned from death evidence: 466 CE

1 patronage

Saint Prosper of Reggio

In Italy Borgo Valsugana Reggio Emilia Romano Canavese · Borgo Valsugana · Reggio Emilia

Century assigned from death evidence: c. 460 CE

4 patronages

Saint Provinus of Como

Agno, Switzerland

Century assigned from death evidence: c. 420 CE

1 patronage

Saint Pulcheria

Against in-law problems · against the death of parents · empresses

Century assigned from death evidence: 453 CE

7 patronages

Saint Romanus of Condat

Against insanity · against mental illness · drowning victims

Century assigned from death evidence: c. 465 CE

4 patronages

Saint Sananus

Plouzané, France of natural causes

Century assigned from death evidence: 485 CE

1 patronage

Saint Saturus of Africa

Against poverty · poor people

Century assigned from death evidence: 460 CE

2 patronages

Saint Severinus of Noricum

Against famine · linen weavers · prisoners

Century assigned from death evidence: 482 CE

7 patronages

Saint Silvester of Ireland

In Ireland Brannockstown Malahide · Brannockstown · Malahide

Century assigned from death evidence: c. 420 CE

3 patronages

Saint Simeon Stylites

Shepherds

Century assigned from death evidence: c. 459 CE

1 patronage

Saint Symmachus of Capua

Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Italy

Century assigned from death evidence: c. 449 CE

1 patronage

Saint Taurinus of Evreux

Evreux, France

Century assigned from death evidence: c. 412 CE

1 patronage

Saint Thaumastus of Mainz

Against colic in children · against fever · against toothache

Century assigned from death evidence: 5th century CE

3 patronages

Saint Turibius of Astorga

Astorga, Spain · Astorga, Spain, diocese of

Century assigned from death evidence: c. 460 CE

2 patronages

Saint Tycho of Amathus

Vine growers (legend says that revitalized a dead vineyard by planting and praying over a single dead leaf)

Century assigned from death evidence: c. 425 CE

1 patronage

Saint Tydfil

Merthyr Tydfil, Wales

Century assigned from death evidence: c. 480 CE

1 patronage

Saint Valentine of Passau

Against convulsions · against cramps · against epilepsy

Century assigned from death evidence: 475 CE

12 patronages

Saint Valerius of Sorrento

Sorrento, Italy

Century assigned from death evidence: 453 CE

1 patronage

Saint Vardan Mamikonian

Knights of Vartan

Century assigned from death evidence: 451 CE

1 patronage

Saint Vigilius of Trent

Martyr

Locations in Italy Bolzano-Bressanone, diocese of Ovaro Trent Tyrol · Bolzano-Bressanone, diocese of · Ovaro

Century assigned from death evidence: 405 CE

5 patronages

Saint Vincent of Xaintes

Dax, France

Century assigned from death evidence: 5th century CE

1 patronage

Saint Zenobius of Florence

Florence, Italy

Century assigned from death evidence: 417 CE

1 patronage

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