6th-Century Patron Saints
Meet 153 patron saints whose lives are dated to the 6th century. Explore their patronages and stories.
153
Patron saints
1
Martyrs
Saint Abrunculus of Trier
Bruchsal, Germany
1 patronage
Saint Aedh Mac Bricc
Against headaches
1 patronage
Saint Agnellus of Naples
Against invaders · Naples, Italy
2 patronages
Saint Ailbe of Emly
Cashel, Ireland, diocese of · Cashel and Emly, Ireland, archdiocese of · Emly, Ireland, diocese of
5 patronages
Saint Albinus of Angers
Sick children · against blindness · against pertussis or whooping cough
5 patronages
Saint Amantius of Tiphernum
Citta di Castello, Italy
1 patronage
Saint Anastasius of Suppentonia
Castel Saint’Elia, Italy
1 patronage
Saint Anselmo of Bomarzo
Bomarzo, Italy
1 patronage
Saint Armagillus of Brittany
Against colic · against fever · against gout
6 patronages
Saint Arthelais of Benevento
Against bodily ills · against illness · against sickness
7 patronages
Saint Aspasius of Auch
Against abscesses · against headaches · Melun, France
3 patronages
Saint Attracta of Killaraght
Achonry, Ireland, city of · Achonry, Ireland, diocese of · Men of Lugna
3 patronages
Saint Austregisilus of Bourges
Bourges, France
1 patronage
Saint Barsanuphius of Gaza
Oria, Italy
1 patronage
Saint Berach of Kilbarry
Kilbarry, Ireland
1 patronage
Saint Brendan of Birr
Birr, Ireland
1 patronage
Saint Brendan The Navigator
Boatmen · Ardfert, Ireland, diocese of · Clonfert, Ireland, diocese of
9 patronages
Saint Brieuc of Brittany
Purse makers (from the legendary size of his alms-giving) · Saint-Brieuc-des-Vaux, France
2 patronages
Saint Brigid of Ireland
Babies · blacksmiths · boatmen
29 patronages
Saint Budoc of Brittany
Castaways · fishermen · sailors
5 patronages
Saint Cadoc of Llancarvan
Against cramps · against deafness · against glandular disorders
5 patronages
Saint Caesarius of Arles
Against fire
1 patronage
Saint Canice
Against shipwrecks · Kilkenny, Ireland
2 patronages
Saint Caomhán of Inisheer
Inisheer, Ireland
1 patronage
Saint Cerbonius of Populonia
Baratti, Piombino, Italy · Massa Marittima, Italy · Massa Marittima-Piombino, diocese of
3 patronages
Saint Clotilde
Against death of children · adopted children · brides
10 patronages
Saint Cloud
Nail makers · Saint Cloud, Minnesota, diocese of
2 patronages
Saint Colman of Cloyne
Diocese of Cloyne, Ireland
1 patronage
Saint Colman of Dromore
Diocese of Dromore, Ireland
1 patronage
Saint Columba of Iona
Against floods · bookbinders · poets
14 patronages
Saint Conleth of Kildare
Kildare, Ireland, diocese of
1 patronage
Saint Cybi of Caenarvon
Cuby, Cornwall · Landulph, Cornwall · Llangibby, Monmouthshire, Wales
5 patronages
Saint Deodatus of Blois
Azeglio, Italy
1 patronage
Saint Derwe of Camborne
Menadarva, England
1 patronage
Saint Domitian of Huy
Against fever · Huy, Liège, Belgium
2 patronages
Saint Edeyrn
Landeyrn, Brittany, France
1 patronage
Saint Eparchius of Périgord
Angouleme, France, diocese of
1 patronage
Saint Eptadius of Autun
Blacksmiths
1 patronage
Saint Equitius of Valeria
Aquila, Italy
1 patronage
Saint Erc of Slane
Slane, Ireland
1 patronage
Saint Ermelinda of Meldaert
Against eye pain (the water from a spring on her ancestral lands in Lovenjoel was reported to miraculously cure eye problems) · against fever · against lameness
8 patronages
Saint Etchen of Clonfad
Farmers · plow-men
2 patronages
Saint Eugendus of Condat
Saint-Oyen, Tarentaise, France · Saint-Oyen, Valley of Aoste, Italy · Saint-Oyens, Vaud, Switzerland
3 patronages
Saint Eugene of Carthage
Noli, Italy
1 patronage
Saint Fachanan of Ross
Kilfenora, Ireland, diocese of · Ross, Ireland, diocese of
2 patronages
Saint Falitrus of Chabris
Sick children
1 patronage
Saint Farannan of Iona
Allernan, Ireland
1 patronage
Saint Felix of Nantes
Against famine · against plague
2 patronages
Saint Finian of Kinnitty
Kinnitty, Ireland
1 patronage
Saint Finnian of Clonard
Alexandria-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, diocese of · Meath, Ireland, diocese of
2 patronages
Saint Finnian of Moville
Ulster, Ireland
1 patronage
Saint Fintan of Doon
Doon, Ireland
1 patronage
Saint Fiorenzo of Populonia
Campiglia Marittima, Italy
1 patronage
Saint Florido of Città Di Castello
Città di Castello, Italy, city of · Città di Castello, Italy, diocese of
2 patronages
Saint Fortunatus of Todi
Falerone, Italy
1 patronage
Saint Friard
Against fear of wasps · against spheksophobia · spheksophobics
3 patronages
Saint Fridolin of Säckingen
For good weather · carpenters · cattle
7 patronages
Saint Frigidian of Lucca
Lucca, Italy
1 patronage
Saint Germanus of Capua
Cassino, Italy
1 patronage
Saint Germanus of Paris
Rimouski, Quebec, archdiocese of
1 patronage
Saint Germerius of Toulouse
Major Seminary of Toulouse, France
1 patronage
Saint Goar of Aquitaine
Hotel keepers · innkeepers · potters
4 patronages
Saint Gratus of Oloron
Oloron, France, diocese of
1 patronage
Saint Gudwall
Guern, France
1 patronage
Saint Guénhaël
Corbeil, France · Landevennec, France · Vannes, France
3 patronages
Saint Guntramnus
Divorced people · guardians · reformed murderers
3 patronages
Saint Herculanus of Perugia
Perugia, Italy
1 patronage
Saint Hermengild
Against drought · against flood · against thunderstorms
6 patronages
Saint Hernan
Loc-Harn, Brittany, France
1 patronage
Saint Hervé
Against eye disease · against eye problems · blind people
4 patronages
Saint Hilary of Galeata
Lugo, Italy
1 patronage
Saint Himerius of Amelia
Cremona, Italy
1 patronage
Saint Ita of Killeedy
Diocese of Limerick, Ireland
1 patronage
Saint Jarlath of Tuam
Tuam, Ireland, archdiocese of
1 patronage
Saint Joavan of Brittany
Against cancer · Plouvien, France
2 patronages
Saint Justin of Chieti
Chieti, Italy, city of · Chieti-Vasto, Italy, archdiocese of
2 patronages
Saint Kea
Against toothaches
1 patronage
Saint Kessog
Lennox, Scotland · Scotland
2 patronages
Saint Kieran
Ossory, Ireland, diocese of
1 patronage
Saint Kieran The Younger
Clonmacnois, Ireland, diocese of
1 patronage
Saint Laurian of Seville
Bornos, Spain
1 patronage
Saint Lauto of Coutances
Against blindness · blind people · eyes
4 patronages
Saint Lawrence The Illuminator
Against blindness · blind people
2 patronages
Saint Leander of Seville
Seville, Spain
1 patronage
Saint Leobinus of Chartres
Against dropsy · against edema · against rheumatism
5 patronages
Saint Leonard of Noblac
Against burglaries · against robberies · against robbers
58 patronages
Saint Liberata of Como
Babies
1 patronage
Saint Llibio
Llanlibio, Wales
1 patronage
Saint Loëvan of Brittany
Tréflaouénan, France
1 patronage
Saint Lorenzo Maiorano
Manfredonia, Italy · Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy, archdiocese of
2 patronages
Saint Louthiern
Ludgran, Cornwall, England
1 patronage
Saint Lupenzius
Children
1 patronage
Saint Macanisius
Diocese of Connor, Ireland
1 patronage
Saint Macartan of Clogher
Clogher, Ireland, diocese of
1 patronage
Saint Madron of Cornwall
Against pain
1 patronage
Saint Maglorius of Wales
Sark
1 patronage
Saint Magnus of Milan
Legnano, Italy
1 patronage
Saint Maonacan of Athleague
Athleague, Ireland
1 patronage
Saint Marcellinus of Ancona
Against fire (he stopped a raging fire by waving his prayer book at it · the book survived a fire with only slight damage · afterwards, people who held it while praying were often healed)
4 patronages
Saint Marculf
Against scrofula · against skin diseases · against skin rashes
4 patronages
Saint Martin of Braga
Braga, Portugal, archdiocese of · Braga, Portugal, city of
2 patronages
Saint Maurus
Against cold · against colds · against goiter
21 patronages
Saint Mawes
Against insects · against snakes · against worms
3 patronages
Saint Medard of Noyon
Against bad weather · against imprisonment · against sterility
16 patronages
Saint Melaine of Rennes
Mullion, Cornwall, England · Saint Mellyan, Cornwall, England
2 patronages
Saint Melangell
Hares
1 patronage
Saint Modan
Against drought · against dysentery
2 patronages
Saint Modomnoc
Bees
1 patronage
Saint Moloc of Mortlach
Against mental illness · Argyll, Scotland
2 patronages
Saint Nazario of Koper
Koper, Slovenia
1 patronage
Saint Nonnosus of Monte Soratte
Against infirmities or weakness · against kidney ailments · Diocese of Nepi-Sutri, Italy
5 patronages
Saint Odrian of Waterford
Waterford, Ireland, diocese of · Waterford and Lisman, Ireland, diocese of · Waterford, Ireland, city of
3 patronages
Saint Oranna
Against deafness · against ear problems · earaches
8 patronages
Saint Paul Aurelian
Saint-Pol-de-Léon, France
1 patronage
Saint Peter The Deacon
Salassola, Italy
1 patronage
Saint Petroc
Bodmin, Cornwall · Caernarfonshire, Wales · Cornwall, England
16 patronages
Saint Pusinna of Champagne
Herford, Germany
1 patronage
Saint Radegunde
Against drowning · against fever · against leprosy
11 patronages
Saint Regulus
Montaione, Italy · Vagli Sotto, Italy · Metropolitan Chapter of the Cathedral of Saint Martin in Lucca, Italy
3 patronages
Saint Remigius of Rheims
Against epidemics · against fever · against plague
11 patronages
Saint Romanos The Melodist
Cantors
1 patronage
Saint Romula of Rome
Against bodily ills · against sickness · sick people
3 patronages
Saint Rumon of Audierne
Audierne, France
1 patronage
Saint Rumon of Tavistock
Tavistock, England · Romansleigh, England
2 patronages
Saint Sabino of Abellinum
Atripalda, Italy
1 patronage
Saint Sabinus of Canosa
In Italy Andria, diocese of Bari Bari-Bitonto, archdiocese of Canosa di Puglia · Andria, diocese of · Bari
5 patronages
Saint Sacerdos of Saguntum
Saguntum, Spain
1 patronage
Saint Saturius of Soria
Soria, Spain (since 1628) · Guild of Tanners and Weavers of Barcelona, Spain
2 patronages
Saint Scholastica
Against lightning · against rain · against storms
8 patronages
Saint Senoch
Saint-Senoch, France · Sassenay, France
2 patronages
Saint Servan of Culross
Orkney Islands
1 patronage
Saint Servulus of Rome
Against cerebral palsy · disabled people · handicapped people
4 patronages
Saint Severinus of Septempeda
Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italy, diocese of · San Severino Marche, Italy
2 patronages
Saint Siffred of Carpentras
Carpentras, France
1 patronage
Saint Sigismund of Burgundy
Against fever · Czech Repubic · Freising, Germany
3 patronages
Saint Silvia of Rome
Pregnant women
1 patronage
Saint Sithney
Against hydrophobia · against rabies · against mad dogs
4 patronages
Saint Teilo of Llandaff
Against fever · horses
2 patronages
Saint Theodosius The Cenobiarch
File makers
1 patronage
Saint Tremorus of Brittany
Carhaix, France
1 patronage
Saint Tressan of Mareuil
Avenay, Champagne, France
1 patronage
Saint Trillo of Wales
Llandrillo, Denbighshire, Wales · Llandrillo yn Rhos, Wales
2 patronages
Saint Tudwal of Tréguier
Herm · Tréguier, France
2 patronages
Saint Uni
Lelant, England · Redruth, England
2 patronages
Saint Ursus of Aosta
Against faintness · against kidney disease · against rheumatism
8 patronages
Saint Vaast of Arras
Against eye diseases · children · children late learning to walk
6 patronages
Saint Veep
Saint Veep, Cornwall, England
1 patronage
Saint Verano of Cavaillon
In France Cavaillon Saint-Veran · Cavaillon · Saint-Veran
6 patronages
Saint Viator
Against marsh fevers · Saint-Viâtre, France
2 patronages
Saint Victor The Hermit
Arcis-sur-Aube, France
1 patronage
Saint Vigilius of Brescia
Iseo, Italy
1 patronage
Saint Vitonus of Verdun
Verdun, France
1 patronage
Saint Winwallus
Y Vaenor, Brecknockshire, Wales
1 patronage
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