7th-Century Patron Saints
Meet 155 patron saints whose lives are dated to the 7th century. Explore their patronages and stories.
155
Patron saints
2
Martyrs
Pope Saint Agatho
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
1 patronage
Pope Saint Gregory The Great
Against gout · against plague · choir boys
25 patronages
Saint Ada of Le Mans
Nuns
1 patronage
Saint Adalbald of Ostrevant
Parents of large families
1 patronage
Saint Adele of Orplegrand
Against eye problems
1 patronage
Saint Aedan of Ferns
Ferns, Ireland, diocese of · Wexford, Ireland
2 patronages
Saint Agricola of Avignon
Against misfortune · against plague epidemics · for rain
7 patronages
Saint Aigulphus of Lérins
Healing of sore eyes
1 patronage
Saint Aldegundis
Against breast cancer · against cancer · against childhood diseases
15 patronages
Saint Alena
Against eye trouble · against toothache · Vorst, Belgium
3 patronages
Saint Amalburga of Mauberge
Against arm pain · against bruises · against fever
6 patronages
Saint Amand of Maastricht
Against diseases of cattle · against fever · against paralysis
28 patronages
Saint Anastasius The Persian
Against headaches · goldsmiths
2 patronages
Saint Angadrisma of Beauvais
Against drought · against fire · against slander
5 patronages
Saint Aquilinus of Milan
Porters
1 patronage
Saint Arbogast of Strasbourg
Strasbourg, France
1 patronage
Saint Arduinus of Trepino
Trepino, Italy
1 patronage
Saint Asterius of Périgord
Saint-Astier, Dordogne, France · Saint-Astier, Lot-et-Garonne, France
2 patronages
Saint Aubert of Arras
Bakers · confectioners
2 patronages
Saint Augustine of Canterbury
England
1 patronage
Saint Authaire of Laferté
La-Ferté-sous-Jouarre, France
1 patronage
Saint Baculus of Sorrento
Sorento, Italy
1 patronage
Saint Baldomerus of Saint Justus
Locksmiths
1 patronage
Saint Barbatus of Benevento
Benevento, Italy, city of · Benevento, Italy, diocese of
2 patronages
Saint Bathilde
Against bodily ills · against illness · against sickness
6 patronages
Saint Bavo of Ghent
Ghent, Belgium · Haarlem, Netherlands, city of · Haalem-Amsterdam, Netherlands, diocese of
6 patronages
Saint Benedict Biscop
English Benedictines · musicians · painters
4 patronages
Saint Bertha of Avenay
Against insanity
1 patronage
Saint Beuno Gasulsych
Diseased cattle · sick animals · sick children
3 patronages
Saint Bieuzy of Brittany
Against madness · against rabies
2 patronages
Saint Botulph of Ikanhoe
Agricultural workers · Bossal, Yorkshire, England · Boston, Lincolnshire, England
11 patronages
Saint Braulio of Saragossa
Aragon, Spain · University of Zaragoza
2 patronages
Saint Briarch of Bourbriac
Against epilepsy · against mental illness · against migraines
3 patronages
Saint Burgundofara
Faremoutiers, France
1 patronage
Saint Caedwalla of Wessex
Converts · reformed murderers
2 patronages
Saint Carthage The Younger
Lismore, Ireland, diocese of · Waterford and Lismore, Ireland, diocese of
2 patronages
Saint Catald of Taranto
Against blindness · against drought · against epilepsy
18 patronages
Saint Chad of Mercia
Birmingham, England, archdiocese of · Lichfield, England, diocese of
2 patronages
Saint Christiana
Termonde, Belgium
1 patronage
Saint Clarus of Vienne
Tailors
1 patronage
Saint Claudius of Besançon
Castiglione Torinese, Italy · Franche-Comté, France · wood turners
3 patronages
Saint Colman of Kilmacduagh
Kilmacduagh, Ireland, diocese of
1 patronage
Saint Colman of Thuringia
Gout · rheumatism · whitewashers
3 patronages
Saint Columbanus
Against floods · motorcyclists · Missionary Society of Saint Columban
6 patronages
Saint Conval of Strathclyde
East Renfrewshire, Scotland
1 patronage
Saint Crider of Cornwall
Creed, Cornwall, England
1 patronage
Saint Cronan of Clashmore
Clashmore, Ireland
1 patronage
Saint Cronan of Roscrea
Roscrea, Tipperary, Ireland
1 patronage
Saint Cuthbert of Lindisfarne
Against plague · against plague epidemics · boatmen
12 patronages
Saint Dagobert II
Kidnap victims · kings · orphans
4 patronages
Saint David of Wales
Doves · Wales
2 patronages
Saint Dentlin of Soignies
Rees, Germany
1 patronage
Saint Disibod of Disenberg
Disenberg, Germany · Disibodenberg, Germany
2 patronages
Saint Donatus of Besancon
Cercepiccola, Italy
1 patronage
Saint Donnino of Città Di Castello
Against epilepsy · against rabid dog attacks
2 patronages
Saint Drausinus of Soissons
Against enemy plots · champions · invincible people
3 patronages
Saint Drostan
Dier, Scotland
1 patronage
Saint Edwin of Northumbria
Converts · hoboes · homeless people
6 patronages
Saint Eligius of Noyon
Against boils · against epidemics · against equine diseases
83 patronages
Saint Ellidius
Hirnant, Powys, Wales
1 patronage
Saint Emmeramus of Regensburg
Regensburg, Germany
1 patronage
Saint Éoghan of Ardstraw
Derry, Ireland, diocese of
1 patronage
Saint Erconwald of London
Against gout · Brentwood, England
2 patronages
Saint Erhard of Regensburg
Against cattle diseases · against eye diseases · against eye problems
12 patronages
Saint Etheldreda
Neck ailments · throat ailments · University of Cambridge
4 patronages
Saint Ewald The Black
Westphalia
1 patronage
Saint Ewald The Fair
Westphalia
1 patronage
Saint Felix of Burgundy
Diocese of East Anglia, England
1 patronage
Saint Fiacre
Against barrenness · against fistula · against haemorrhoids or piles
15 patronages
Saint Finbar
Cork, Ireland, diocese of · Barra, Scotland · Cork, Ireland, city of
3 patronages
Saint Flannán of Killaloe
Killaloe, Ireland, diocese of
1 patronage
Saint Fleuret of Estaing
Estaing (modern Aveyron), France
1 patronage
Saint Florentina of Cartagena
Partido de Campana, Argentina
1 patronage
Saint Florentius of Strasbourg
Against gall stones · against ruptures
2 patronages
Saint Foillan of Fosses
Children’s nurses · dentists · Fosses, Belgium
5 patronages
Saint Fructuosus of Braga
Braga, Portugal
1 patronage
Saint Fulgentius of Ecija
Cartagena, Spain, diocese of · San Fulgencio, Spain
2 patronages
Saint Fursey of Péronne
Peronne, France
1 patronage
Saint Gall
Birds · geese · poultry
5 patronages
Saint Gaugericus of Cambrai
Braine-le-Comte, Belgium · Brussels, Belgium · Cambrai, France, archdiocese of
4 patronages
Saint Genuinus of Sabion
Mines · miners · Bolzano-Bressanone, Italy, diocese of
4 patronages
Saint Gerbold of Bayeux
Against dysentery · against headaches
2 patronages
Saint Gertrude of Nivelles
Against fear of mice · against fear of rats · against fever
30 patronages
Saint Godeberta of Noyon
Against plague · drought relief · Noyon, France
3 patronages
Saint Godo of Oye
Glove makers
1 patronage
Saint Gondulf of Tongerenmaastricht
Achel, Belgium · Berg-en-Terblijt, Netherlands · Maastricht, Netherlands, city of
7 patronages
Saint Hadelin of Chelles
Visé, Belgium
1 patronage
Saint Hardoin of Brittany
Landerneau, France · sailors
2 patronages
Saint Honorius of Amiens
Against drought · bakers · bakers of holy wafers
12 patronages
Saint Hunna of Alsace
Laundresses · laundry workers · washerwomen
3 patronages
Saint Ida of Nivelles
Against erysipelas · against toothache · erysipelas patients
4 patronages
Saint Ildephonsus of Toledo
San Ildefonso Indian Pueblo · Toledo, Spain
2 patronages
Saint Irene of Tomar
Santarém, Portugal
1 patronage
Saint Isidore of Seville
Computer technicians · computer users · computers
6 patronages
Saint Jodocus
Against blight · against fever · against fire
16 patronages
Saint John The Almoner
Casarano, Italy · Knights Hospitaller
2 patronages
Saint Judicaël
Gaël, France · Paimpont, France
2 patronages
Saint Julia of Corsica
Torture victims · Corsica, France · Brescia, Italy
5 patronages
Saint Kentigern
Glasgow, Scotland · salmon
2 patronages
Saint Kevin of Glendalough
Blackbirds · Dublin, Ireland, archdiocese of · Glendalough, Ireland
4 patronages
Saint Killian
Against rheumatism · Bavaria, Germany · gout
8 patronages
Saint Lambert of Maastricht
In Belgium Liège, diocese of Émines Montegnée · Liège, diocese of · Émines
5 patronages
Saint Laserian of Leighlin
Diocese of Leighlin, Ireland
1 patronage
Saint Leodegarius of Autun
Against blindness · against eye problems · against sore eyes
11 patronages
Saint Livinus
Flanders, Belgium
1 patronage
Saint Magnus of Füssen
Against caterpillars · against hail · against hailstorms
7 patronages
Saint Magnus of Orderzo
Venice, Italy
1 patronage
Saint Manchán of Lemanaghan
Liath Mancháin (modern Lemanaghan), County Offaly, Ireland
1 patronage
Saint Maurelius of Voghenzaferrara
Ferrara, Italy
1 patronage
Saint Maxima of Fréjus
Fréjus, France (proclaimed on 27 November 1675)
1 patronage
Saint Mellitus of Canterbury
Against gout (he suffered from it, and pilgrims to Canterbury who had it were directed to his tomb)
1 patronage
Saint Mirin of Bangor
Paisley, Scotland, city of · Paisley, Scotland, diocese of · Saint Mirren Football Club
3 patronages
Saint Mochelloc of Kilmallock
Kilmallock, Limerick, Ireland
1 patronage
Saint Monulphus of Tongerenmaastricht
Achel, Belgium · Berg-en-Terblijt, Netherlands · Maastricht, Netherlands, city of
7 patronages
Saint Mura Mcferedach
Fahan, Ireland · O’Neill clan
2 patronages
Saint Oswald of Northumbria
Harvesters · Cimbri people · Cansiglio, Italy
7 patronages
Saint Oswine of Deira
Betrayal victims (his location was betrayed to his murders by a one of his supposedly loyal nobles)
1 patronage
Saint Ouen of Rouen
Against deafness · deaf people
2 patronages
Saint Pamphilus of Sulmona
Scerni, Italy · Sulmona-Valva, Italy, diocese of
2 patronages
Saint Patricia of Naples
Naples, Italy
1 patronage
Saint Paulinus of York
Rochester, England
1 patronage
Saint Peregrinus of Modena
Casola in Lunigiana, Italy
1 patronage
Saint Perpète of Tongres
Dinant, Belgium
1 patronage
Saint Praejectus of Clermont
Randazzo, Sicily
1 patronage
Saint Prudentius of Tarazona
Tarazona, Spain, diocese of · Alava, Spain · Lazkao, Spain
3 patronages
Saint Regnobert of Bayeux
Caen, France
1 patronage
Saint Reinildis of Saintes
Against eye disease · against festering wounds · Saintes, Belgium
3 patronages
Saint Rhuddlad
Llanrhyddlad, Anglesey, Wales
1 patronage
Saint Richrudis of Marchiennes
Woesten, Belgium
1 patronage
Saint Romanus of Rouen
Rouen, France
1 patronage
Saint Romulus of Genoa
Sanremo, Italy
1 patronage
Saint Rumwold of Buckingham
Fishermen of Folkestone, England · Brackley, England · Buckingham, England
3 patronages
Saint Salvius of Amiens
Montreuil-sur-Mer, France
1 patronage
Saint Serenus of Marseille
For good weather · for good harvests · Biandrate, Italy
3 patronages
Saint Severus of Avranches
Against fever · against migraine · drapers
10 patronages
Saint Severus of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
1 patronage
Saint Sigebert III of Austrasia
Nancy, France
1 patronage
Saint Terenzio of Luni
San Terenzo Monti, Italy
1 patronage
Saint Theneva
Glasgow, Scotland
1 patronage
Saint Theodore of Sykeon
Against rain · difficult marriages · for rain
3 patronages
Saint Titian of Oderzo
Oderzo, Italy, city of · Oderzo, Italy, diocese of · Vittorio Veneto, Italy
3 patronages
Saint Totnan of Thuringia
Gout · rheumatism · whitewashers
3 patronages
Saint Trudo of Hesbaye
Houthalen-Helchteren, Belgium
1 patronage
Saint Ultan of Ardbraccan
Children
1 patronage
Saint Ursicinus of Saintursanne
Against stiff neck · Saint-Ursanne, Switzerland
2 patronages
Saint Venerius of Tino
Lighthouse keepers
1 patronage
Saint Vincent Madelgaire
Soignies, Belgium
1 patronage
Saint Vincent of Léon
Cercemaggiore, Italy
1 patronage
Saint Vitalian of Capua
Catanzaro, Italy, city of · Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy, archdiocese of · San Vitaliano, Italy
4 patronages
Saint Waldrada of Metz
For rain
1 patronage
Saint Waltrude of Mons
In Belgium Frameries Hainault Mons · Frameries · Hainault
4 patronages
Saint Wasnulf
Condé-sur-l’Escaut, France
1 patronage
Saint Wendelin
Livestock
1 patronage
Saint Werburgh of Chester
Chester, England
1 patronage
Saint Winifred of Wales
Incest victims · martyrs · Gwytherin, Wales
7 patronages
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