8th-Century Patron Saints
Meet 83 patron saints whose lives are dated to the 8th century. Explore their patronages and stories.
83
Patron saints
4
Martyrs
Saint Acca of Hexham
Learning
Century assigned from death evidence: 742 CE
1 patronage
Saint Adaler of Erfurt
Livestock
Century assigned from death evidence: 754 CE
1 patronage
Saint Adamnan of Iona
Donegal, Ireland, county of · Raphoe, Ireland, city of · Raphoe, Ireland, diocese of
Century assigned from death evidence: 704 CE
3 patronages
Saint Agia of Hainault
Lawsuits
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 711 CE
1 patronage
Saint Albert of Cashel
Against arthritis · Cashel, Ireland · Cashel and Emly, Ireland, Archdiocese of
Century assigned from death evidence: 800 CE
3 patronages
Saint Alkelda of Middleham
Yorkshire, England
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 800 CE
1 patronage
Saint Alkmund of Northumbria
Derby, England
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 800 CE
1 patronage
Saint Arnold of Arnoldsweiler
For a good death · healing of livestock · musicians
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 800 CE
5 patronages
Saint Austrebertha of Pavilly
Barentin, France
Century assigned from death evidence: 704 CE
1 patronage
Saint Bagne of Terouanne
Calais, France
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 711 CE
1 patronage
Saint Baudolino
Alessandria, Italy, city of (proclaimed in 1786) · Alessandria, Italy, diocese of (proclaimed in 1786)
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 740 CE
2 patronages
Saint Bede The Venerable
Lectors · Redemptoris Mater Seminary, Uzhhorod, Ukraine
Century assigned from death evidence: 735 CE
2 patronages
Saint Bertulph of Renty
Against storms
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 705 CE
1 patronage
Saint Bettelin
Stafford, England
Century assigned from death evidence: 8th century CE
1 patronage
Saint Bettelin of Stafford
Stafford, England
Century assigned from death evidence: 8th century CE
1 patronage
Saint Bilhild
Sick people
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 710 CE
1 patronage
Saint Boniface
Germania
Century assigned from death evidence: 754 CE
1 patronage
Saint Boniface of Crediton
Brewers · file cutters · tailors
Century assigned from death evidence: 754 CE
8 patronages
Saint Bonitus of Clermont
Bonito, Italy
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 710 CE
1 patronage
Saint Burchard of Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Century assigned from death evidence: 754 CE
1 patronage
Saint Corbinian
Freising, Germany · Munich, Germany, archdiocese of
Century assigned from death evidence: 730 CE
2 patronages
Saint Costanzo of Capri
Capri, Italy (at least since the end of the 10th century when his intervention was asked to fend of invading Saracens)
Century assigned from death evidence: 8th century CE
1 patronage
Saint Emilian of Faenza
Faenza, Italy
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 780 CE
1 patronage
Saint Engratia of Segovia
Segovia, Spain
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 715 CE
1 patronage
Saint Ermin of Lobbes
Lobbes, Belgium
Century assigned from death evidence: 737 CE
1 patronage
Saint Ethelbert of East Anglia
Hereford, England · Hereford Cathedral
Century assigned from death evidence: 793 CE
2 patronages
Saint Eurosia
Against bad weather · Jaca, Spain, diocese of
Century assigned from death evidence: 714 CE
2 patronages
Saint Fergus The Pict
Wick, Caithness, Scotland
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 730 CE
1 patronage
Saint Fillan
Against insanity · against mental disorders · against mental illness
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 777 CE
4 patronages
Saint Frideswide
Oxford, England · University of Oxford, England
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 735 CE
2 patronages
Saint Fructos of Segovia
Segovia, Spain
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 715 CE
1 patronage
Saint Gengulphus of Burgundy
Difficult marriages · knights · separated spouses
Century assigned from death evidence: 760 CE
5 patronages
Saint Gerald of Mayo
Against plague
Century assigned from death evidence: 731 CE
1 patronage
Saint Giles
Abandoned people · against abandonment · against breast cancer
Century assigned from death evidence: 710 CE
42 patronages
Saint Gudule of Brussels
Brussels, Belgium · single laywomen
Century assigned from death evidence: 712 CE
2 patronages
Saint Gumbert of Ansbach
Ansbach, Germany
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 790 CE
1 patronage
Saint Gummarus
Against hernia · carpenters · childless people
Century assigned from death evidence: 774 CE
12 patronages
Saint Hubert
hunters, mathematicians, opticians, metalworkers
Century assigned from death evidence: 727 CE
1 patronage
Saint Hubert of Liège
Against dog bite · against hydrophobia · against mad dogs
Century assigned from death evidence: 727 CE
22 patronages
Saint Isberga
Artois, France
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 800 CE
1 patronage
Saint John Damascene
Pharmacists · icon painting · theology students
Century assigned from death evidence: 749 CE
3 patronages
Saint John of Beverley
Diocese of Middlesbrough, England
Century assigned from death evidence: 721 CE
1 patronage
Saint Lebuin of Deventer
Deventer, Netherlands · Zoeterwoude, Netherlands
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 773 CE
2 patronages
Saint Leo of Catania
Longi, Sicily, Italy · Rometta, Sicily, Italy · Saracena, Sicily, Italy
Century assigned from death evidence: 789 CE
4 patronages
Saint Luke Casali
Nicosia, Sicily, Italy (his intervention ended a plague in 1575
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 800 CE
1 patronage
Saint Marina of Bithynia
Venice, Italy
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 750 CE
1 patronage
Saint Martin of Arades
Against gout · against paralysis
Century assigned from death evidence: 726 CE
2 patronages
Saint Maurontius of Douai
Douai, France
Century assigned from death evidence: 702 CE
1 patronage
Saint Milburga
Birds
Century assigned from death evidence: 715 CE
1 patronage
Saint Moderan of Rennes
Berceto, Italy
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 730 CE
1 patronage
Saint Namphasius
Against epilepsy
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 800 CE
1 patronage
Saint Odilia of Alsace
Against eye disease · against eye problems · Alsace, France (proclaimed in 1807 by Pope Pius VII)
Century assigned from death evidence: 720 CE
3 patronages
Saint Othmar of Saint Gall
Against slander
Century assigned from death evidence: 759 CE
1 patronage
Saint Pharaïldis of Ghent
Against childhood diseases · difficult marriages · poultry
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 740 CE
8 patronages
Saint Philip of Zell
Babies
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 770 CE
1 patronage
Saint Pirmin
Against poisoning · against snake bite · Monsheim, Germany
Century assigned from death evidence: 753 CE
3 patronages
Saint Plechelm of Guelderland
Netherlands · Gelderland, Netherlands · Oldenzaal, Netherlands
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 730 CE
3 patronages
Saint Remigius of Rouen
Cavasso Nuovo, Italy
Century assigned from death evidence: 772 CE
1 patronage
Saint Rolende of Gerpinnes
Gerpinnes, Belgium
Century assigned from death evidence: 774 CE
1 patronage
Saint Rumold
Mechelen, Belgium
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 775 CE
1 patronage
Saint Rupert of Bingen
Pilgrims
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 732 CE
1 patronage
Saint Rupert of Salzburg
Salzburg, Austria, city of · Salzburg, Austria, province of
Century assigned from death evidence: 718 CE
2 patronages
Saint Sebaldus
Against cold weather · Bavaria, Germany · Nuremberg, Germany
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 770 CE
3 patronages
Saint Spérie
Saint-Céré, France
Century assigned from death evidence: 760 CE
1 patronage
Saint Stephen The Younger
Coin collectors · numismatists · smelters
Century assigned from birth evidence: 714 CE
3 patronages
Saint Swithbert
Against angina · against throat ailments · angina sufferers
Century assigned from death evidence: 713 CE
6 patronages
Saint Theodore of Pavia
Pavia, Italy
Century assigned from death evidence: 778 CE
1 patronage
Saint Tillo of Solignac
Against fever · against childhood diseases · children learning to walk
Century assigned from death evidence: 702 CE
5 patronages
Saint Ursmar of Lobbes
In Belgium Binche Lobbes · Binche · Lobbes
Century assigned from death evidence: 713 CE
5 patronages
Saint Valentine of Segovia
Segovia, Spain
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 715 CE
1 patronage
Saint Veranus
Local monasteries, UNVERIFIABLE
Century assigned from death evidence: 8th century CE
1 patronage
Saint Virgilius of Salzburg
Against birth complications · Carinthia, Slovenia · Salzburg, Austria
Century assigned from death evidence: 784 CE
4 patronages
Saint Walburga
Against coughs · against dog bites · against famine
Century assigned from death evidence: 779 CE
20 patronages
Saint Werenfridus
Against arthritis pain · against gout · against stiff joints
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 780 CE
8 patronages
Saint Wigbert of Fritzlar
Bad Hersfeld, Germany
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 746 CE
1 patronage
Saint Wilfrid of York
Middlesbrough, England, diocese of · Ripon, England
Century assigned from death evidence: 709 CE
2 patronages
Saint Willehad of Bremen
Saxony
Century assigned from death evidence: 789 CE
1 patronage
Saint Willibald of Eichstätt
Eichstätt, Germany, diocese of
Century assigned from death evidence: 781 CE
1 patronage
Saint Willibrord of Echternach
Against convulsions · against epilepsy · convulsives
Century assigned from death evidence: 739 CE
11 patronages
Saint Winebald of Heidenheim
Construction workers · engaged couples
Century assigned from death evidence: 761 CE
2 patronages
Saint Winnoc of Wormhoult
Against fever · against whooping cough · millers
Century assigned from death evidence: 716 CE
3 patronages
Saint Wulfram of Sens
Abbeville, France · against the dangers of the sea
Century assigned from death evidence: 703 CE
2 patronages
Saint Wulganus
Lens, France
Century assigned from death evidence: c. 704 CE
1 patronage
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