Patron Saints of midwives
9 saints serve as patrons of midwives.

Saint Brigid of Ireland
Feast: February 1
Saint Brigid of Ireland, born in the fifth century to Dubtach, a pagan Scottish king of Leinster, and Brocca, a Christian Pictish slave baptized by Saint Patrick, entered the world under...

Saint Cosmas
Feast: September 26
Saint Cosmas, also known as Cosma the Moneyless or the Silverless, was a renowned physician and martyr who lived in the 3rd century. He was born of Arabic descent, and together with his twin brother,...

Saint Damian
Feast: September 26
Saint Damian, also known as the Moneyless or the Silverless, was a revered Catholic saint who lived in the 3rd century. He is often mentioned alongside his twin brother, Saint Cosmas, with whom he...

Saint Dorothy of Caesarea
Feast: February 6
Saint Dorothy of Caesarea, also known as Dora, Dorotea, or Dorothea, was an apocryphal martyr who lived during the time of the persecutions of Diocletian in the early 4th century. She is venerated in...

Saint Drogo
Feast: April 16
Saint Drogo, also known as Dreux, Drogone, Drugo, or Druon, was born into a noble Flemish family in the year 1105. Unfortunately, tragedy struck his life at an early age when his mother passed away...

Saint Margaret of Cortona
Feast: February 22
Saint Margaret of Cortona, also known as Margherita, was born in 1247 in Loviano, Tuscany, Italy, to a farmer's family. Unfortunately, her mother passed away when she was just seven years old,...

Saint Panteleon
Feast: July 27
Saint Panteleon, also known as Panteleimon, Pantaleon, and Pantaleone, was born to a Christian mother and a pagan father. Despite this divided religious upbringing, Panteleon chose to embrace...

Saint Peter Verona
Feast: April 29
Saint Peter Verona, also known as Peter Martyr or Peter of Verona, was born in 1205 in Verona, Italy. He was the son of Catharist heretics, but he received a Catholic education in a Catholic school...

Saint Raymond Nonnatus
Feast: August 31
Saint Raymond Nonnatus, also known as Raymund Nonnatus or Raimundo Nonato, was born in 1204 to the Spanish nobility in the diocese of Urgel, Catalonia, Spain. His father had planned a successful...
Prayer for the Intercession of the Patron Saints of midwives
Dear patron saints of midwives, we humbly ask for your intercession before our Lord. Guide and protect all those who seek your help. Through your holy examples, help us to grow in faith and virtue. Amen.
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