Patron Saints of prisoners
24 saints serve as patrons of prisoners.

Saint Adelaide of Burgundy
Feast: December 16
Saint Adelaide of Burgundy, also known as Adelaide of Italy or Adelheid, was born in around 931 in the kingdom of Burgundy, which is now modern-day Burgundy, France. She was the daughter of King...

Saint Barbara
Feast: December 4
Saint Barbara, also known as Barbe, was a legendary Catholic Saint who lived during the 3rd century in Nicomedia, now modern-day Turkey. Although her story is considered legend, her hagiography has...

Saint Beatrice Da Silva Meneses
Feast: August 17
Saint Beatrice Da Silva Meneses, also known as Brites, Beatrix da Silva, or Beatriz da Silva Meneses, was born in 1424 in Campo Maior, Portalegre, Portugal. She hailed from a noble family and was the...

Saint Daniel of Padua
Feast: January 3
Saint Daniel of Padua, also known as Saint Daniel, was a Jewish convert and a devoted follower of Saint Prosdocimus of Padua. He served as a deacon and accompanied Saint Prosdocimus on his missionary...

Saint Dismas
Feast: March 25
Saint Dismas, also known as The Good Rogue, The Good Thief, The Penitent Thief, Demas, Desmas, Dimas, Disma, Dysmas, Rach, Titus, and Zoatham, is honored by the Catholic Church as the repentant thief...

Saint Dominic of Silos
Feast: December 20
Saint Dominic of Silos, also known as Dominic of Sylo or Domingo, was born in the year 1000 to a peasant family in Cañas, Navarre, Spain. In his youth, he worked as a shepherd, but he felt a calling...

Saint Ferdinand III of Castille
Feast: May 30
Saint Ferdinand III of Castille, also known as Ferdinand the Saint, was born in 1198 near Salamanca, Spain. He was the son of Alfonso IX, the King of Leon, and Berengaria, the daughter of King...

Saint Gertrude of Nivelles
Feast: March 17
Saint Gertrude of Nivelles, also known as Gertrude of Landen, was born in the year 626 in the town of Landen, Belgium. She was the younger daughter of Saint Pepin of Landen, a nobleman, and Saint Ida...

Saint Giuseppe Cafasso
Feast: June 23
Saint Giuseppe Cafasso, born on January 15, 1811, in Castelnuovo d'Asti, Italy, was a remarkable Catholic Saint who dedicated his life to serving others and uplifting the marginalized. Despite being...

Saint Jacinta Marto
Feast: February 20
Saint Jacinta Marto, also known as simply "Jacinta," was a young visionary who experienced the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Fatima, Portugal, in 1917. Born on March 11, 1910, in...

Saint Joan of Arc
Feast: May 30
Saint Joan of Arc, also known as Jean D'arc, Jeanne d'Arc, Jehanne Darc, and the Maid of Orleans, was born on January 6, 1412, in Greux-Domremy, Lorraine, France. She was the daughter of Jacques...

Saint John The Baptist
Feast: June 24
Saint John the Baptist, also known as Iohannes Baptista, Joannes Baptista, John the Baptizer, John the Forerunner, John, son of Zachary, Juan Bautista, and Yochanan ben Zecharyah, was a prominent...

Saint Louis XI
Feast: August 25
Saint Louis IX, also known as Louis Capet and the Most Christian King, was born on 25 April 1214 in Poissy, France. He was the son of King Louis VIII and Blanche of Castile. At the age of eleven,...

Saint Mark The Evangelist
Feast: April 25
Saint Mark, also known as John Mark, holds a special place in Christian history as one of the early disciples and a significant figure in the spread of Christianity. Born in Jerusalem, it is believed...

Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Feast: August 14
Saint Maximilian Kolbe, also known as the Apostle of Consecration to Mary, was born as Raymond Kolbe on January 7, 1894, in Zdunska Wola, a town in Russian-occupied Poland. He was the second of three...

Saint Medard of Noyon
Feast: June 8
Saint Medard of Noyon, also known as Medardo or Medardus, was born around the year 456 in Salency, Picardy, France. He was the son of Nectardus, a Frankish nobleman, and Protagia, who came from...

Saint Nicholas of Myra
Feast: December 6
Saint Nicholas of Myra, also known as Nicholas of Bari, Nicholas of Lpnenskij, Nicholas of Lipno, Nicholas of Sarajskij, Nicholas the Miracle Worker, Klaus, Mikulas, Nikolai, Nicolaas, Nicolas,...

Saint Philomena
Feast: August 11
Saint Philomena, also known as Filomena, Filumena, Philumena, Philomene, Thaumaturga of the Nineteenth Century, and Wonder Worker of the Nineteenth Century, is a Catholic Saint whose life remains...

Saint Romedio of Nonsberg
Feast: January 15
Saint Romedio of Nonsberg, also known as Romedio of Hohenwart, Romedio of Salzburg, Romedio of Sanzeno, Romedio of Thaur, and Romedius of various other places, was born to the noble family of the...

Saint Severinus of Noricum
Feast: January 8
Saint Severinus of Noricum, also known as Severino of Noricum, was born to the Roman nobility in North Africa around 410. He lived a life of privilege and wealth, but at a certain point, he felt...

Saint Stephen of Obazine
Feast: March 8
Saint Stephen of Obazine, also known as Stephen of Aubazine and Stephen of Vielzot, was a pious youth born around 1085 in Limousin, France. From an early age, he displayed great piety and a strong...

Saint Victor Maurus
Feast: May 8
Saint Victor Maurus, also known as Victor of Milan, Victor the Moor, Viktor, Vittore, or Vittorio, was a soldier in the Roman Praetorian Guard. Born in the 3rd century in Mauretania, Africa, Victor...

Saint Vincent De Paul
Feast: September 27
Saint Vincent de Paul was born on April 24, 1581, in Ranquine, Gascony, near Dax, southwest France. He was born into a peasant family but showed exceptional intelligence from an early age. At the age...

Saint Walter of Pontoise
Feast: March 23
Saint Walter of Pontoise, also known as Walter of Pontnoise, Gaucher, Gaultier, Gautier, Gualterio, and Gualtiero, was born around 1030 in Andainville, Picardy, France. He was well-educated,...
Prayer for the Intercession of the Patron Saints of prisoners
Dear patron saints of prisoners, 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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