• List of patron saints by occupation and activity

A

• Academics - Thomas Aquinas, Albert the Great

• Actors - Genesius

• Comic actors - Maturinus

• Accountants - Matthew

• Advertisers - Bernardino of Siena

• Air travellers - Joseph of Cupertino

• Altar servers - John Berchmans, Tarcisius, Lorenzo Ruiz

• Ambassadors - Gabriel the Archangel

• Anesthesiologists - René Goupil

• Animal rights activists - Francis of Assisi

• Apprentices - John Bosco

• Archeologists - Helen of Constantinople

• Archers - George, Nicholas of Myra, Ursula

• Archivists - Lawrence

• Architects - Benedict of Nursia, Bernward of Hildesheim, Thomas the Apostle

• Armourers - George

• Arms dealers - Adrian of Nicomedia

• Art dealers - John the Evangelist

• Artillerymen - Barbara

• Artists - Luke the Evangelist, Philip Neri, Eligius

• Astronauts - Joseph of Cupertino

• Astronomers - Dominic

• Athletes - Sebastian, Christopher, St Hyacinth

• Attorneys - Genesius

• Authors - Francis de Sales,John the Evangelist, Lucy

• Aviators - Joseph of Cupertino, Our Lady of Loreto, Thérèse of Lisieux (The Little Flower)

B

• Bakers - Agatha of Sicily, Elizabeth of Hungary, Honorius of Amiens

  • Bakers of altar bread - Honorius of Amiens

• Bankers - Bernardine of Feltre,Matthew, Michael the Archangel

• Barbers - Cosmas, Damian

• Barristers - Genesius

• Bartenders - Amand

• Basket makers - Anthony the Abbot,

• Beekeepers - Ambrose of Milan, Bernard of Clairvaux, Valentine

• Beggars - Ambrose of Milan,Elisabeth of Hungary, Giles

• Bell makers - Agatha of Sicily

• Belt makers - Alexius of Rome

• Bird dealers - John the Baptist

• Blacksmiths - Dunstan, Peter the Apostle

• Boatmen - Julian the Hospitaller

• Bookbinders - Christopher, Pope Celestine V

• Bookkeepers - Matthew

• Booksellers - John of God

• Bombardiers - Quentin

• Box makers - Fiacre

• Boy Scouts - George

• Brewers - Amand,Arnold of Soissons,Dorothea of Caesarea, Nicholas of Myra

• Bridge builders - Bénézet,Peter the Apostle

• Bricklayers - Stephen

• Broadcasters - Gabriel the Archangel

• Brush makers - Anthony of Padua

• Builders - Barbara, Vincent Ferrer

• Businessmen - Homobonus

• Butchers - Adrian of Nicomedia, Andrew the Apostle, Anthony the Abbot,George, Peter the Apostle

C

• Cabinet makers - Andrew the Apostle, Joseph

• Canon lawyers - Raymond of Penyafort

• Carpenters - Joseph, Matthias, Peter the Apostle

• Casket makers - Stephen

• Cattlemen - Andrew the Apostle

• Catechists - Charles Borromeo, Robert Bellarmine

• Catholic students - Aloysius Gonzaga

• Cavalry - George

• Chandlers - Ambrose of Milan,Bernard of Clairvaux

• Chaplains - Quentin

• Charcoal burners - Alexander of Comana,Theobald of Provins

• Chefs - Francis Caracciolo, Lawrence

  • Pastry chefs - Honorius of Amiens, Philip

• Chemists - Albert the Great

• Chess players - Teresa of Ávila

• Children - Nicholas

• Chimney sweeps - Erasmus of Formiae, Florian

• Cinema - Genesius

• Civil engineers - Dominic de la Calzada

• Civil servants - Thomas More

• Clergy of Korea - Andrew Kim

• Clerics - Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows

• Clock makers - Peter the Apostle

• Clothworkers - Homobonus, Peter the Apostle

• Clowns - Genesius, Maturinus

• Cobblers - Crispin

• Coffee house owners - Drogo of Sebourg

• Comedians - Genesius, Lawrence,Philip Neri, Vitus

• College students - Isabel Cristina

• Communications workers - Gabriel the Archangel

• Computer programmers - Isidore of Seville

• Computer scientists - Isidore of Seville

• Computer technicians - Isidore of Seville

• Computer users - Isidore of Seville

• Confectioners - Honorius of Amiens

• Cooks - Lawrence, Martha

• Coopers - Urban of Langres

• Couriers - Bona of Pisa

• Court clerks - Thomas More

• Craftsmen - Joseph, Macarius of Unzha, Eligius

• Cream clotters - Piran

• Curriers - Bartholomew the Apostle, Crispin

• Customs agents - Matthew

• Cutlers - Lucy

• Cyclists - Sebastian

D

• Dairy workers - Brigid of Ireland

• Dancers - Vitus

• Deacons - Stephen, Marinus

• Dentists - Antipas, Apollonia, Foillan

• Dietitians - Martha

• Diplomats - Gabriel the Archangel

• Doctors - Cosmas, Damian, Luke the Evangelist, Pantaleon, Raphael the Archangel,Gianna Beretta Molla

• Domestic servants - Zita

• Drapers - Severus of Avranches

• Drivers - Christopher, Fiacre, Frances of Rome

• Dyers - Maurice and Lydia

E

• Ecologists - Francis of Assisi,Kateri, Hildegard of Bingen

• Editors - John Bosco, John the Evangelist

• Educators - Ignatius of Loyola, John Baptist de la Salle,Marcellin Champagnat, Scholastica

• Electricians – Virgin of Candelaria

• Embroiderers - Clare of Assisi,Rose of Lima

• Emergency dispatchers - Gabriel the Archangel

• Encyclopedists - Jerome

• Engineers - Benedict of Nursia, Ferdinand III, Patrick

  • Military engineers - Barbara, Eligius

• English writers - Bede

• Environmentalists - Kateri

• Equestrians - Andrew the Apostle, George, James (son of Zebedee)

• Exorcists - Anastasia of Sirmium

F

• Farmers - Benedict of Nursia, Bernard of Vienne, Botolph, Isidore the Farmer, Notburga, Phocas the Gardener, Theobald of Provins, Walstan

• Farm workers - Andrew the Apostle, Benedict of Nursia, Bernard of Vienne, Eligius, George,[10] Isidore the Farmer, Notburga, Phocas the Gardener, Walstan

• Farriers - Eligius, John the Baptist

• Field workers - Medard

• Firefighters - Eustace,Florian

  • Brazilian firefighters - George

  • Military firefighters - Barbara

• Fireworks makers - Barbara

• Fishermen - Andrew the Apostle,Benno, Our Lady of Salambao, Peter the Apostle, Zeno of Verona

• Fishmongers - Andrew the Apostle, Magnus of Avignon, Peter the Apostle

• Flight attendants - Bona of Pisa

• Florists - Dorothea of Caesarea,Fiacre, Honorius of Amiens, Thérèse of Lisieux (The Little Flower)

• Flour merchants - Honorius of Amiens

• Foresters - John Gualbert

• Foundry workers - Barbara

• Fullers - Anastasius the Fuller

• Funeral directors - Joseph of Arimathea

• Furriers - Hubert of Liège, James (son of Zebedee)

G

• Gamblers - Cajetan

• Gardeners - Ansovinus, Christopher, Fiacre,Phocas the Gardener, Rose of Lima, Urban of Langres

• Geoscientists - Barbara

• Glass makers - Peter the Apostle

• Glaziers - Lucy

• Gilders - Clare of Assisi

• Goldsmiths - Clare of Assisi, Dunstan, Eligius

• Grave diggers - Anthony the Abbot, Roch

• Grocers - Michael the Archangel

• Guards - Adrian of Nicomedia, Peter of Alcantara

• Guides - Bona of Pisa

H

• Hairdressers - Mary Magdalene

• Harness makers - Eligius

• Harvesters - Peter the Apostle

• Hat makers - Severus of Avranches

• Healers - Anastasia of Sirmium,Brigid of Ireland

• Heralds - Benedict of Nursia

• Herbalists - Fiacre

• Historians - Bede, Isidore of Seville

• The homeless - Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur, Thérèse of Lisieux

• Homemakers - Andrew the Apostle

• Horsemen - George

• Horticulture - Dorothea of Caesarea, Fiacre

• Hosiers - Fiacre

• Hospital administrators - Basil the Great, Frances Xavier Cabrini

• Hospital public relations - Paul the Apostle

• Hospital workers - Camillus of Lellis,John of God, Jude

• Husbandry - Benedict of Nursia, Bernard of Vienne, Eligius, George, Isidore the Farmer, Phocas the Gardener, Walstan

• Hunters - Eustace,Hubert of Liège

I

• Ice skaters - Lidwina

• Immigrants - Frances Xavier Cabrini

• Infantrymen - Maurice

• Innkeepers - Amand

J

• Janitors - Zita

• Jesters - Maturinus

• Jesuit scholastics - Aloysius Gonzaga

• Jewelers - Eligius

• Job seekers - Cajetan

• Joiners - Matthew

• Journalists - Francis de Sales

• Jurors - Catherine of Siena

• Jurists - John of Capistrano

K

• Kings - Edward the Confessor

• Knights - George

• Knights Hospitaller - John the Almoner, John the Baptist

L

• Laborers - Joseph, Lucy

• Lace workers - Teresa of Ávila

• Land surveyors - Thomas the Apostle

• Laundry workers - Clare of Assisi, Hunna, Veronica

• Lawyers - Genesius, Thomas More, Yves

• Leatherworkers - Bartholomew the Apostle, Crispin

• Librarians - Catherine of Alexandria, Jerome, Lawrence

• Lighthouse keepers - Verena

• Linguists - Gottschalk

• Locksmiths - Dunstan, Quentin

• Lumberjacks - Gummarus

M

• Marble workers - Clement

• Marines

  • Italian marines - Barbara

• Manual laborers - Isidore the Farmer

• Makers of images of the crucifix - John of Damascus

• Mariners - Brendan the Navigator, Christopher,Clement, Nicholas of Tolentine

• Martyrs - Anastasia of Sirmium,Lucy

• Matchmakers - Raphael the Archangel

• Mathematicians - Barbara

• Mechanics - Catherine of Alexandria, Eligius

• Medical record librarians - Raymond of Penyafort

• Medical social workers - John Regis

• Medical technicians - Albertus Magnus

• Mental health professionals - Dymphna

• Merchants - Amand, Francis of Assisi, Macarius of Unzha, Nicholas of Myra

• Messengers - Gabriel the Archangel

• Metal workers - Eligius

• Meteorologists - Medard

• Midwives - Pantaleon, Raymond Nonnatus

• Millers - Arnulph, Christina the Astonishing, Leodegar, Winnoc

• Miners - Barbara

• Missionaries - Francis Xavier, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Thérèse of Lisieux ( The Little Flower )

• Motorcyclists - Columbanus

• Motorists - Anthony the Abbot

• Mountaineers - Bernard of Menthon

• Musicians - Cecilia,Dunstan, Hildegard of Bingen

N

• Natural scientists - Albertus Magnus

• Navigators - Brendan the Navigator

• Nomadic travelers - Anthony of Padua

• Numismatists - Eligius

• Notaries - Luke the Evangelist

• Nuns - Brigid of Ireland

  • Benedictine nuns - Scholastica

• Nurses - Agatha of Sicily,Alexius of Rome, Camillus of Lellis,Catherine of Alexandria, John of God, Margaret of Antioch, Raphael the Archangel

  • Children's nurses - Foillan

  • Nursing services - Elisabeth of Hungary

  • Italian nurses - Catherine of Siena

• Nurse anesthetists - René Goupil

• Nursing mothers - Basilissa

O

• Obstetricians - Raymond Nonnatus

• Odd lot dealers - Cajetan

• Officers at arms - Benedict of Nursia

• Oil refiners - Honorius of Amiens

• Orphans - Gerolamo Emiliani Thérèse of Lisieux, Ursula

• Overseas workers - Lorenzo Ruiz

P

• Painters - Luke the Evangelist

• Papal delegates - Pope John XXIII

• Paramedics - Michael the Archangel

• Paralegals - Patrick

• Paratroopers - Michael the Archangel

• Parish clerks - Cassian of Imola

• Pasty crimpers - Piran

• Pawnbrokers - Bernardine of Feltre, Nicholas of Myra

• Peasants - Lucy

• Perfumers - Matthew

• Pewterers - Fiacre

• Pharmacists - Cosmas, Damian, Gemma Galgani, James (son of Alphaeus), James (son of Zebedee), Mary Magdalene, Raphael the Archangel

• Philosophers - Albertus Magnus,Boethius, Catherine of Alexandria

• Photographers - Veronica

• Physicists - Rebekah

• Pig keepers - Anthony the Abbot, Malo

• Pilgrims - Bona of Pisa, James (son of Zebedee)

• Pilots - Christopher

• Plasterers - Bartholomew the Apostle

• Plowboys - Fiacre

• Plumbers - Maturinus

• Poets - John Henry Newman

• Police dispatchers - Gabriel the Archangel

• Police officers - Jude, Michael the Archangel

  • Brazilian police officers - George

• Politicians - Thomas the Apostle, Thomas More, Marinus

• Polytechnic engineering - Ferdinand III of Castile

• Poor students - Joseph of Cupertino

• Popes - Peter the Apostle

• Porters- Quentin

• Postal workers - Gabriel the Archangel

• Potters - Justa and Rufina, Peter the Apostle

• Preachers - Catherine of Alexandria

• Pregnant women - Gerard Majella

• Priests - John Vianney

  • Diocesan priests - Thomas Becket

• Princes - Gottschalk

• Printers - Augustine of Hippo,John Bosco

• Prison officers

  • Italian prison officers - Basilides

• Psychiatrists - Christina the Astonishing, Dymphna

• Publishers - John Bosco

• Pyrotechnicians - Erasmus of Formiae

Q

• Queens - Jadwiga of Poland

R

• Radio workers - Gabriel the Archangel

• Radiologists - Gabriel the Archangel

• Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers soldiers - Eligius

S

• Saddle makers - Crispin, George

• Saddlers- Lucy

• Sailors - Botolph, Brendan the Navigator,Elizabeth Seton, Erasmus of Formiae, Nicholas of Myra, Peter the Apostle, Phocas the Gardener

  • Sailors in Brittany - Maturinus

  • French Canadian voyagers and sailors - Andrew the Apostle

• Salespeople - Lucy

• Scholars - Brigid of Ireland

• School children - Isidore of Seville, Madeleine Sophie Barat

• School teachers - Cassian of Imola

• Scientists - Albertus Magnus, Dominic

• Scribes - Catherine of Alexandria

• Sculptors - Claude

• Seafarers - Brendan the Navigator

• Second hand dealers - Roch

• Secretaries - Catherine of Alexandria, Claude

• Security guards - Matthew, Michael the Archangel

• Seminarians - Charles Borromeo,[5] Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows

• Service men of the Russian Strategic Rocket Forces - Barbara

• Servers the sick - Saint Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur

• Shepherds - Bernadette of Lourdes,Cuthbert, Cuthman, Dominic of Silos, Drogo of Sebourg, George, Germaine Cousin, Julian the Hospitaller, Raphael the Archangel, Regina, Solange

• Shoemakers - Crispin, Gangulphus, Peter the Apostle, Theobald of Provins

• Shorthand writers - Cassian of Imola

• Skiers - Bernard of Menthon

• Silk makers - Severus of Avranches

• Software engineers - Isidore of Seville

• Soldiers - Adrian of Nicomedia, George,Ignatius of Loyola, Joan of Arc, Martin of Tours, Michael the Archangel, Sebastian, Theodore, Heahmund

• Special forces - Philip Neri

• Spectacle makers - Jerome

• Speleologists

  • Italian speleologists - Benedict of Nursia

• Spiritual directors - Ephrem the Syrian

• Spur makers - Giles

• Stablemen - Andrew the Apostle

• Stained glass workers - Lucy

• Statesmen - Thomas More

• Steeplejacks - Erasmus of Formiae

• Stenographers - Cassian of Imola,Catherine of Alexandria

• Stonecutters - Clement

• Stonemasons - Barbara, Blaise, Reinold, Marinus

• Students - Albertus Magnus,Benedict of Nursia,Catherine of Alexandria, Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, Gemma Galgani, Isidore of Seville, Lawrence, Tatiana of Rome, Thomas Aquinas, Ursula, Wolbodo, St Alfred the Great

  • Students in various European cities - Nicholas of Myra

• Surfers - Christopher

• Surgeons - Cosmas, Damian, Foillan, Luke the Evangelist, Quentin, Roch

T

• Tailors - Homobonus, Matthias, Quentin

• Tanners - Bartholomew the Apostle, Catherine of Alexandria, Clement, Crispin, Gangulphus, James (son of Zebedee), John the Apostle, John the Evangelist, Lawrence, Mary Magdalene, Simon

• Tax collectors - Matthew

• Teachers - Andrew the Apostle, Gregory the Great, Marcellin Champagnat, Thomas Aquinas

  • Christian teachers - John Baptist de la Salle

• Television workers - Gabriel the Archangel

• Test takers - Joseph of Cupertino

• Teutonic Knights - George

• Tin miners - Piran

• Tinsmiths - Joseph of Arimathea, Piran

  • Tinsmiths in Paris - Maturinus

• Theater performers - Clare of Assisi, Genesius

• Thieves who repent - Nicholas of Myra

• Theologians - Augustine of Hippo, John the Evangelist

• Therapists - Dymphna

• Thomasites - Kateri

• Those seeking lost items or people - Anthony of Padua

• Those who work at great heights - Erasmus of Formiae

• Tile makers - Fiacre, Roch

• Town criers - Blaise

• Toymakers - Claude La Colombière, Nicholas of Myra

• Translators - Jerome, Gottschalk

• Trappers - Bartholomew the Apostle, Eustachius

• Travellers - Bona of Pisa, Botolph, Christopher, James (son of Zebedee), Joseph, Macarius of Unzha,[28] Raphael the Archangel

• Truss makers - Foillan

U

• Undertakers - Dismas

• Unemployed - Cajetan

V

• Veterinarians - Blaise,Eligius, James (son of Zebedee)

• Vinegar makers - Vincent of Saragossa

• Vine dressers - Urban of Langres

• Vine growers - Amand,Urban of Langres

• Vintners - Amand,Urban of Langres

• Volunteers - Vincent de Paul

W

• Waiters - Zita

• Washer women - Hunna

• Wax melters and refiners - Ambrose of Milan, Bernard of Clairvaux

• Weavers - Anastasia of Sirmium,Anthony Mary Claret

• Wheelwrights - Catherine of Alexandria

• Wine growers - Theobald of Provins

• Wine makers - Vincent of Saragossa

• Working people - Joseph

• Women seeking a husband - Anthony of Padua

• Wood carvers - Wolfgang of Regensburg

• Wood workers - Wolfgang of Regensburg

• Wool combers and weavers - Blaise

• Wool makers - Severus of Avranches

• Writers - Francis de Sales,Philip Neri, Teresa of Ávila, Hildegard of Bingen

Z

• Zoology - Albertus Magnus, Francis of Assisi

Zookeepers- St. Paul

Patron saints of ailments, illness, and dangers

Saints have often been prevailed upon in requests for intercessory prayers to protect against or help combatting a variety of dangers, illnesses, and ailments. This is a list of saints and such ills traditionally associated with them. In shorthand, they are called the patron saints of (people guarding against or grappling with) these various troubles.

A

• Against abortion, miscarriage - Catherine of Vadstena

• Alcoholism - Martin of Tours

• Angina - Suitbert of Kaiserwerdt

• Arthritis - Alphonsus Liguori

• Auditory conditions and diseases - Ovidius

• Earache, dysentery - Polycarp

• Autism - Thorlak

B

• Victims of betrayal and of torture - Epipodius

• Against motorcycle/bicycle accidents - Denise

• Invoked against blight, frost, storms, alcoholism, and faintness - Urban of Langres

• Blind and the lame - Abel of Reims

• The blind - Aloysius Gonzaga

• Blindness, eye disease, eye problems, sore eyes - Leodegar

• Protectress of blind people - Paraskevi of Rome

• Protector of sufferers from broken bones and hernias - Mammes

• Against bullies and verbal abuse - Kentigern

C

• Cancer - Peregrine Laziosi

• Breast cancer - Agatha

• Stomach cancer, youth, people who suffer from shyness - Alfie Lambe

• Invoked against cattle diseases - Berlinda of Meerbeke

• Chest problems, lung problems, gambling addictions- Bernardino of Siena

• Invoked during childbirth and against diseases of the eye - Hemma of Gurk

• Childbirth, sickness - Juliana of Nicomedia

• Women in difficult labor - John of Bridlington

• Difficult pregnancy and safe child birth - Peter and Fevronia of Murom

• Invoked by pregnant women for safe delivery of children - Silvia

• Childhood illnesses - Deicolus

• Childhood diseases; difficult marriages; victims of abuse - Pharaildis

• Convulsive children; invoked against storms and rain - Scholastica

• Invoked against cholera, epidemics, knee problems, plague, skin diseases - Roch

• Choreas (Sydenham's chorea, Huntington's disease), epilepsy, seizures, oversleeping - Vitus

• Invoked against cirrhosis and other liver diseases - Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo

• Riot, civil disorder - Andrew Corsini

• Against cold and cold weather - Sebaldus

• Against colic - Agapitus of Palestrina

• Invoked against colic in children, intestinal ailments and diseases, cramps and the pain of women in labour - Erasmus of Formiae or St Elmo

• Convulsions, epilepsy, epileptics - Willibrord

• Coughs, sneezes, and dropsy - Quentin

• Invoked against cramps, afflictions associated with the nerves and ears - Cornelius

• Cramp, headache, bearing false witness, perjury - Pancras

• Involved against criminals - Saint Peter

• Crohns disease and IBS - Carlos Manuel Rodríguez Santiago

D

• Deafness - Audoin (Ouen)

• Dying people, expectant mothers, hesitation, happy death, holy death, interior souls, people in doubt, pioneers, pregnant women, travellers, and fetuses - Joseph

• Demons, fever - Patroclus of Troyes

• Diabetics - Paulina

• Invoked against dropsy, childhood sicknesses, hailstones, the pain of childbirth, and gout - Gotthard of Hildesheim

• Invoked against drought - Reverianus

• Against drought - Trophimus of Arles

• Those in danger of drowning - Hyacinth

• Drug addiction - Maximilian Kolbe

E

• Invoked against earthquakes - Emygdius of Ascoli

• Epidemics, diseases - Four Holy Marshals

• Invoked against epilepsy and headaches - Gerard of Lunel

• Epilepsy, against rabies, against infantile convulsions - Guy of Anderlecht

• Invoked against erysipelas, lightning, horse theft, wildfires, and drowning - Castulus –

• Invoked against evil spirits, leprosy, thunderstorms, bacterial diseases, and bacterial infections - Agrippina of Mineo

• Sore eyes - Augustine of Hippo

• Eye disease - Cyriacus

• Eye and skin conditions; knee pains; invoked against adultery and marital difficulties - Gangulphus

• Eye problems, eye disease - Harvey

F

• Fainting, plague, epilepsy - Valentine

• Against diseases in the feet - Saint Alphonsa

• Invoked against foot troubles, lameness, rheumatism, rats, and mice - Servatius

• Invoked against fever, rats, and mice, particularly field-mice - Gertrude of Nivelles

• Fever - Hugh of Cluny

• Invoked against fever; afflictions associated with the eyes; Dry cough; infertility; panic attacks - Theobald of Provins

• Invoked against fire, floods and drowning - Florian

• Invoked against flooding, and for the good success of Caesarean section - Caesarius of Terracina

G

• Against gallstones, colic - Liborius of Le Mans

• Invoked against illegal gambling - Cajetan

• Diseases and sicknesses affecting the genitals - Vitalis of Assisi

• Gout, sore throat, fever, whooping cough - Andrew the Apostle

• Gout - Apollinaris

H

• Pathologies of the hands and the feet - Julia of Corsica

• Against hanging - Coloman

• Hangovers - Bibiana

• Against headache - Agathius, Teresa of Ávila, Bibiana, Crescentinus, Denis of Paris, William Firmatus

• Heart disease - John of God

• Haemorrhage, eye complaints - Lucy of Syracuse

• Against hernias - Conrad of Piacenza

• The homeless - Benedict Joseph Labre, Nicholas of Trani

• Sick horses - Hippolytus of Rome

I

• Patron of immigrants, migrant workers, separated families - Lorenzo Ruiz

• Invoked against infertility - Maturinus

• Female infertility (in Syria) - Abd-al-Masih

• Against infestations of bedbugs, rodents and locusts - Tryphon

• Against insanity, mental disorders - Bibiana, Christina the Astonishing

K

• Against kidnapping, illness - Arthelais

• Kidney disease, and rheumatism - Ursus of Aosta

• Diseases of the kidneys, invoked against physical defects, back pains, and school-related students' crises - Nonnosus

L

• Leprosy, HIV and AIDS - Damien of Molokai

• Against lightning; fear of insects - Gratus of Aosta

• Invoked against lightning - Victor of Marseilles

• Lost causes, desperate situations - Jude Thaddaeus

• Lost causes or impossible cases, marital problems, abuse - Rita of Cascia

• Missing people and lost things - Anthony of Padua

M

• Difficult marriage - Olaf

• Mental illness - Bibiana, Fillan, Hermes, Dymphna

• Migraine - Aspren, Gereon

N

• Invoked as a protector from natural disasters, plague, invasion - Leoluca

• Invoked against stiff neck - Ursicinus of Saint-Ursanne

• Neuralgia, sick children, obsessive compulsive disorder - Ubald

• Nyctophobia - Cannera

P

• Chronic pain - Pacificus of San Severino

• Patron saint against pandemics - Edmund the Martyr of East Anglia

• Invoked as protection against perjury, loss at sea and destructive rains - Maximin of Trier

• Against pirate attack - Albinus of Angers

• Plague, epilepsy - Adrian of Nicomedia

• Against plague - Sebastian

• Plague, epilepsy - Natalia of Nicomedia

• Bubonic plague, misfortunes - Agricola of Avignon

• Bubonic plague or the Black Death - Fourteen Holy Helpers

• Invoked against the bubonic plague, smallpox, and gout - Quirinus of Neuss

• Pneumonia - Casimiro Barello Morello

• Poverty - Macrina the Elder

• Against poverty, impoverishment, torture victims - Regina

• Pregnancy - Gerard Majella

• Invoked against procrastination - Expeditus

• The souls in purgatory - John Macias

R

• Rabies - Domninus of Fidenza

• Rabies - Hubert of Liège

• Against rabies - Quiteria 

• Invoked against rabies - Sithney

• Victims of rape - Clementina Nengapeta

• Victims of rape, crime victims, invoked against pedophiles - Maria Goretti

• Rape victims - Potamiana

• Against venomous reptiles - Abhai

• Invoked against snakes, and snake bites; also invoked against demonic possession, mental illness, poison, wild beasts - Amabilis of Riom

• Against snake bites - Peregrine of Auxerre

• Rheumatism - James the Great

• Maurus – rheumatism, gout, epilepsy

• Against rheumatism - Miliau 

• People ridiculed for their piety, repentance, temptation - Mary Magdalene

• Politicians, athletes, road safety - Alberto Marvelli

S

• Invoked against sciatica - Dometius of Persia

• Those who suffer scoliosis, against animal attacks - Joseph of Anchieta

• Scrofula - Saint Balbina

• Scrofula, diseases of the skin - Marculf

• Against danger at sea, against temptations, sick people, storms at sea, police officers - Michael the Archangel

• For protection against the dangers of the sea - Wulfram of Sens

• Against sepsis - John Henry Newman

• The sick, asthma sufferers, nurses and carers - Bernadette

• Those who serve the sick - Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur

• Skin disease, Saint Anthony's fire - Anthony

• Skin diseases, victims of child abuse - Germaine Cousin

• Sleepwalking, epilepsy, insanity, mental illness - Dymphna

• Smallpox - Matthias

• Invoked against stomach pains, especially in children - Rasso

• Invoked against storms, hail storms, lightning - Eurosia

• Stress relief and New year blues - Saint Pio of Pietrelcina

• Invoked against stress - Walter of Pontoise

• Students, youth - John Berchmans

• Sudden death - Andrew Avellino

• Syphilis, eye troubles - Symphorian

T

• Ailments of the throat - Blaise

• Throat trouble - Godelina

• Against thunderstorm, evil spirits, and plague - Deodatus of Nevers

• Toothache - Apollonia

• Invoked against toothache - Engelmund of Velsen

• Toothache - Medard

• Stenographers, printers, lawyers, epileptics, thieves, torture victims - Genesius of Rome

• People seeking relief from tribulations, in particular by women who wished to be liberated from abusive husbands - Wilgefortis

W

• Protector of soldiers against the dangers of war; also invoked for fertility - St. Bessus

• Whooping cough - Winnoc

• Invoked against wolves and fires - Defendens

• Invoked to cure wounds - Marciana of Mauretania

• Curing of wounds - Marciana of Toledo

• To cure open wounds, against eye diseases - Reinildis

V

• Venereal disease sufferers, hemorrhoids - Fiacre