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Saint Barbara, patron saint of artillerymen, with a cannon. Academics - Thomas Aquinas, Albert the Great; Actors - Genesius [1] ... Nursing mothers - Basilissa [2] O
In 1886, Pope Leo XIII proclaimed him patron of all hospitals and of the sick. [3] In 1930, Pope Pius XI named him co-patron, with Saint John of God of nurses and nursing associations. [8] His assistance is also invoked against gambling.
Rome; nursing mothers Martina of Rome , a patron saint of Rome , was martyred in 226, according to some authorities, more probably in 228, under the pontificate of Pope Urban I , according to others.
The Daughters of St. Camillus (Italian: Figlie di San Camillo; Latin: Congregatio Filiarum Sancti Camilli; abbreviation: F.S.C.) is a religious institute of pontifical right whose members profess public vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience and follow the evangelical way of life in common. They dedicate themselves for nursing of the sick and ...
References of the time of Gregory the Great suggest two groups of martyrs, mother and daughters, one buried on the Aurelian Way and the other on the Via Appia. According to the Passio, Sophia was a widow of Milan who gave away her possessions and moved to Rome with her daughters. Her daughters were martyred before her and she buried them at Via ...
The future patron saint of prisoners, drug addicts and journalists was born in Poland on Jan. 8, 1894, as Raymund Kolbe, the second son of Julius Kolbe and Maria Dąbrowska.
Florida, nursing mothers, pregnant mothers, motherhood Our Lady of La Leche ( Spanish : Nuestra Señora de La Leche y Buen Parto ; "Our Lady of the Milk and Good Delivery") is a Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with a statue of her breastfeeding the infant Jesus Christ . [ 1 ]
Louise de Marillac was born out of wedlock on August 12, 1592 [1] at Ferrières-en-Brie near Le Meux, [2] now in the department of Oise, in Picardy.She never knew her mother. Louis de Marillac, Lord of Ferrires (1556–1604), [3] claimed her as his natural daughter yet not his legal h