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Servers the sick - Saint Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur [26] Shepherds - Bernadette of Lourdes, [5] 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 ...
James Hugh O'Neill was born on January 14, 1892, the son of William O'Neill and Catherine Enright O'Neill. After receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree (1911) and Master of Arts degree (1913) from Loyola University (Chicago), he entered Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity in St. Paul, Minnesota, and was ordained a Roman Catholic priest on May 20, 1915.
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 ...
The feast day of Saint Urban is 2 April, [4] or 23 January in Langres, France. The cult of Saint Urban of Langres was closely associated with the weather. Several old German sayings reflect this: Pankraz und Urban ohne Regen / bringen großen Erntesegen [The feast days of] Pancras and Urban without rain/ bring big rich harvests. [5]
Adjutor (died April 30, 1131) is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. He is credited to be the patron saint of swimmers, boaters, and drowning victims, [2] and the patron saint of Vernon, France. Adjutor was born in Vernon, France, on July 24, 1073, where he was made a knight in the First Crusade.
Although venerated from the 11th century in such places of northern Italy as Aosta, Novara and Brescia, Bernard was not formally recognized as a saint until his canonization by Pope Innocent XI in 1681. His feast is celebrated on 28 May [10] or June 15 (Roman Martyrology). [11] Pope Pius XI confirmed Bernard as the patron saint of the Alps in ...
Uriel / ˈ ʊər i ə l /, Auriel (Hebrew: אוּרִיאֵל ʾŪrīʾēl, "El/God is my Flame"; [5] Greek: Οὐριήλ Oúriḗl; Coptic: ⲟⲩⲣⲓⲏⲗ Ouriēl; [6] Italian: Uriele; [7] Geʽez and Amharic: ዑራኤል ʿUraʾēl [8] or ዑርኤል ʿUriʾēl) [9] or Oriel (Hebrew: אוֹרִיאֵל ʾÓrīʾēl, "El/God is my Light") is the name of one of the archangels who is ...
Genevieve (French: Sainte Geneviève; Latin: Genovefa; [2] also called Genovefa [3] and Genofeva; [4] c. 419/422 AD – 502/512 AD) was a consecrated virgin, and is one of the two patron saints of Paris in the Catholic and Orthodox traditions.