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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 ...
Saint Pantaleon was the patron of physicians, Saint Cyriacus invoked against temptation on the deathbed, and Saints Christopher, Barbara, and Catherine of Alexandria for protection against a sudden and unprovided-for death. Saint Giles was prayed to for a good confession, and Saint Eustace as healer of family troubles.
Fiacre is the patron saint of the commune of Saint-Fiacre, Seine-et-Marne, France. He is the patron of growers of vegetables and medicinal plants, and gardeners in general, including ploughboys. [13] His reputed aversion to women is believed to be the reason that he is also considered the patron of victims of venereal disease. [12]
Fillan is the patron saint of the mentally ill. In Strathfillan are the ruins of Saint Fillan's chapel, and hard by is the Holy Pool, in which the insane were, as late as the 19th century, bathed to obtain a cure by the saint's intercession. Scott refers to it in Marmion (Cant. I. xxix). [2]
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This is a list of Filipino saints, beati, venerables, and Servants of God by the Catholic Church. Majority of these men and women of religious life were born, died, or lived within the Philippine archipelago. Ferdinand Magellan's expedition of 1521 to the islands included Catholic priests and missionaries among the crew.
The town Saint-Camille, Quebec and the parish Saint-Camille-de-Lellis, Quebec; The town and village of Camillus, New York; Saint Camillus Academy, former Catholic school in Kentucky, USA; St Camille Association, providing residential care for people in West Africa suffering from mental illness; St. Camillus Centre in Mohale's Hoek, Lesotho
Pancras is popularly venerated as the patron saint of children, jobs and health. His name is also invoked against cramps, false witnesses, headaches and perjury. His image in statue form can be found in many bars, restaurants and other businesses. He is also the patron saint of the Italian city San Pancrazio Salentino.