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Invoked against cattle diseases - Berlinda of Meerbeke [4] 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
Saint Barbara, patron saint of artillerymen, with a cannon. Academics - Thomas Aquinas, Albert the Great; Actors - Genesius [1] Comic actors - Maturinus; Accountants - Matthew; Advertisers - Bernardino of Siena [2] Air travellers - Joseph of Cupertino; Altar servers - John Berchmans, [3] Tarcisius, Lorenzo Ruiz; Ambassadors - Gabriel the Archangel
Saint Paraskevi of Rome (also Parasceva) is venerated as a Christian martyr of the 2nd century. She was arrested on multiple occasions for her Christianity and was eventually beheaded by the Roman governor Tarasius. [1] She is invoked for the healing of ailments of the eyes. The Church commemorates her on July 26. [2]
Odile of Alsace, also known as Odilia and Ottilia, born c. 662 - c. 720 at Mont Sainte-Odile), is a saint venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church. She is a patroness saint of good eyesight and of the region of Alsace. Saint Odile is commemorated with a feast day on 13 December [2] and on 14 December in Alsace ...
Vitalis then spent the rest of his life in the hermitage of Santa Maria di Viole, near Assisi, in utter poverty.His one possession was an old container that he used to drink water from a nearby spring.
Then, I have to check three or four different lists. Is Saint XXX the patron saint for any diseases? Check article 1 to find out. Is Saint XXX the patron saint for any occupations? Check article 2 to find out. Is Saint XXX the patron saint for any geographic locations? Check article 3 to find out. So, obviously, that is more cumbersome. So, it ...
Zac Efron Tommaso Boddi/WireImage Zac Efron wore sunglasses to promote his new film The Iron Claw, but he was not making a fashion statement. The High School Musical alum, 36, appeared with his ...
A patron saint, patroness saint, patron hallow or heavenly protector is a saint who in Roman Catholicism, Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy, or particular branches of Islam, is regarded as the heavenly advocate of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, family or person.