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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 ...
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.
Saint Pantaleon in the Golden Legend (1497) The Church of St. Panteleimon in Gorno Nerezi, Skopje, North Macedonia Church of St. Panteleimon, built in 1735–1739, is one of the oldest in St. Petersburg. By miraculously healing a blind man by invoking the name of Jesus over him, Pantaleon converted his father, upon whose death he came into ...
Those who serve the sick – Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur [25] 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
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.
Rita of Cascia, OSA (born Margherita Ferri Lotti; 1381 – 22 May 1457), was an Italian widow and Augustinian nun.After Rita's husband died, she joined a small community of nuns, who later became Augustinians, where she was known both for practicing mortification of the flesh [1] and for the efficacy of her prayers.
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. His mortal remains are located in the altar in the Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Rome, along with several ...
Lidwina (Lydwine, Lydwid, Lidwid, Liduina of Schiedam) (1380–1433) was a Dutch mystic who is honored as a saint by the Catholic Church.She is the patroness saint of the town of Schiedam, of chronic pain, and of ice skating.