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  2. Patron saints of ailments, illness, and dangers - Wikipedia

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    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; Invoked against storms, hail storms, lightning - Eurosia [26] Stress relief and New year blues ...

  3. Peregrine Laziosi - Wikipedia

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    Laziosi is considered the patron saint of those suffering from cancer. The National Shrine of Saint Peregrine is located at Our Lady of Sorrows Basilica in Chicago, Illinois, as a ministry of the Friar Servants of Mary. [6] There is a St. Peregrine Shrine at The Grotto, at The National Sanctuary of Our Sorrowful Mother, in Portland, Oregon. A ...

  4. List of health deities - Wikipedia

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    Sekhmet, goddess of healing and medicine of Upper Egypt; Heka, deification of magic, through which Egyptians believed they could gain protection, healing and support; Serket, goddess of healing stings and bites; Ta-Bitjet, a scorpion goddess whose blood is a panacea for all poisons; Isis, goddess of healing, magic, marriage and protection

  5. List of patron saints by occupation and activity - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  6. Fourteen Holy Helpers - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Camillus de Lellis - Wikipedia

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    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

  8. Hermione of Ephesus - Wikipedia

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    Hermione of Ephesus (Greek: Ερμιόνη της Εφέσου; d. A.D. 117) is a 2nd-century saint and martyr venerated by the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church. She was well known as a "great healer" [1]: 16 and founded the first Christian hospital in Ephesus. [1]: 16

  9. Lidwina - Wikipedia

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    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.