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Catholic students - Aloysius Gonzaga [12] Cavalry - George [10] Chandlers - Ambrose of Milan, [10] Bernard of Clairvaux; Chaplains - Quentin; Charcoal burners - Alexander of Comana, [2] Theobald of Provins [13] Chefs - Francis Caracciolo, Lawrence. Pastry chefs - Honorius of Amiens, Philip; Chemists - Albert the Great; Chess players - Teresa of ...
During this period, the Church was also a major patron of engineering for the construction of elaborate cathedrals. Since the Renaissance, Catholic scientists have been credited as fathers of a diverse range of scientific fields: Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) pioneered heliocentrism, René Descartes (1596-1650) father of analytical geometry and co-founder of modern philosophy, Jean-Baptiste ...
Albertus Magnus (c. 1206 – 1280) – Dominican friar and Bishop of Regensburg who has been described as "one of the most famous precursors of modern science in the High Middle Ages." [7] Patron saint of natural sciences; Works in physics, logic, metaphysics, biology, and psychology.
Catholic scientists in Europe (many of them clergymen) made a number of important discoveries which aided the development of modern science and medicine. Catholic women were also among the first female professors of medicine, as with Trotula of Salerno the 11th century physician and Dorotea Bucca who held a chair of medicine and philosophy at ...
As anxiety and depression rates have skyrocketed in recent years, Catholics turn to St. Dymphna, the patron saint of mental health.
Camillus de Lellis, M.I., (25 May 1550 – 14 July 1614) was a Roman Catholic priest from Italy who founded the Camillians, a religious order dedicated to the care of the sick. He was beatified by Pope Benedict XIV in the year 1742, and canonized by him four years later in 1746. De Lellis is the patron saint of the sick, hospitals, nurses and ...
Many Catholic health systems, ... Science & Tech. Sports. Weather. ... where Bellingham is located. St. Joseph is the Catholic patron saint of families, ...
Patron of immigrants, migrant workers, separated families – Lorenzo Ruiz; Invoked against infertility – Maturinus [14] Female infertility (in Syria) – Abd-al-Masih; Against infestations of bedbugs, rodents and locusts – Tryphon [15] [page needed] Against insanity, mental disorders – Bibiana, Christina the Astonishing