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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 ...
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
As anxiety and depression rates have skyrocketed in recent years, Catholics turn to St. Dymphna, the patron saint of mental health.
[7] Patron saint of natural sciences; Works in physics, logic, metaphysics, biology, and psychology. Giulio Alenio (1582–1649) – Jesuit theologian, astronomer and mathematician; was sent to the Far East as a missionary and adopted a Chinese name and customs; wrote 25 books, including a cosmography and a Life of Jesus in Chinese.
For the health of domestic animals, against herpetic diseases, and patron of soldiers. Giles (Aegidius) 1 September: Against plague, epilepsy, mental illness, and nightmares, for a good confession, and patron of cripples, beggars, blacksmiths, and breast-feeding mothers. Margaret of Antioch: 17 July
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 ...
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 ...