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The sick, asthma sufferers, nurses and carers - Bernadette; 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
Dymphna is the patron saint of mental illness. [5] The US National Shrine of St. Dymphna is located inside St. Mary's Catholic Church in Massillon, Ohio. [6] The shrine was destroyed by a fire in 2015, but reopened in December 2016 and is still open to pilgrims and visitors. St.
Her contemporary biographers say that her parents had grown old without having children, before praying to Saint Nicholas for help in having a child. Their prayers were answered when, at the age of 60, Marguerite gave birth to a daughter. Out of gratitude, they named the baby after the saint to whom they credited the miracle of her birth. [3]
Talanganay: a male Gaddang god-spirit; enters the body of a healer and gives instructions on how to heal the sick while in a trance [3] Menalam: a female Gaddang goddess-spirit; enters the body of a healer and gives instructions on how to heal the sick while in a trance [3]
Statue of St. Juliana in Jesuit church in Heidelberg, Germany. Juliana of Nicomedia (Greek: Ίουλιανή Νικομηδείας) is an Anatolian Christian saint, said to have suffered martyrdom during the Diocletianic persecution in 304. She was popular as a patron saint of the sick during the Middle Ages, especially in the Netherlands.
Maria Bertilla Boscardin (6 October 1888 – 20 October 1922) was an Italian nun and nurse who displayed a pronounced devotion to duty in working with sick children and victims of the air raids of World War I. She was later canonised a saint by the Roman Catholic Church.
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.
There are two biographies of Wiborada: one by Hartmann, a monk of St. Gall, written between 993 and 1047 (BHL 8866); and another written between 1072 and 1076 by the monk Herimannus (BHL 8867). [1] Wiborada was born to a wealthy noble family in Swabia. When they invited the sick and poor into their home, Wiborada proved a capable nurse.