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

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    Patron saint against pandemics - Edmund the Martyr of East Anglia [19] Invoked as protection against perjury, loss at sea and destructive rains - Maximin of Trier; Against pirate attack - Albinus of Angers; Plague, epilepsy - Adrian of Nicomedia; Against plague - Sebastian; Plague, epilepsy - Natalia of Nicomedia; Bubonic plague, misfortunes ...

  3. Stanislaus Kostka - Wikipedia

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    Église Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka] is a parish in Montreal located at 1350 Boulevard Saint-Joseph Est. [15] Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka, Quebec, Canada, a municipality southwest of Montreal. St. Stanislaus Forane Church, Mala situated at Mala, Kerala, is reputed to be the only parish in India having St. Stanislaus as the patron saint. [citation ...

  4. Saint Gorgonia - Wikipedia

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    Gregory the Theologian eulogized Saint Gorgonia as "The Diamond of Her Sex" Two times in her life, she was miraculously cured of serious maladies. The first of these was her having been trampled by a team of mules, causing her broken bones and crushed internal organs. [2] Yet, Gorgonia would have no doctor, as she thought it indecent.

  5. 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 ...

  6. Simeon of Verkhoturye - Wikipedia

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    In the coffin that had been raised from the grave were found bone remains, tightly covered with flesh, and decaying clothes. Ignatius pronounced them as incorruptible, and, according to the hagiography, received a revelation in a dream about the name of the saint, whom he ordered be called "righteous Saint Simeon". On 30 December 1694 Ignatius ...

  7. 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.

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

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    Saint Barbara, patron saint of artillerymen, with a cannon. Academics - Thomas Aquinas, Albert the Great; Actors - Genesius [1] Comic actors - Maturinus; Accountants - Matthew; Advertisers - Bernardino of Siena [2] Air travellers - Joseph of Cupertino; Altar servers - John Berchmans, [3] Tarcisius, Lorenzo Ruiz; Ambassadors - Gabriel the Archangel

  9. Christina the Astonishing - Wikipedia

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    Christina the Astonishing (c.1150 – 24 July 1224), also known as Christina Mirabilis, was a Christian holy woman born in Brustem (near Sint-Truiden), Belgium.Christina is primarily known for her legendary resurrection during her funeral mass, and numerous other miracles attributed to her during her life.