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

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    Saints have often been prevailed upon in requests for intercessory prayers to protect against or help combatting a variety of dangers, illnesses, and ailments. This is a list of saints and such ills traditionally associated with them. In shorthand, they are called the patron saints of (people guarding against or grappling with) these various ...

  3. Dymphna - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. 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.

  5. Column One: St. Dymphna, patron saint of mental health, is ...

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    As anxiety and depression rates have skyrocketed in recent years, Catholics turn to St. Dymphna, the patron saint of mental health. Column One: St. Dymphna, patron saint of mental health, is ...

  6. List of health deities - Wikipedia

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    A health deity is a god or goddess in mythology or religion associated with health, healing and wellbeing. They may also be related to childbirth or Mother Goddesses . They are a common feature of polytheistic religions.

  7. Benedict Joseph Labre - Wikipedia

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    The homeless, those suffering from mental illness [1] Benedict Joseph Labre , TOSF ( French : Benoît-Joseph Labre , 25 March 1748 – 16 April 1783) was a French Franciscan tertiary , and Catholic saint .

  8. Fillan - Wikipedia

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    Fillan is the patron saint of the mentally ill. In Strathfillan are the ruins of Saint Fillan's chapel, and hard by is the Holy Pool, in which the insane were, as late as the 19th century, bathed to obtain a cure by the saint's intercession. Scott refers to it in Marmion (Cant. I. xxix). [2]

  9. Saint symbolism: Saints (A–H) - Wikipedia

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    Each saint is said to have led an exemplary life and symbols have been used to tell these stories throughout the history of the Church. [2] A number of Christian saints are traditionally represented by a symbol or iconic motif associated with their life, termed an attribute or emblem , in order to identify them.