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  2. Gertrude of Nivelles - Wikipedia

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    Saint Gertrude saving a house on fire, detail of a mural in the Crosier Monastery, Maastricht. Gertrude is the patron saint of the City of Nivelles. The towns of Geertruidenberg, Breda, and Bergen-op-Zoom in North Brabant, also are under her patronage. [20] Gertrude was also the patron saint of the Order of the Holy Cross (Crosiers or Crutched ...

  3. Blessing of animals - Wikipedia

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    St. Francis Episcopal Church in Stamford, Connecticut: [25] St Bartholomews Anglican Church at Mount Gravatt: The annual pet blessing ceremony is held to coincide with the Feast of St Francis of Assisi, considered the patron saint of animals. The ceremony commenced in 2010 and features bible readings, songs and individual prayer for each pet. [2]

  4. Portal:Catholic Church/Patron Archive/November - Wikipedia

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    He is the patron saint of mixed-race people, barbers, innkeepers, public health workers, all those seeking racial harmony, and animals. He was noted for his work on behalf of the poor, establishing an orphanage and a children's hospital. He maintained an austere lifestyle, which included fasting and abstaining from meat.

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

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    Servers the sick - Saint Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur [26] Shepherds - Bernadette of Lourdes, [5] Cuthbert, Cuthman, Dominic of Silos, Drogo of Sebourg, George, Germaine Cousin, Julian the Hospitaller, Raphael the Archangel, Regina, Solange; Shoemakers - Crispin, Gangulphus, Peter the Apostle, Theobald of Provins; Shorthand writers ...

  6. Ivo of Kermartin - Wikipedia

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    Ivo of Kermartin, TOSF (17 October 1253 – 19 May 1303), also known as Yvo, Yves, or Ives (and in Breton as Erwan, Iwan, Youenn or Eozenn, depending on the region, and known as Yves Hélory (also Helori or Heloury) in French), was a parish priest among the poor of Louannec, the only one of his station to be canonized in the Middle Ages.

  7. List of saints of Ireland - Wikipedia

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    A virgin saint and an abbess associated with Finish Island who was mentioned in the life of St. Senan of Inis Cathaig. [44] Brigit of Kildare: 5th–6th centuries Irish, of the Fothairt. Born in Faughart, Dundalk [45] [46] Kildare: Leinster, Louth and Meath saint, also a patron saint of Ireland, founder and patron of Kildare: 1 February [47 ...

  8. Cat steals Dean of Canterbury’s pancakes during prayer - AOL

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    A cathedral cat with a taste for fame has made a nuisance of himself once again – this time by tucking into a plate of pancakes during morning prayer. Tiger the cat is seen nuzzling the Dean of ...

  9. Martin de Porres - Wikipedia

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    He is the patron saint of mixed-race people, barbers, innkeepers, public health workers, all those seeking racial harmony, and animals. He was noted for his work on behalf of the poor, establishing an orphanage and a children's hospital. He maintained an austere lifestyle, which included fasting and abstaining from meat.