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Sebastian is one of the patron saints of the city of Qormi in Malta [47] Sebastian is the patron saint of Acireale, Caserta and Petilia Policastro in Italy, Melilli in Sicily, and San Sebastián as well as Palma de Mallorca, Lubrín and Huelva in Spain. He is the patron saint of Negombo, Sri Lanka and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
As such, he is the patron saint of the Laudato Si' Movement, a network that promotes the Franciscan ecological paradigm as outlined in the encyclical Laudato Si'. [79] He is also considered the patron against dying alone [citation needed]; against fire; patron of the Franciscan Order and Catholic Action; [80] of families, peace, and needleworkers.
Devotees praying to Santa Muerte in Mexico. Santa Muerte can be translated into English as either "Saint Death" or "Holy Death", although R. Andrew Chesnut, Ph.D. in Latin American history and professor of Religious studies, believes that the former is a more accurate translation because it "better reveals" her identity as a folk saint.
Saint Barbara is also the patron saint of the northern Greek city of Drama, where a sweet called varvara, which resembles a more liquid form of koliva, is prepared and consumed on her feast day. [citation needed] In North Macedonia Saint Barbara's day is celebrated by the Eastern Orthodox, as Варвара (Varvara) on 17 December. Some ...
Clotilde is the patron saint of the lame in Normandy and the patron saint of Les Andelys and has been "invoked against sudden death and iniquitous husbands". [3] She married Clovis I , the first king of the Franks , in 492 or 493.
The rescue operation for the miners trapped in the 2010 Copiapó mining accident in Chile was named Operacíon San Lorenzo after Lawrence, patron saint of miners. [25] Bernalillo, New Mexico celebrates three days of devotions to the Saint, to honor a devotional promise made by Spanish settlers during the 1692 Pueblo Revolt.
Nicholas of Tolentino (Latin: S. Nicolaus de Tolentino, c. 1246 – September 10, 1305) known as the Patron of Holy Souls, was an Italian saint and mystic.He is particularly invoked as an advocate for the souls in Purgatory, especially during Lent and the month of November.
A few years after his martyrdom, Adalbert was canonized as Saint Adalbert of Prague. His life was written in Vita Sancti Adalberti Pragensis by various authors, the earliest being traced to imperial Aachen and the Bishop of Liège , Notger von Lüttich , although it was previously assumed that the Roman monk John Canaparius wrote the first Vita ...