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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 ...
Roman Catholic Church: Feast: 2 June [1] Attributes: represented with his entrails wound on a windlass or as a vested bishop holding a winch or windlass [2] [3] Patronage: sailors, Gaeta, Santeramo in Colle, Formia, colic in children, intestinal ailments and diseases, cramps and the pain of women in labor, cattle pest, Fort St. Elmo (Malta)
Invoked against stomach and intestinal disorders Timothy or Timothy of Ephesus ( Greek : Τιμόθεος , Timótheos , meaning "honouring God" or "honoured by God" [ 8 ] ) was an early Christian evangelist and the first Christian bishop of Ephesus , [ 9 ] who tradition relates died around the year AD 97.
Painting of the Fourteen Holy Helpers. The Fourteen Holy Helpers (German: Vierzehn Nothelfer, Latin: Quattuordecim auxiliatores) are a group of saints venerated together by Catholics because their intercession is believed to be particularly effective, especially against various diseases.
He is the patron saint of bowel disorders. [37] [38] ... St. Bonaventure Catholic Church, elementary school, and cemetery, Columbus, Nebraska;
Camillus de Lellis, M.I., (25 May 1550 – 14 July 1614) was a Roman Catholic priest from Italy who founded the Camillians, a religious order dedicated to the care of the sick. He was beatified by Pope Benedict XIV in the year 1742, and canonized by him four years later in 1746. De Lellis is the patron saint of the sick, hospitals, nurses and ...
This is an incomplete list of humans and angels whom the Catholic Church has canonized as saints.According to Catholic theology, all saints enjoy the beatific vision.Many of the saints listed here are to be found in the General Roman Calendar, while others may also be found in the Roman Martyrology; [1] still others are particular to local places and their recognition does not extend to the ...
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 ...