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Invoked against cirrhosis and other liver diseases - Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo [6] Riot, civil disorder - Andrew Corsini; Against cold and cold weather - Sebaldus; Against colic - Agapitus of Palestrina; Invoked against colic in children, intestinal ailments and diseases, cramps and the pain of women in labour - Erasmus of Formiae or St Elmo
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)
Erasmus of Formia, also known as Saint Elmo (died c. 303), was a Christian saint and martyr.He is venerated as the patron saint of sailors and abdominal pain.Erasmus or Elmo is also one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, saintly figures of Christian religion who are venerated especially as intercessors.
Against temptation on the death-bed, diseases of the eye, and demonic possession. Denis (Dionysius) 9 October: Against headache and against demonic possession. Erasmus (Elmo) 2 June: Against intestinal ailments, stomach ailments, for domestic animals, and patron of sailors. [9] Eustace (Eustachius, Eustathius) 20 September
Amalberga is invoked to heal intestinal disease, fever, and pains in the arms and shoulders. [9] She is the patron saint of upper limb injuries and of Temse, Belgium. [14] Her feast day is July 10. [9] [4]
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.
Blaise is a saint in the Catholic, Western Rite Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches and is the patron saint of wool combers and of sufferers from ENT illnesses. In the Latin Church, his feast falls on 3 February. In the Eastern Churches, it is on 11 February.
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 ...