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Invoked against cholera, epidemics, knee problems, plague, skin diseases - Roch; Choreas (Sydenham's chorea, Huntington's disease), epilepsy, seizures, oversleeping - Vitus; Invoked against cirrhosis and other liver diseases - Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo [6] Riot, civil disorder - Andrew Corsini; Against cold and cold weather - Sebaldus
Odile of Alsace, also known as Odilia and Ottilia, born c. 662 - c. 720 at Mont Sainte-Odile), is a saint venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church. She is a patroness saint of good eyesight and of the region of Alsace. Saint Odile is commemorated with a feast day on 13 December [2] and on 14 December in Alsace ...
Magnus is the patron saint of the Allgäu, von Füssen, and Kempten; and is invoked for the protection of cattle; and against eye diseases, snakebite, worms, rats, mice and field insects. His feast is celebrated on 6 September.
Saint Hemma is the patron saint of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gurk and her intercession is sought for childbirth and diseases of the eye. She is venerated not only in Carinthia (the Austrian state coterminous with the Diocese of Gurk), but also in neighboring Styria (another Austrian state) and Slovenia .
She is also the patron saint of ophthalmologists, authors, cutlers, glaziers, laborers, martyrs, peasants, saddlers, salesmen, stained glass workers, photogrammetry, and of Perugia, Italy. She is invoked against hemorrhages, dysentery, diseases of the eye, and throat infections. [18] St. Lucy is the patroness of Syracuse in Sicily, Italy. [18]
Saint Nohra (also Nuhra), St. Lucius or Mar Nohra was a Maronite saint and mar. The saint's name derives from Aramaic , meaning "light". [ 1 ] He was born in Persia (modern day Iran ) in the third century, and is not to be confused with Pope Lucius I .
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 ...
St Ita is the patron saint of Killeedy, Ireland, [6] and along with St. Munchin is co-patron of the Diocese of Limerick. She is reportedly a good intercessor in terms of pregnancy and eye illnesses. [8] St. Ita's AFC is the name of the association football club which is based in Killeedy. The saint appears on the club's crest.