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Roman
Catholic Patron Saints and Saints Days
(Who's
who for praying to!)
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Actors
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St.
Genesius
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August
25th
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Architects
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St.
Thomas
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December
21nd
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Astronomers
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St.
Cominic
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August
4th
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Athlete
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St.
Sebastain
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January
20th
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Bakers
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St.
Elizabeth
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November
19th
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Bankers
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St.
Matthew
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September
21st
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Beggars
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St.
Alexius
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July
17th
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Booksellers
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St.
John of God
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March
8th
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Bricklayers
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St.
Steven
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December
26th
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Builders
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St.
Vincent Ferrer
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April
5th
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Butchers
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St.
Hadrian
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September
28th
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Candle
makers
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St.
Bernard
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August
20th
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Comedians
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St.
Vitus
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June
15th
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Cooks
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St.
Martha
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July
29th
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Dentists
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St.
Appollonia
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February
9th
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Doctors
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St.
Luke
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October
18th
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Editors
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St.
John Bosco
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January
31st
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Fishermen
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St.
Andrew
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November
30th
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Florists
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St.
Dorothy
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February
6th
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Hat
makers
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St.
James
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May
11th
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Housekeepers
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St.
Anne
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July
26th
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Hunters
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St.
Hubert
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November
3rd
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Labourers
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St.
James
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July
25th
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Lawyers
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St.
Ives
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May
19th
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Librarians
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St.
Jerome
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September
30th
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Merchants
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St.
Francis of Assisi
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October
4th
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Miners
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St.
Barbara
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December
4th
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Musicians
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St.
Cecilia
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November
22th
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Notaries
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St.
Mark
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April
25th
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Nurses
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St.
Catherine
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April
30th
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Painters
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St.
Luke
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October
18th
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Pharmacists
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St.
Gemma Galgani
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April
11th
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Plasterers
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St.
Bartholomew
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August
24th
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Printers
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St.
John of God
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March
8th
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Sailors
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St.
Brendan
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May
16th
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Scientists
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St.
Albert
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November
15th
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Singers
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St.
Gregory
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March
12th
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Steel
workers
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St.
Eliguis
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December
1st
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Students
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St.
Thomas Aquinas
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March
7th
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Surgeons
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S.S.
Cosmas and Damian
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September
27th
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Tailors
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St.
Boniface
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June
5th
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Tax
collectors
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St.
Matthew
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September
21st
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Taxi
drivers
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St.
Fiarce
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August
30th
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The
Roman Catholic church also has saints for the following: barren women (St.
Anthony), beer drinkers (St. Nicholas), children (St. Dominic), domestic
animals (St. Anthony), emigrants (St. Francis), lovers (St. Raphael), old maids
(St. Andrew), poor (St. Lawrence), expecting mothers (St. Gerard), television
(St. Clare), to apprehend thieves (St. Gervase), to obtain a husband (St.
Joseph), to obtain a wife (St. Anne), to find lost articles (St. Anthony), etc.
Roman
Catholics are taught to pray to certain 'saints' for help with the following
afflictions: arthritis (St. James),
bite of dogs (St. Hubert), bite of snakes (St. Hilary), blindness (St. Raphael),
cancer (St Peregrine), cramps (St. Murice), deafness (St. Cadoc), disease of
breast (St. Agatha), disease of eyes (St. Lucy), disease of throat (St. Blase),
epilepsy (St. Vitus), fever (St. George), foot diseases (St. Victor), gall
stones (St. Liberius), gout (St. Andrew), headaches (St. Denis), heart trouble
(St. John of God), insanity (St. Dympna), skin disease (St. Roch), sterility
(St. Giles), etc.
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