Patron saints
Patron saints, A to Z
A patron saint is a saint traditionally invoked for a place, a calling or a need. Here are all 190 patronages held by the 127 patron saints in Bless’s calendar, from A to Z — 35 of them shared by more than one saint.
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Patronages are traditional: they grew from a saint’s life, work or relics, and no single official list exists. This index covers only the 127 saints in Bless’s calendar who have one, so a well-known patron may be missing. Each patronage is given in the app’s own words.
A
Accountants
- St. MatthewSeptember 21
Advertisers
- St. Bernardine of SienaMay 20
African youth
Against headaches
- St. Denis and CompanionsOctober 9
Against storms
- St. ScholasticaFebruary 10
Against temptation
- St. Anthony of EgyptJanuary 17
Agricultural workers
- St. NotburgaSeptember 14
All under their care
- The Holy Guardian AngelsOctober 2
Alps
- St. Bernard of MenthonMay 28
Americas
- St. Rose of LimaAugust 23
Animals
- St. Francis of AssisiOctober 4
Apologists
- St. Justin MartyrJune 1
Apprentices
- St. John BoscoJanuary 31
Archaeologists
- St. HelenaAugust 18
Archers
- St. SebastianJanuary 20
Architects
- St. Thomas the ApostleJuly 3
Artists
- St. LukeOctober 18
Astronauts
- St. Joseph of CupertinoSeptember 18
Astronomers
- St. DominicAugust 8
Athletes
- St. SebastianJanuary 20
B
Bakers
- St. Elizabeth of HungaryNovember 17
Bankers
- St. MatthewSeptember 21
Baptism
- St. John the BaptistJune 24
Barbers
- St. Martin de PorresNovember 3
Beggars
- St. Martin of ToursNovember 11
Blind
- St. LucyDecember 13
Booksellers
- St. John of GodMarch 8
Brewers
- St. BonifaceJune 5
- St. Augustine of HippoAugust 28
Brides
- St. Elizabeth of HungaryNovember 17
Builders
- St. Vincent FerrerApril 5
C
Cancer patients
Canon lawyers
- St. Raymond of PeñafortJanuary 7
- St. Robert BellarmineSeptember 17
Captives
- St. Leonard of NoblacNovember 6
Catechists
- St. Robert BellarmineSeptember 17
Catholic education
- St. John NeumannJanuary 5
Catholic schools
- St. Elizabeth Ann SetonJanuary 4
Charitable societies
- St. Vincent de PaulSeptember 27
Charitable workers
- St. Elizabeth of HungaryNovember 17
Children
- St. NicholasDecember 6
Clergy
- St. Thomas BecketDecember 29
Communications
- St. Bernardine of SienaMay 20
Condemned
- St. Joseph CafassoJune 23
Conversion
- St. John the BaptistJune 24
Converts
- St. Teresa Benedicta of the CrossAugust 9
- St. HelenaAugust 18
- St. Augustine of HippoAugust 28
Cooks
- St. MarthaJuly 29
- St. LawrenceAugust 10
Cyprus
- St. BarnabasJune 11
Czech people
- St. WenceslausSeptember 28
D
Dairy workers
- St. Brigid of KildareFebruary 1
Deacons
- St. LawrenceAugust 10
- St. StephenDecember 26
Dentists
- St. ApolloniaFebruary 9
Desperate and hopeless causes
- Sts. Simon and JudeOctober 28
Difficult children
- St. MonicaAugust 27
Difficult marriages
- St. Thomas MoreJune 22
Disabled
- St. GilesSeptember 1
Domestic workers
- St. ZitaApril 27
Doubters
- St. Thomas the ApostleJuly 3
E
Ecology
- St. Kateri TekakwithaJuly 14
- St. Francis of AssisiOctober 4
Editors
- St. John BoscoJanuary 31
Educators of girls
- St. Angela MericiJanuary 27
Elderly
- St. Teresa of Jesus JornetAugust 26
Engaged couples
- St. AgnesJanuary 21
Engineers
- St. PatrickMarch 17
England
- St. GeorgeApril 23
- St. Augustine of CanterburyMay 27
Enslaved peoples
- St. Peter ClaverSeptember 9
Eucharistic devotion
- St. Paschal BaylonMay 17
Europe
- St. Catherine of SienaApril 29
- St. Benedict of NursiaJuly 11
- St. Bridget of SwedenJuly 23
- St. Teresa Benedicta of the CrossAugust 9
Expectant mothers
- Sts. Perpetua and FelicityMarch 7
F
Families
- St. Maximilian KolbeAugust 14
Farmers
- St. Isidore the FarmerMay 15
Fathers
- St. JosephMarch 19
Firefighters
- St. FlorianMay 4
Fishermen
- St. PeterJune 29
- St. AndrewNovember 30
Florists
- St. Thérèse of LisieuxOctober 1
Forgotten people
- St. Jane Frances de ChantalAugust 12
France
- St. Joan of ArcMay 30
- St. Louis IXAugust 25
- St. Denis and CompanionsOctober 9
Friendship
- St. John the ApostleDecember 27
G
Gardeners
- St. Rose of LimaAugust 23
Germany
- St. BonifaceJune 5
Girls
- St. AgnesJanuary 21
Grandparents
- Sts. Joachim and AnneJuly 26
H
Happy death
- St. JosephMarch 19
Homemakers
- St. MarthaJuly 29
Hospitals
- St. John of GodMarch 8
- St. Camillus de LellisJuly 18
Hosts
- St. MarthaJuly 29
Hungary
- St. Stephen of HungaryAugust 16
I
Immigrants
- St. Frances Xavier CabriniNovember 13
Impossible causes
- St. Rita of CasciaMay 22
India
- St. Thomas the ApostleJuly 3
Internet (proposed)
- St. Isidore of SevilleApril 4
Ireland
- St. Brigid of KildareFebruary 1
- St. PatrickMarch 17
Italy
- St. Catherine of SienaApril 29
- St. Francis of AssisiOctober 4
J
Job seekers
- St. CajetanAugust 7
Journalists
- St. Francis de SalesJanuary 24
- St. Maximilian KolbeAugust 14
K
Kings
- St. Stephen of HungaryAugust 16
L
Lawyers
- St. Thomas MoreJune 22
Lebanon
- St. Sharbel MakhloufJuly 24
Librarians
- St. JeromeSeptember 30
Lithuania
- St. CasimirMarch 4
Lost things
- St. Anthony of PaduaJune 13
Lourdes pilgrims
- St. Bernadette SoubirousApril 16
M
Messengers
- Sts. Michael, Gabriel and RaphaelSeptember 29
Military chaplains
- St. John of CapistranoOctober 23
Missionaries
- St. PaulJune 29
Missions
- St. Thérèse of LisieuxOctober 1
- St. Francis XavierDecember 3
Monks
- St. Anthony of EgyptJanuary 17
- St. Benedict of NursiaJuly 11
Mothers
- Sts. Perpetua and FelicityMarch 7
- Sts. Joachim and AnneJuly 26
- St. MonicaAugust 27
Motorists
- St. Frances of RomeMarch 9
Mountaineers
- St. Bernard of MenthonMay 28
Musicians
- St. CeciliaNovember 22
N
Naples
- St. JanuariusSeptember 19
Native peoples
- St. Kateri TekakwithaJuly 14
Nervous disorders
- St. BartholomewAugust 24
Netherlands
- St. WillibrordNovember 7
Newborns
- St. Brigid of KildareFebruary 1
Notaries
- St. MarkApril 25
Nuns
- St. ScholasticaFebruary 10
Nurses
- St. AgathaFebruary 5
- St. John of GodMarch 8
- St. Catherine of SienaApril 29
- St. Camillus de LellisJuly 18
O
Outcasts
- St. Damien of MolokaiMay 10
P
Palermo
- St. RosaliaSeptember 4
Papacy
- St. PeterJune 29
Paris
- St. GenevieveJanuary 3
Parish missions
- St. Leonard of Port MauriceNovember 26
Parish priests
- St. John VianneyAugust 4
Peacemakers
- St. BarnabasJune 11
- St. Elizabeth of PortugalJuly 4
Penitents
- St. Mary MagdaleneJuly 22
Perfumers
- St. Mary MagdaleneJuly 22
Pharmacists
- Sts. Cosmas and DamianSeptember 26
Philosophers
- St. Justin MartyrJune 1
- St. Albert the GreatNovember 15
- St. Catherine of AlexandriaNovember 25
Physicians
- St. PantaleonJuly 27
- Sts. Cosmas and DamianSeptember 26
- St. LukeOctober 18
Pilgrims
- St. JamesJuly 25
Pilots
- St. Joseph of CupertinoSeptember 18
Poland
- St. CasimirMarch 4
- St. StanislausApril 11
Police
- Sts. Michael, Gabriel and RaphaelSeptember 29
Politicians
- St. Thomas MoreJune 22
Poor
- St. Anthony of PaduaJune 13
- St. LawrenceAugust 10
- St. GilesSeptember 1
Preachers
- St. DominicAugust 8
Prisoners
- St. Joseph CafassoJune 23
- St. Maximilian KolbeAugust 14
- St. Leonard of NoblacNovember 6
R
Race relations
- St. Peter ClaverSeptember 9
Racial harmony
- St. Martin de PorresNovember 3
Retreats
- St. Ignatius of LoyolaJuly 31
Rural communities
- St. Isidore the FarmerMay 15
Russia
- St. AndrewNovember 30
S
Sailors
- St. Peter GonzálezApril 14
- St. NicholasDecember 6
Scientists
- St. Albert the GreatNovember 15
Scotland
- St. AndrewNovember 30
Scouts
- St. GeorgeApril 23
Scripture scholars
- St. JeromeSeptember 30
Sculptors
- Four Crowned MartyrsNovember 8
Servants
- St. NotburgaSeptember 14
Sicily
- St. AgathaFebruary 5
Sick
- St. Bernadette SoubirousApril 16
- St. Camillus de LellisJuly 18
Social justice
- St. Martin de PorresNovember 3
Social workers
- St. Louise de MarillacMarch 15
Soldiers
- St. SebastianJanuary 20
- St. GeorgeApril 23
- St. Joan of ArcMay 30
- St. Ignatius of LoyolaJuly 31
- St. Martin of ToursNovember 11
Souls in purgatory
- St. Nicholas of TolentinoSeptember 10
Spain
- St. JamesJuly 25
- St. Teresa of ÁvilaOctober 15
Stonemasons
- Four Crowned MartyrsNovember 8
- St. StephenDecember 26
Students
- St. Thomas AquinasJanuary 28
- St. Isidore of SevilleApril 4
- St. Aloysius GonzagaJune 21
- St. Benedict of NursiaJuly 11
- St. Catherine of AlexandriaNovember 25
Students taking examinations
- St. Joseph of CupertinoSeptember 18
Sudan
- St. Josephine BakhitaFebruary 8
Surgeons
- Sts. Cosmas and DamianSeptember 26
- St. LukeOctober 18
Sweden
- St. Bridget of SwedenJuly 23
Switzerland
- St. Nicholas of FlüeMarch 21
T
Tanners
- St. BartholomewAugust 24
Teachers
- St. John Baptist de la SalleApril 7
Theologians
- St. Augustine of HippoAugust 28
- St. John the ApostleDecember 27
Those in need
- St. NicholasDecember 6
Those in public office
- St. Louis IXAugust 25
Those ridiculed for piety
- St. Catherine of SienaApril 29
Those who suffer headaches
- St. Teresa of ÁvilaOctober 15
Those with ailments of the throat
- St. BlaiseFebruary 3
Those with eye trouble
- St. LucyDecember 13
Those with leprosy
- St. Damien of MolokaiMay 10
Those with toothache
- St. ApolloniaFebruary 9
Travelers
- Sts. Michael, Gabriel and RaphaelSeptember 29
Troubled marriages
- St. Rita of CasciaMay 22
U
Unemployed
- St. CajetanAugust 7
Universal Church
- Blessed Virgin MaryAugust 15
Universities
- St. Thomas AquinasJanuary 28
V
Venice
- St. MarkApril 25
Victims of assault
- St. Maria GorettiJuly 6
Victims of human trafficking
- St. Josephine BakhitaFebruary 8
Volunteers
- St. Vincent de PaulSeptember 27
W
Wales
- St. David of WalesMarch 1
Wheelwrights
- St. Catherine of AlexandriaNovember 25
Widows
- St. Elizabeth Ann SetonJanuary 4
- St. Jane Frances de ChantalAugust 12
Workers
- St. JosephMarch 19
Writers
- St. Francis de SalesJanuary 24
- St. PaulJune 29
- St. John the ApostleDecember 27
Y
Youth
- St. John BoscoJanuary 31
- St. Aloysius GonzagaJune 21
- St. Maria GorettiJuly 6
No patronage in Bless’s calendar matches that. Try a single word, such as “mothers” or “sailors”.
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