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title: "Patron Saints A to Z: Who Is the Patron Saint of…? · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/
description: "Patron saints of nurses, students, mothers, lost things, cancer patients and more, with feast days and lives, from the saints in the Bless calendar."
---

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

1. ### Accountants
   - [St. Matthew](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-matthew/) September 21
2. ### Advertisers
   - [St. Bernardine of Siena](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-bernardine-of-siena/) May 20
3. ### African youth
   - [St. Charles Lwanga and Companions](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-charles-lwanga-and-companions/) June 3
4. ### Against headaches
   - [St. Denis and Companions](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-denis-and-companions/) October 9
5. ### Against storms
   - [St. Scholastica](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-scholastica/) February 10
6. ### Against temptation
   - [St. Anthony of Egypt](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-anthony-of-egypt/) January 17
7. ### Agricultural workers
   - [St. Notburga](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-notburga/) September 14
8. ### All under their care
   - [The Holy Guardian Angels](https://blessbible.app/saints/the-holy-guardian-angels/) October 2
9. ### Alps
   - [St. Bernard of Menthon](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-bernard-of-menthon/) May 28
10. ### Americas
    - [St. Rose of Lima](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-rose-of-lima/) August 23
11. ### Animals
    - [St. Francis of Assisi](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-francis-of-assisi/) October 4
12. ### Apologists
    - [St. Justin Martyr](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-justin-martyr/) June 1
13. ### Apprentices
    - [St. John Bosco](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-bosco/) January 31
14. ### Archaeologists
    - [St. Helena](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-helena/) August 18
15. ### Archers
    - [St. Sebastian](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-sebastian/) January 20
16. ### Architects
    - [St. Thomas the Apostle](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-thomas-the-apostle/) July 3
17. ### Artists
    - [St. Luke](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-luke/) October 18
18. ### Astronauts
    - [St. Joseph of Cupertino](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-joseph-of-cupertino/) September 18
19. ### Astronomers
    - [St. Dominic](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-dominic/) August 8
20. ### Athletes
    - [St. Sebastian](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-sebastian/) January 20

## B

1. ### Bakers
   - [St. Elizabeth of Hungary](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-elizabeth-of-hungary/) November 17
2. ### Bankers
   - [St. Matthew](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-matthew/) September 21
3. ### Baptism
   - [St. John the Baptist](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-the-baptist/) June 24
4. ### Barbers
   - [St. Martin de Porres](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-martin-de-porres/) November 3
5. ### Beggars
   - [St. Martin of Tours](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-martin-of-tours/) November 11
6. ### Blind
   - [St. Lucy](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-lucy/) December 13
7. ### Booksellers
   - [St. John of God](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-of-god/) March 8
8. ### Brewers
   - [St. Boniface](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-boniface/) June 5
   - [St. Augustine of Hippo](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-augustine-of-hippo/) August 28
9. ### Brides
   - [St. Elizabeth of Hungary](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-elizabeth-of-hungary/) November 17
10. ### Builders
    - [St. Vincent Ferrer](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-vincent-ferrer/) April 5

## C

1. ### Cancer patients
   - [St. Peregrine Laziosi](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-peregrine-laziosi/) May 1
2. ### Canon lawyers
   - [St. Raymond of Peñafort](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-raymond-of-penafort/) January 7
   - [St. Robert Bellarmine](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-robert-bellarmine/) September 17
3. ### Captives
   - [St. Leonard of Noblac](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-leonard-of-noblac/) November 6
4. ### Catechists
   - [St. Robert Bellarmine](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-robert-bellarmine/) September 17
5. ### Catholic education
   - [St. John Neumann](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-neumann/) January 5
6. ### Catholic schools
   - [St. Elizabeth Ann Seton](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-elizabeth-ann-seton/) January 4
7. ### Charitable societies
   - [St. Vincent de Paul](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-vincent-de-paul/) September 27
8. ### Charitable workers
   - [St. Elizabeth of Hungary](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-elizabeth-of-hungary/) November 17
9. ### Children
   - [St. Nicholas](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-nicholas/) December 6
10. ### Clergy
    - [St. Thomas Becket](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-thomas-becket/) December 29
11. ### Communications
    - [St. Bernardine of Siena](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-bernardine-of-siena/) May 20
12. ### Condemned
    - [St. Joseph Cafasso](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-joseph-cafasso/) June 23
13. ### Conversion
    - [St. John the Baptist](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-the-baptist/) June 24
14. ### Converts
    - [St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-teresa-benedicta-of-the-cross/) August 9
    - [St. Helena](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-helena/) August 18
    - [St. Augustine of Hippo](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-augustine-of-hippo/) August 28
15. ### Cooks
    - [St. Martha](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-martha/) July 29
    - [St. Lawrence](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-lawrence/) August 10
16. ### Cyprus
    - [St. Barnabas](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-barnabas/) June 11
17. ### Czech people
    - [St. Wenceslaus](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-wenceslaus/) September 28

## D

1. ### Dairy workers
   - [St. Brigid of Kildare](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-brigid-of-kildare/) February 1
2. ### Deacons
   - [St. Lawrence](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-lawrence/) August 10
   - [St. Stephen](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-stephen/) December 26
3. ### Dentists
   - [St. Apollonia](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-apollonia/) February 9
4. ### Desperate and hopeless causes
   - [Sts. Simon and Jude](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-simon-and-jude/) October 28
5. ### Difficult children
   - [St. Monica](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-monica/) August 27
6. ### Difficult marriages
   - [St. Thomas More](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-thomas-more/) June 22
7. ### Disabled
   - [St. Giles](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-giles/) September 1
8. ### Domestic workers
   - [St. Zita](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-zita/) April 27
9. ### Doubters
   - [St. Thomas the Apostle](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-thomas-the-apostle/) July 3

## E

1. ### Ecology
   - [St. Kateri Tekakwitha](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-kateri-tekakwitha/) July 14
   - [St. Francis of Assisi](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-francis-of-assisi/) October 4
2. ### Editors
   - [St. John Bosco](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-bosco/) January 31
3. ### Educators of girls
   - [St. Angela Merici](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-angela-merici/) January 27
4. ### Elderly
   - [St. Teresa of Jesus Jornet](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-teresa-of-jesus-jornet/) August 26
5. ### Engaged couples
   - [St. Agnes](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-agnes/) January 21
6. ### Engineers
   - [St. Patrick](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-patrick/) March 17
7. ### England
   - [St. George](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-george/) April 23
   - [St. Augustine of Canterbury](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-augustine-of-canterbury/) May 27
8. ### Enslaved peoples
   - [St. Peter Claver](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-peter-claver/) September 9
9. ### Eucharistic devotion
   - [St. Paschal Baylon](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-paschal-baylon/) May 17
10. ### Europe
    - [St. Catherine of Siena](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-catherine-of-siena/) April 29
    - [St. Benedict of Nursia](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-benedict-of-nursia/) July 11
    - [St. Bridget of Sweden](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-bridget-of-sweden/) July 23
    - [St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-teresa-benedicta-of-the-cross/) August 9
11. ### Expectant mothers
    - [Sts. Perpetua and Felicity](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-perpetua-and-felicity/) March 7

## F

1. ### Families
   - [St. Maximilian Kolbe](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-maximilian-kolbe/) August 14
2. ### Farmers
   - [St. Isidore the Farmer](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-isidore-the-farmer/) May 15
3. ### Fathers
   - [St. Joseph](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-joseph/) March 19
4. ### Firefighters
   - [St. Florian](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-florian/) May 4
5. ### Fishermen
   - [St. Peter](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-peter/) June 29
   - [St. Andrew](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-andrew/) November 30
6. ### Florists
   - [St. Thérèse of Lisieux](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-therese-of-lisieux/) October 1
7. ### Forgotten people
   - [St. Jane Frances de Chantal](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-jane-frances-de-chantal/) August 12
8. ### France
   - [St. Joan of Arc](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-joan-of-arc/) May 30
   - [St. Louis IX](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-louis-ix/) August 25
   - [St. Denis and Companions](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-denis-and-companions/) October 9
9. ### Friendship
   - [St. John the Apostle](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-the-apostle/) December 27

## G

1. ### Gardeners
   - [St. Rose of Lima](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-rose-of-lima/) August 23
2. ### Germany
   - [St. Boniface](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-boniface/) June 5
3. ### Girls
   - [St. Agnes](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-agnes/) January 21
4. ### Grandparents
   - [Sts. Joachim and Anne](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-joachim-and-anne/) July 26

## H

1. ### Happy death
   - [St. Joseph](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-joseph/) March 19
2. ### Homemakers
   - [St. Martha](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-martha/) July 29
3. ### Hospitals
   - [St. John of God](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-of-god/) March 8
   - [St. Camillus de Lellis](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-camillus-de-lellis/) July 18
4. ### Hosts
   - [St. Martha](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-martha/) July 29
5. ### Hungary
   - [St. Stephen of Hungary](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-stephen-of-hungary/) August 16

## I

1. ### Immigrants
   - [St. Frances Xavier Cabrini](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-frances-xavier-cabrini/) November 13
2. ### Impossible causes
   - [St. Rita of Cascia](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-rita-of-cascia/) May 22
3. ### India
   - [St. Thomas the Apostle](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-thomas-the-apostle/) July 3
4. ### Internet (proposed)
   - [St. Isidore of Seville](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-isidore-of-seville/) April 4
5. ### Ireland
   - [St. Brigid of Kildare](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-brigid-of-kildare/) February 1
   - [St. Patrick](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-patrick/) March 17
6. ### Italy
   - [St. Catherine of Siena](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-catherine-of-siena/) April 29
   - [St. Francis of Assisi](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-francis-of-assisi/) October 4

## J

1. ### Job seekers
   - [St. Cajetan](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-cajetan/) August 7
2. ### Journalists
   - [St. Francis de Sales](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-francis-de-sales/) January 24
   - [St. Maximilian Kolbe](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-maximilian-kolbe/) August 14

## K

1. ### Kings
   - [St. Stephen of Hungary](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-stephen-of-hungary/) August 16

## L

1. ### Lawyers
   - [St. Thomas More](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-thomas-more/) June 22
2. ### Lebanon
   - [St. Sharbel Makhlouf](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-sharbel-makhlouf/) July 24
3. ### Librarians
   - [St. Jerome](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-jerome/) September 30
4. ### Lithuania
   - [St. Casimir](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-casimir/) March 4
5. ### Lost things
   - [St. Anthony of Padua](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-anthony-of-padua/) June 13
6. ### Lourdes pilgrims
   - [St. Bernadette Soubirous](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-bernadette-soubirous/) April 16

## M

1. ### Messengers
   - [Sts. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-michael-gabriel-and-raphael/) September 29
2. ### Military chaplains
   - [St. John of Capistrano](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-of-capistrano/) October 23
3. ### Missionaries
   - [St. Paul](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-paul/) June 29
4. ### Missions
   - [St. Thérèse of Lisieux](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-therese-of-lisieux/) October 1
   - [St. Francis Xavier](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-francis-xavier/) December 3
5. ### Monks
   - [St. Anthony of Egypt](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-anthony-of-egypt/) January 17
   - [St. Benedict of Nursia](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-benedict-of-nursia/) July 11
6. ### Mothers
   - [Sts. Perpetua and Felicity](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-perpetua-and-felicity/) March 7
   - [Sts. Joachim and Anne](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-joachim-and-anne/) July 26
   - [St. Monica](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-monica/) August 27
7. ### Motorists
   - [St. Frances of Rome](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-frances-of-rome/) March 9
8. ### Mountaineers
   - [St. Bernard of Menthon](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-bernard-of-menthon/) May 28
9. ### Musicians
   - [St. Cecilia](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-cecilia/) November 22

## N

1. ### Naples
   - [St. Januarius](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-januarius/) September 19
2. ### Native peoples
   - [St. Kateri Tekakwitha](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-kateri-tekakwitha/) July 14
3. ### Navigators
   - [St. Francis Xavier](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-francis-xavier/) December 3
4. ### Nervous disorders
   - [St. Bartholomew](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-bartholomew/) August 24
5. ### Netherlands
   - [St. Willibrord](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-willibrord/) November 7
6. ### Newborns
   - [St. Brigid of Kildare](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-brigid-of-kildare/) February 1
7. ### Notaries
   - [St. Mark](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-mark/) April 25
8. ### Nuns
   - [St. Scholastica](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-scholastica/) February 10
9. ### Nurses
   - [St. Agatha](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-agatha/) February 5
   - [St. John of God](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-of-god/) March 8
   - [St. Catherine of Siena](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-catherine-of-siena/) April 29
   - [St. Camillus de Lellis](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-camillus-de-lellis/) July 18

## O

1. ### Outcasts
   - [St. Damien of Molokai](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-damien-of-molokai/) May 10

## P

1. ### Palermo
   - [St. Rosalia](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-rosalia/) September 4
2. ### Papacy
   - [St. Peter](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-peter/) June 29
3. ### Paris
   - [St. Genevieve](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-genevieve/) January 3
4. ### Parish missions
   - [St. Leonard of Port Maurice](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-leonard-of-port-maurice/) November 26
5. ### Parish priests
   - [St. John Vianney](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-vianney/) August 4
6. ### Peacemakers
   - [St. Barnabas](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-barnabas/) June 11
   - [St. Elizabeth of Portugal](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-elizabeth-of-portugal/) July 4
7. ### Penitents
   - [St. Mary Magdalene](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-mary-magdalene/) July 22
8. ### Perfumers
   - [St. Mary Magdalene](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-mary-magdalene/) July 22
9. ### Pharmacists
   - [Sts. Cosmas and Damian](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-cosmas-and-damian/) September 26
10. ### Philosophers
    - [St. Justin Martyr](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-justin-martyr/) June 1
    - [St. Albert the Great](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-albert-the-great/) November 15
    - [St. Catherine of Alexandria](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-catherine-of-alexandria/) November 25
11. ### Physicians
    - [St. Pantaleon](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-pantaleon/) July 27
    - [Sts. Cosmas and Damian](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-cosmas-and-damian/) September 26
    - [St. Luke](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-luke/) October 18
12. ### Pilgrims
    - [St. James](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-james/) July 25
13. ### Pilots
    - [St. Joseph of Cupertino](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-joseph-of-cupertino/) September 18
14. ### Poland
    - [St. Casimir](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-casimir/) March 4
    - [St. Stanislaus](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-stanislaus/) April 11
15. ### Police
    - [Sts. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-michael-gabriel-and-raphael/) September 29
16. ### Politicians
    - [St. Thomas More](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-thomas-more/) June 22
17. ### Poor
    - [St. Anthony of Padua](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-anthony-of-padua/) June 13
    - [St. Lawrence](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-lawrence/) August 10
    - [St. Giles](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-giles/) September 1
18. ### Preachers
    - [St. Dominic](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-dominic/) August 8
19. ### Prisoners
    - [St. Joseph Cafasso](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-joseph-cafasso/) June 23
    - [St. Maximilian Kolbe](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-maximilian-kolbe/) August 14
    - [St. Leonard of Noblac](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-leonard-of-noblac/) November 6

## R

1. ### Race relations
   - [St. Peter Claver](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-peter-claver/) September 9
2. ### Racial harmony
   - [St. Martin de Porres](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-martin-de-porres/) November 3
3. ### Retreats
   - [St. Ignatius of Loyola](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-ignatius-of-loyola/) July 31
4. ### Rural communities
   - [St. Isidore the Farmer](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-isidore-the-farmer/) May 15
5. ### Russia
   - [St. Andrew](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-andrew/) November 30

## S

1. ### Sailors
   - [St. Peter González](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-peter-gonzalez/) April 14
   - [St. Nicholas](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-nicholas/) December 6
2. ### Scientists
   - [St. Albert the Great](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-albert-the-great/) November 15
3. ### Scotland
   - [St. Andrew](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-andrew/) November 30
4. ### Scouts
   - [St. George](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-george/) April 23
5. ### Scripture scholars
   - [St. Jerome](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-jerome/) September 30
6. ### Sculptors
   - [Four Crowned Martyrs](https://blessbible.app/saints/four-crowned-martyrs/) November 8
7. ### Servants
   - [St. Notburga](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-notburga/) September 14
8. ### Sicily
   - [St. Agatha](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-agatha/) February 5
9. ### Sick
   - [St. Bernadette Soubirous](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-bernadette-soubirous/) April 16
   - [St. Camillus de Lellis](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-camillus-de-lellis/) July 18
10. ### Social justice
    - [St. Martin de Porres](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-martin-de-porres/) November 3
11. ### Social workers
    - [St. Louise de Marillac](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-louise-de-marillac/) March 15
12. ### Soldiers
    - [St. Sebastian](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-sebastian/) January 20
    - [St. George](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-george/) April 23
    - [St. Joan of Arc](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-joan-of-arc/) May 30
    - [St. Ignatius of Loyola](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-ignatius-of-loyola/) July 31
    - [St. Martin of Tours](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-martin-of-tours/) November 11
13. ### Souls in purgatory
    - [St. Nicholas of Tolentino](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-nicholas-of-tolentino/) September 10
14. ### Spain
    - [St. James](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-james/) July 25
    - [St. Teresa of Ávila](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-teresa-of-avila/) October 15
15. ### Stonemasons
    - [Four Crowned Martyrs](https://blessbible.app/saints/four-crowned-martyrs/) November 8
    - [St. Stephen](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-stephen/) December 26
16. ### Students
    - [St. Thomas Aquinas](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-thomas-aquinas/) January 28
    - [St. Isidore of Seville](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-isidore-of-seville/) April 4
    - [St. Aloysius Gonzaga](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-aloysius-gonzaga/) June 21
    - [St. Benedict of Nursia](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-benedict-of-nursia/) July 11
    - [St. Catherine of Alexandria](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-catherine-of-alexandria/) November 25
17. ### Students taking examinations
    - [St. Joseph of Cupertino](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-joseph-of-cupertino/) September 18
18. ### Sudan
    - [St. Josephine Bakhita](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-josephine-bakhita/) February 8
19. ### Surgeons
    - [Sts. Cosmas and Damian](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-cosmas-and-damian/) September 26
    - [St. Luke](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-luke/) October 18
20. ### Sweden
    - [St. Bridget of Sweden](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-bridget-of-sweden/) July 23
21. ### Switzerland
    - [St. Nicholas of Flüe](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-nicholas-of-flue/) March 21

## T

1. ### Tanners
   - [St. Bartholomew](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-bartholomew/) August 24
2. ### Teachers
   - [St. John Baptist de la Salle](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-baptist-de-la-salle/) April 7
3. ### Theologians
   - [St. Augustine of Hippo](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-augustine-of-hippo/) August 28
   - [St. John the Apostle](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-the-apostle/) December 27
4. ### Those in need
   - [St. Nicholas](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-nicholas/) December 6
5. ### Those in public office
   - [St. Louis IX](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-louis-ix/) August 25
6. ### Those ridiculed for piety
   - [St. Catherine of Siena](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-catherine-of-siena/) April 29
7. ### Those who suffer headaches
   - [St. Teresa of Ávila](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-teresa-of-avila/) October 15
8. ### Those with ailments of the throat
   - [St. Blaise](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-blaise/) February 3
9. ### Those with eye trouble
   - [St. Lucy](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-lucy/) December 13
10. ### Those with leprosy
    - [St. Damien of Molokai](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-damien-of-molokai/) May 10
11. ### Those with toothache
    - [St. Apollonia](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-apollonia/) February 9
12. ### Travelers
    - [Sts. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-michael-gabriel-and-raphael/) September 29
13. ### Troubled marriages
    - [St. Rita of Cascia](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-rita-of-cascia/) May 22

## U

1. ### Unemployed
   - [St. Cajetan](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-cajetan/) August 7
2. ### Universal Church
   - [Blessed Virgin Mary](https://blessbible.app/saints/blessed-virgin-mary/) August 15
3. ### Universities
   - [St. Thomas Aquinas](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-thomas-aquinas/) January 28

## V

1. ### Venice
   - [St. Mark](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-mark/) April 25
2. ### Victims of assault
   - [St. Maria Goretti](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-maria-goretti/) July 6
3. ### Victims of human trafficking
   - [St. Josephine Bakhita](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-josephine-bakhita/) February 8
4. ### Volunteers
   - [St. Vincent de Paul](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-vincent-de-paul/) September 27

## W

1. ### Wales
   - [St. David of Wales](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-david-of-wales/) March 1
2. ### Wheelwrights
   - [St. Catherine of Alexandria](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-catherine-of-alexandria/) November 25
3. ### Widows
   - [St. Elizabeth Ann Seton](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-elizabeth-ann-seton/) January 4
   - [St. Jane Frances de Chantal](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-jane-frances-de-chantal/) August 12
4. ### Workers
   - [St. Joseph](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-joseph/) March 19
5. ### Writers
   - [St. Francis de Sales](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-francis-de-sales/) January 24
   - [St. Paul](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-paul/) June 29
   - [St. John the Apostle](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-the-apostle/) December 27

## Y

1. ### Youth
   - [St. John Bosco](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-bosco/) January 31
   - [St. Aloysius Gonzaga](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-aloysius-gonzaga/) June 21
   - [St. Maria Goretti](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-maria-goretti/) July 6

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