Patron Saints
Patrons Saints
A patron is a saint who is venerated as a special intercessor before God. Most patrons have been so designated as the result of popular devotion and long-standing custom. In many cases, the fact of existing patronal devotion is clear despite historical obscurity regarding its origin. The Church has made official designation of relatively few patrons; in such cases, the dates of designation are given in parentheses in the list below. The theological background of the patronage of saints includes the dogmas of the Mystical Body of Christ and the Communion of Saints. Listed are patron saints of occupations and professions, and saints whose intercession is sought for special needs.
| Alphabetical by Topic – Uppercase=Martyr – Bold=New Roman Calendar | ||
| Topic | Saint | Feast Day |
| A | ||
| Abandoned Infants | St. Jerome Emiliani | 02/08 |
| Accountants | ST. MATTHEW | 09/21 |
| Advertisers | St. Bernardine of Siena | 05/20 |
| Altar Servers | St. John Berchmans | 08/13 |
| Animals | St. Francis of Assisi | 10/04 |
| Animals, Domestic | St. Anthony | 01/17 |
| Animals, Domestic | ST. CORNELIUS | 09/16 |
| Animals, Domestic | St. Ambrose | 12/07 |
| Apologists | ST. JUSTIN | 06/01 |
| Archers | ST. SEBASTIAN | 01/20 |
| Architects | ST. THOMAS | 07/03 |
| Armorers | ST. SEBASTIAN | 01/20 |
| Armories | ST. LAWRENCE | 08/10 |
| Artists | St. Michael | 09/29 |
| Artists | ST. LUKE | 10/18 |
| Astronomers | St. Dominic | 08/08 |
| Athletes | ST. SEBASTIAN | 01/20 |
| Authors | St. Francis de Sales | 01/24 |
| Authors | ST. LUCY | 12/13 |
| Automobilists | St. Frances of Rome | 03/09 |
| Aviators | Thérèse of the Child Jesus | 10/01 |
| Aviators | Our Lady of Loretto | 12/10 |
| B | ||
| Bakers | St. Elizabeth of Hungary | 11/17 |
| Bakers | St. Nicholas of Myra | 12/06 |
| Bakers | ST. PETER | 06/29 |
| Bankers | ST. MATTHEW | 09/21 |
| Barbers | St. Louis of France | 08/25 |
| Barbers | SS. COSMAS AND DAMIAN | 09/26 |
| Barren Women | ST. FELICITY | 03/07 |
| Barren Women | St. Anthony of Padua | 06/13 |
| Basket-makers | St. Anthony | 01/17 |
| Beekeepers | St. Bernard of Clairvaux | 08/20 |
| Beekeepers | St. Ambrose | 12/07 |
| Beggars | St. Martin of Tours | 11/11 |
| Beggars | St. Elizabeth of Hungary | 11/17 |
| Blind | SS. COSMAS AND DAMIAN | 09/26 |
| Blind | St. Raphael | 09/29 |
| Blind | ST. LUCY | 12/13 |
| Bodily Ills | Our Lady or Lourdes | 02/11 |
| Bookkeepers | ST. MATTHEW | 09/21 |
| Booksellers | Thomas Aquinas | 01/28 |
| Booksellers | St. John of God | 03/08 |
| Booksellers | St. John the Evangelist | 12/27 |
| Boy Scouts | ST. GEORGE | 04/23 |
| Brewers | ST. BONIFACE | 06/05 |
| Brewers | St. Augustine | 08/28 |
| Brewers | ST. LUKE | 10/18 |
| Brewers | St. Nicholas of Myra | 12/06 |
| Bricklayers | ST. STEPHEN | 12/26 |
| Brides | St. Nicholas of Myra | 12/06 |
| Broadcasters | St. Gabriel | 09/29 |
| Brush-makers | St. Anthony | 01/17 |
| Builders | St. Vincent Ferrer | 04/05 |
| Builders | ST. THOMAS | 07/03 |
| Butchers | St. Anthony | 01/17 |
| Butchers | ST. LUKE | 10/18 |
| C | ||
| Cabinet-makers | St. Anne, Mother of Mary | 07/26 |
| Cancer Patients | St. Peregrine Laziosi | 05/02 |
| Canonist | St. Raymond of Penyafort | 01/07 |
| Candle Makers | St. Ambrose | 12/07 |
| Captives | St. Nicholas of Myra | 12/06 |
| Carpenters | St. Joseph, Husband of Mary | 03/19 |
| Catechists | St. Robert Bellarmine | 09/17 |
| Catechists | St. Charles Borromeo | 11/04 |
| Catechumens | St. Robert Bellarmine | 09/17 |
| Catechumens | St. Charles Borromeo | 11/04 |
| Catholic Action | St. Francis of Assisi | 10/04 |
| Catholic Action | ST. PAUL | 06/29 |
| Catholic Charities | St. Elizabeth of Portugal | 07/04 |
| Catholic Charities | St. Elizabeth of Hungary | 11/17 |
| Catholic Schools | Thomas Aquinas | 01/28 |
| Catholic Writers/Press | St. Francis de Sales | 01/24 |
| Catholic Youth | St. Charles Lwanga | 06/03 |
| Catholic Youth | St. Aloysius Gonzaga | 06/21 |
| Cattle | ST. CORNELIUS | 09/16 |
| Cavalrymen | ST. GEORGE | 04/23 |
| Chandlers | St. Bernard of Clairvaux | 08/20 |
| Chandlers | St. Ambrose | 12/07 |
| Charitable Societies | St. Vincent de Paul | 09/27 |
| Child Birth | St. Gerard Majella | 10/16 |
| Children | ST. PANCRAS | 05/12 |
| Children | St. Nicholas of Myra | 12/06 |
| Children, Abandoned | St. Jerome Emiliani | 02/08 |
| Children of Mary | ST. AGNES | 01/21 |
| Children of Mary | ST. MARIA GORETTI | 07/06 |
| Childless Women | St. Anne, Mother of Mary | 07/26 |
| Chivalry | ST. GEORGE | 04/23 |
| Church | St. Joseph, Husband of Mary | 03/19 |
| Christian Mothers | St. Anne, Mother of Mary | 07/26 |
| Clock makers | ST. PETER | 06/29 |
| Communications | St. Gabriel | 09/29 |
| Confessors | St. Alphonsus Liguori | 08/02 |
| Convulsion in Children | St. Scholastica | 02/10 |
| Cooks | St. Martha | 07/29 |
| Cooks | ST. LAWRENCE | 08/10 |
| Coopers | St. Nicholas of Myra | 12/06 |
| Cursillo Movement | ST. PAUL | 06/29 |
| Custom Officials | ST. MATTHEW | 09/21 |
| D | ||
| Deaf | St. Francis de Sales | 01/24 |
| Desperate Situations | ST. JUDE THADDEUS | 10/28 |
| Doctors | ST. LUKE | 10/18 |
| Druggists | ST. JAMES THE LESS | 05/03 |
| Druggists | SS. COSMAS AND DAMIAN | 09/26 |
| Dying | St. Joseph, Husband of Mary | 03/19 |
| Dying | ST. JAMES THE LESS | 05/03 |
| E | ||
| Ecology | St. Francis of Assisi | 10/04 |
| Editors | St. John Bosco | 01/31 |
| Elderly | St. Anthony of Padua | 06/13 |
| Emigrants | St. Francis Xavier Cabrini | 11/13 |
| Engaged Couples | ST. AGNES | 01/21 |
| Engineers | St. Joseph, Husband of Mary | 03/19 |
| Expectant Mothers | St. Gerard Majella | 10/16 |
| Eye Disorders | St. Clare of Assisi | 08/11 |
| Eye Trouble | ST. LUCY | 12/13 |
| F | ||
| Family | St. Joseph, Husband of Mary | 03/19 |
| Farmers | St. Isidore, the Farmer | 05/15 |
| Farmers | ST. GEORGE | 04/23 |
| Farriers | ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST | 08/29 |
| Fathers | St. Joseph, Husband of Mary | 03/19 |
| Florists | St. Rose of Lima | 08/23 |
| Florists | Thérèse of the Child Jesus | 10/01 |
| Fire Prevention | St. Catherine of Siena | 04/29 |
| Fires | ST. AGATHA | 02/05 |
| Fishermen | ST. PETER | 06/29 |
| Fishermen | ST. ANDREW | 11/30 |
| Florists | Thérèse of the Child Jesus | 10/01 |
| Fullers | ST. JAMES THE LESS | 05/03 |
| G | ||
| Gardeners | St. Rose of Lima | 08/23 |
| Geometricians | ST. THOMAS | 07/03 |
| Girls | ST. AGNES | 01/21 |
| Glass-workers | ST. LUKE | 10/18 |
| Glaziers | ST. MARK | 04/25 |
| Grave-diggers | St. Anthony | 01/17 |
| Grocers | St. Michael | 09/29 |
| Guardian Angles | St. Raphael | 09/29 |
| H | ||
| Hairdressers | St. Martin de Porres | 11/03 |
| Harvest | St. Anthony of Padua | 06/13 |
| Hatters | ST. JAMES THE LESS | 05/03 |
| Headaches | St. Teresa of Avila | 10/15 |
| Heart Ailments | St. John of God | 03/08 |
| Hospitals | St. John of God | 03/08 |
| Hospitals | ST. JUDE THADDEUS | 10/28 |
| Housewives | St. Anne, Mother of Mary | 07/26 |
| Housewives | St. Martha | 07/29 |
| I | ||
| Inn-keepers | St. Martin de Porres | 11/03 |
| Interior souls | St. Joseph, Husband of Mary | 03/19 |
| Immigrants | St. Francis Xavier Cabrini | 11/13 |
| Ironmongers | ST. SEBASTIAN | 01/20 |
| J | ||
| Journalists | St. Francis de Sales | 01/24 |
| Jurists | St. John of Capistrano | 10/23 |
| K | ||
| Knights | St. Michael | 09/29 |
| L | ||
| Laborers | St. Isidore, the Farmer | 05/15 |
| Laborers | ST. JAMES | 07/25 |
| Lawyers | St. Thomas More | 06/22 |
| Lay Apostate | ST. PAUL | 06/29 |
| Learning | St. Ambrose | 12/07 |
| Librarians | St. Jerome | 09/30 |
| Lost Articles | St. Anthony of Padua | 06/13 |
| Lovers | St. Raphael | 09/29 |
| M | ||
| Marble-workers | ST. CLEMENT I | 11/23 |
| Mariners | St. Nicholas of Myra | 12/06 |
| Mariners | St. Michael | 09/29 |
| Married Women | St. Monica | 08/27 |
| Masons | St. Louis of France | 08/25 |
| Merchants | St. Francis of Assisi | 10/04 |
| Merchants | St. Nicholas of Myra | 12/06 |
| Messengers | St. Gabriel | 09/29 |
| Military Chaplains | St. John of Capistrano | 10/23 |
| Miners | St. Anne, Mother of Mary | 07/26 |
| Missions | Thérèse of the Child Jesus | 10/01 |
| Missions | St. Francis Xavier | 12/03 |
| Missions (Negro) | St. Peter Claver | 09/09 |
| Mothers | St. Anne, Mother of Mary | 07/26 |
| Mothers | St. Monica | 08/27 |
| Musicians | ST. PAUL | 06/29 |
| Musicians | St. Gregory the Great | 09/03 |
| Musicians | ST. CECILIA | 11/22 |
| N | ||
| Notaries | ST. MARK | 04/25 |
| Notaries | ST. LUKE | 10/18 |
| Nurses | St. John of God | 03/08 |
| Nurses | ST. AGATHA | 02/05 |
| Nurses | St. Raphael | 09/29 |
| O | ||
| Old Maids | ST. ANDREW | 11/30 |
| Orators | St. John Chrysostom | 09/13 |
| Organ Builders | ST. CECILIA | 11/22 |
| Orphans | St. Jerome Emiliani | 02/08 |
| P | ||
| Painters | ST. LUKE | 10/18 |
| Painters | St. John the Evangelist | 12/27 |
| Paratroopers | St. Michael | 09/29 |
| Pawnbrokers | St. Nicholas of Myra | 12/06 |
| Penitents | St. Mary Magdalene | 07/22 |
| Pharmacists | SS. COSMAS AND DAMIAN | 09/26 |
| Philosophers | St. Thomas Aquinas | 01/28 |
| Philosophers | ST. JUSTIN | 06/01 |
| Physicians | SS. COSMAS AND DAMIAN | 09/26 |
| Physicians | ST. LUKE | 10/18 |
| Physicians | St. Raphael | 09/29 |
| Pilgrims | ST. JAMES | 07/25 |
| Plasterers | ST. BARTHOLOMEW | 08/24 |
| Plumbers | St. Vincent Ferrer | 04/05 |
| Poets | ST. CECILIA | 11/22 |
| Poisoning | St. Benedict | 07/11 |
| Policemen | St. Michael | 09/29 |
| Poor | St. Anthony of Padua | 06/13 |
| Poor | ST. LAWRENCE | 08/10 |
| Possessed | St. Bruno | 10/06 |
| Possessed | ST. DENIS | 10/09 |
| Postal Employees | St. Gabriel | 09/29 |
| Preachers | St. John Chrysostom | 09/13 |
| Priests | St. John Mary Vianney | 08/04 |
| Printers | St. John of God | 03/08 |
| Printers | St. Augustine | 08/28 |
| Printers | ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST | 08/29 |
| R | ||
| Radio-workers | St. Gabriel | 09/29 |
| Radiologists | St. Michael | 09/29 |
| Retreats | St. Ignatius of Loyola | 07/31 |
| Rome | ST. PETER | 06/29 |
| Rome | ST. PAUL | 06/29 |
| Rome | ST. LAWRENCE | 08/10 |
| Rome | St. Philip Neri | 05/26 |
| Rheumatism | ST. JAMES | 07/25 |
| Rural Communities | St. Isidore, the Farmer | 05/15 |
| S | ||
| Sacred Music | ST. CECILIA | 11/22 |
| Sailors | St. Nicholas of Myra | 12/06 |
| Schools | St. Thomas Aquinas | 01/28 |
| Schools for the Poor | St. Joseph Calasanz | 08/25 |
| Schoolboys | St. Benedict | 07/11 |
| Schoolboys | ST. LAWRENCE | 08/10 |
| Scientists | St. Albert the Great | 11/15 |
| Scripture Scholars | St. Jerome | 09/30 |
| Sculptors | St. Louis of France | 08/25 |
| Sculptors | ST. LUKE | 10/18 |
| Seminarians | St. Charles Borromeo | 11/04 |
| Servants | St. Martha | 07/29 |
| Sick | St. John of God | 03/08 |
| Sick | ST. BARTHOLOMEW | 08/24 |
| Sick | St. Michael | 09/29 |
| Sick Pilgrims | St. Pius X | 08/21 |
| Singers | St. Gregory the Great | 09/03 |
| Singers | ST. CECILIA | 11/22 |
| Singles | ST. ANDREW | 11/30 |
| Skin Diseases | St. Anthony | 01/17 |
| Snake Bites | St. Hilary of Poitiers | 01/13 |
| Social Justice | St. Joseph, Husband of Mary | 03/19 |
| Social Justice | St. Martin de Porres | 11/03 |
| Soldiers | ST. SEBASTIAN | 01/20 |
| Soldiers | ST. GEORGE | 04/23 |
| Soldiers | St. Ignatius of Loyola | 07/31 |
| Soldiers | St. Michael | 09/29 |
| Soldiers | St. Martin of Tours | 11/11 |
| Sore Throat | ST. BLAISE | 02/03 |
| Speakers | St. John Chrysostom | 09/13 |
| Stomach Disorders | St. Timothy | 01/26 |
| Stone-cutters | ST. CLEMENT I | 11/23 |
| Stone-masons | ST. STEPHEN | 12/26 |
| Students | St. Thomas Aquinas | 01/28 |
| Students | St. Jerome | 09/30 |
| Surgeons | SS. COSMAS AND DAMIAN | 09/26 |
| Surgeons | ST. LUKE | 10/18 |
| Swine herds | St. Anthony of Padua | 06/13 |
| T | ||
| Tailors | ST. BONIFACE | 06/05 |
| Tailors | St. Martin of Tours | 11/11 |
| Tailors | St. Homobonus | 11/13 |
| Tanners | ST. LAWRENCE | 08/10 |
| Tax-gathers | ST. MATTHEW | 09/21 |
| Teachers | St. Gregory the Great | 09/03 |
| Teachers (Principal) | St. John Baptist de la Salle | 04/07 |
| Teenage Girls | ST. MARIA GORETTI | 07/06 |
| Telecommunications | St. Gabriel | 09/29 |
| Telegraph/Telephone | St. Clare of Assisi | 08/11 |
| Telegraph/Telephone | St. Gabriel | 09/29 |
| Television | St. Clare of Assisi | 08/11 |
| Tent makers | ST. PAUL | 06/29 |
| Tertiaries | St. Louis of France | 08/25 |
| Tertiaries | St. Elizabeth of Hungary | 11/17 |
| Theology | St. Thomas Aquinas | 01/28 |
| Theology | St. Augustine | 08/28 |
| Theology (Moral) | St. Alphonsus Liguori | 08/01 |
| Travelers | St. Anthony of Padua | 06/13 |
| Travelers | St. Raphael | 09/29 |
| U | ||
| Universal Church | St. Joseph, Husband of Mary | 03/19 |
| Universities | Thomas Aquinas | 01/28 |
| V | ||
| Vintners | ST. VINCENT | 01/22 |
| Volcanic Eruptions | ST. AGATHA | 02/05 |
| Vocations | St. Alphonsus Liguori | 08/01 |
| W | ||
| WaitersWaitresses | St. Martha | 07/29 |
| Widows | St. Frances of Rome | 03/09 |
| Wine-growers | ST. VINCENT | 01/22 |
| Wine-growers | St. Martin of Tours | 11/11 |
| Women in Labor | St. Anne, Mother of Mary | 07/26 |
| Workers | St. Joseph, Husband of Mary | 03/19 |
| Writers | St. Francis de Sales | 01/24 |
| Writers | ST. LUCY | 12/13 |
| Y | ||
| Young Girls | ST. AGNES | 01/21 |
| Youth | St. Aloysius Gonzaga | 06/21 |
| Youth | ST. MARIA GORETTI | 07/06 |