Patriotism

By Most Rev. William J. Philbin, D.D. Bishop of Clonfert

This Booklet is the text of a Lecture given to The Social Summer School held at Mount Melleray Abbey, 7th August, 1957

Little acquaintance with the world, modern or ancient, is required to convince one that love of country is a powerful force in human affairs. In order to understand its strength it is only necessary to recall the passion that can instantly be evoked by an insult to national honour or, still more decisively, the sacrifices of life and material possessions that whole populations accept in time of war in order to triumph over their rivals. When crisis comes and peril threatens patriotism is liable to sweep through a people with extraordinary emotional appeal, releasing enthusiasm and energy and eliminating selfishness more widely than almost any other influence can do.

For proof of this we need not go beyond our own country. The history, oral traditions and ballads of Ireland are evidence of the large place that patriotism has occupied in the minds of our race in spite of the continuous frustration of national aspirations. Throughout the world our country is known for its record of resistance to oppression at home and for the enthusiastic assistance and leadership which its exiled sons have often given to other struggling peoples. We can claim to have played a part, by various means, in the righting of many injustices. In the temple of patriotism, whose building can be traced back to the Chosen People and the Greeks, Irish people may feel that there are many shrines and sanctities of our contribution.

The Roots of Patriotism

Patriotic endeavour is highly rated by public opinion in every nation. This, the cynical may suggest, is only natural, since it pays the community to attract the service of its citizens by popular praise and by the prospect of figuring heroically in the national annals. There are better grounds however for the common estimate. Love of country is an outgrowth of love of one's family and kinsfolk and participates in the goodness of cherishing and helping those nearly related to us. The great Christian virtue of fraternal charity obliges us to love all men and regard all as neighbours, but at the same time it recognizes that those closest to us have first claim on our goodwill, that charity begins at home. To devote oneself to advancing the interests of one's fellow-countrymen from the motive of Christian charity is obviously an exercise of virtue and when personal advantage, and still more life, is sacrificed for this end virtue of heroic stature is attained.

True patriotism is also rooted in the virtue of justice. It discharges a debt to one's kinsfolk from whom so much is derived, materially, culturally and spiritually. The desire to redress wrongs inflicted on one's people-another aspect of justice-is also a powerful stimulus to supporting a national cause. In addition to these two primary virtues, patriotism also fosters and gives opportunity to many others such as fortitude and courage, perseverance, selfdiscipline, endurance, unselfishness. And, last but not negligibly, it calls for the exercise of the virtue of prudence, in all its many-sidedness. Not least of the uses of patriotism is that it provides a great school of character.

In spite of many excellences, however, love of one's fatherland does not automatically impart the stamp of rightness to all that is undertaken in its name. If fostered too exclusively or pushed too far it forfeits its claim to esteem: in this it resembles pursuit of the good of one's own family, to which it is closely akin and which also, if undertaken blindly and disproportionately, may easily change from virtue to vice.

Emotional Elements Bring Danger

The fact that emotion is so largely involved in this field is a warning signal; where emotion takes the lead, reason, the proper guide of conduct, is often superseded and we are apt to be led into excesses and errors. For evidence of this we have only to recollect that for unjust causes as well as just ones men in time of war have often fought out hopeless positions to the death and sacrificed their lives in 'suicide attacks. For all their unsavoury associations, empires were not built up without the co-operation of brave and unselfish men. Patriotic feeling is often skilfully exploited in such interests, while rational moral thinking is skilfully discounted. The glamour of heroism has been associated with national selfishness and greed time and again in history, with the tacit suggestion that community interests purify and sanctify any kind of aggression. 'The herd instinct and 'mob psychology are not mere names. They are the governing influences in communities that substitute emotion for reason. 'My country right or wrong is a sentiment at least implicit in the attitude of many people to international affairs.

It is a sentiment that may appear even when the cause of one's country is basically just. A fundamental ethical principle lays it down that an act is not constituted good merely by being directed to a good end; the means used must also be morally defensible. The end does not justify the means. No people is disposed to be over-critical of actions done in its favour, especially if courage has been shown or life lost in their doing. But neither courage nor the provocation of unjust treatment dispense from the moral law, whose precepts apply in every department of human activity. 'Of course the Irish are entitled to freedom, said Pope Benedict XV, 'but be careful of the means you use to gain it. Even in reviewing the past it is not true history nor wise policy to palliate or overlook what is wrong: onesided or partial versions of events will seed a bad harvest in the example they offer succeeding generations. It is unjust to the young to make a country's story a mere propaganda weapon to influence their minds in particular directions. History is necessarily selective, but to select a nation's military endeavours for disproportionate attention and to glorify them beyond other achievements of a higher order is distortion of the past.

It is a safe rule that the more deeply we find emotional factors engaged the more studious we should be in applying our critical intelligence to assess the moral issues involved and to discount prejudice and sentimental considerations. Enthusiasm should follow judgment and be governed by reason. Passion ought to act as a boosting factor, an auxiliary influence, not as the primary source of activity or main generator of power. A good cause, a noble aim, may be so irrationally accepted that conscience is dulled or blinded in a mist of feeling. Apart from our duty to ourselves, surely the best tribute one can pay to an ideal is the use of only such means as will not disgrace it. Disproportionate, undiscriminating dedication to the national interest may amount to fanaticism, a caricature of patriotism which is poor service to a good purpose and a grievous abuse of intellectual nature.

Patriotism Needs a Higher Dedication

Patriotism must be viewed reasonably and critically. We should first of all see it in its context, in its relation to our responsibilities generally. It is all-important to recognise that devotion to one's country is not an absolute value in life, a law unto itself, the source of dictates and demands admitting no subordination to other interests. It is not to be classed as equal to, or above, our duty to God. It is not a religion or a substitute for religion: we should be clear on this in times when political ideals, good and bad, so often usurp the place of religion. It is not an ultimate goal of action. It is a force that should be directed towards God within the framework of His law, an effort to fulfil His will by perfecting the human society He has created through the promotion of justice and good government and community well-being generally. Only so will it be integrated into a Christian life and become a Christian virtue. It is sometimes suggested that death for one's country of itself establishes a right to Heaven; but in fact it is only when such a sacrifice is ultimately given to God that it can have any supernatural value whatever.

To any works that are not directed towards God, however admirable they may appear, Our Lord's words of those who have acted for worldly motives apply: 'Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward. If we keep clearly in mind that service of our country is ultimately to be offered to God we shall not need to be told that only those activities which are pleasing to God, that is, morally right, should be undertaken under its inspiration. 'Patriotism is not enough. Even though it may occupy the major part of one's thoughts, as is legitimate and laudable in those who give themselves to public affairs, it will not be as an autonomous element in Life but as subject to higher principles. It will take on a special colouring by reason of its dedication to higher purposes. ' All whatsoever you do in word or in work, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. (Col. 3, 17). This is Christian patriotism, subordinated to higher values and gaining merit from association with them. It is a rational, balanced, though none the less warm-hearted and generous devotion to the interests of the community to which one belongs. Like the virtue of charity from which it derives it 'is patient, is kind, is not envious, does not deal perversely, is not puffed up, is not ambitious, is not provoked to anger. (I Cor. 13, 4-5).

Selfish Motives Are Often Operative

Even by human standards it is easy to realize that patriotism may need to be purified of considerable elements of dross. Samuel Johnson defined it as the last refuge of a scoundrel and there have been at every stage in history and in every country persons entering public life for the most selfish ends disguised under the highest professions. And even apart from hypocrisy on this scale people may easily deceive themselves about the motives that attract them to community affairs. Publicity, fame and desire for authority and influence may be factors telling more weightily than is readily acknowledged or recognized. No one should seek to take from service of the community all its agreeable features but, in so far as these are the main factors that attract to the public service, such a choice of career cannot be considered praiseworthy and is likely ultimately to prove more harmful than beneficial to the public interest.

Even where pursuits are concerned that endanger life and personal liberty we cannot exclude the desire for adventure and dreams of fame as exercising considerable appeal. Valorous and difficult exploits, with or without acclaim, exert much fascination in their own right-witness the feats of mountain-climbers and explorers and the bravery even of mercenary soldiers who may be quite unconcerned about the matters at issue. Ambition for renown is not different in kind from the quest of other worldly rewards. Courage alone does not establish unselfish motives: it is a common denominator of both sides in every struggle, not the distinguishing feature of a just and good cause. There are people who regret that their lives are cast in times when their country is at peace: it is clear that what they are seeking is not such service of their country as her circumstances require, but the emotional satisfaction of physical combat.

Irish people are not alone in forgetting to make this kind of self-examination at times. Even the very rational Samuel Johnson already referred to showed some sentimental weakness in this connection when he said that every man despises himself a little for not being a soldier. The most famous novel ever written tells of a Spanish gentleman who foolishly romanticized physical combat, as a result of unbalanced, uncritical reading. Cardinal Wyszynski in his first statement after being released by the Communists pointed out that the time has come when Poles must learn not how to die but how to live for their country. 'One dies quickly and becomes famous quickly. But one lives in difficulties, in pain, in suffering, in sorrow, for many years and this is the greater heroism which is needed at the present time. Irish people too are highly emotional and need to be reminded that the greater heroism is not always found in spectacular exploits, in spite of the applause which they may attract.

Patriotism in oneself or in others should be questioned and tested before it is accepted for what it declares itself to be. Sometimes it may be espoused out of laziness and distaste for a humdrum life. An important question is whether one is prepared to contribute to the common good unobtrusively and patiently, by way of hard work offering no gratification to vanity. Again, one should ask if one's patriotism is of the type, known latterly in many countries, that seeks to impose on a population a particular regime or way of life in defiance of their expressed will-a still more grievous proceeding if this is done on the theory that the population are somehow disqualified from making any valid decision at all, so that a small group constitutes the only legitimate repository of the national will. Thinking along those lines is the reverse of patriotism, it makes for dictatorship and tyranny. It is egotism and desire for power assuming other names and appearances.

Tests of Morality, Human Value, Reasonableness

It must never be forgotten that the moral law obliges us to obey and respect the public authority. Even though a country has lost part of its territory it may still establish a lawful government: aggression can surely do enough harm without our supposing it can deprive even the unconquered part of a nation of the right to self-government. Who in West Germany, for instance, would suggest otherwise? To deny that a nation can establish a lawful government until its full territories are regained or some similar condition realised is more radically opposed to a citizen's duty than simple disobedience since it asserts what is tantamount to a principle of anarchy. There are, one must insist, no ethical grounds for such a position and it is vain to attempt to invent any.

Devotion to a particular theory of government may lead to a tragic diversion of patriotic endeavour away from the men, women and children who should be its beneficiaries and in the direction of a personified national entity which is so largely an imaginary conception. When patriotism ceases to be the servant of the population of a country and despises their opinions and their authority it has transformed itself from a useful force into an extreme danger. The state exists only for the benefit of its individual citizens: patria propter homines we may say, adapting a theological adage. It is a form of state-worship to suggest that a nation is a reality superior to the human beings that compose it. To assert that the soul of a nation must be protected from its citizens, whose proceedings are violating its rights, is pushing an absurdity to extremes and constitutes merely an attempt to justify the imposition of the wishes of a minority upon the rest of the population. It should be needless to add that it is the present population of a country whose voice is to be heard in its affairs, not the dead-whose outlook in any case it is so easy, by arbitrary selection, to misrepresent.

Every national group has of course inherited a mass of common traditions and characteristics and does well to foster and develop its typical culture in every mode of expression. By such means natural gifts and capacities are brought to full maturity and the whole human family is diversified and enriched. But attachment to the distinguishing features of one's own racial endowment should not lead to an exaggerated estimate of the significance of nationhood. This might result in a type of nationalism which is no part of the Christian virtue of charity and which is nearer in many ways to paganism than to Christianity. The brotherhood of man is a bigger reality than the distinctness of nations. The inhuman, doctrinaire shapes that patriotism is sometimes made to assume are a dreadful distortion of a noble ideal.

Reasoning and discussion on such lines is sometimes represented as unworthy of the theme of love of country. This is because there has been imported into this subject an element of irrationality and a contempt for cool judgment which are fertile sources of error. It is made to appear that heroism and sacrifice should, on precedent, be the order of the day here, that folly and recklessness have received the stamp of high approval and taken on a kind of nobility. But it can scarcely be too often insisted that intellect was given us to be the governing and discriminating factor in every department of conduct. Feeling and passion-and especially anger and hatred-are disastrous alternatives either in public or in private life. To suggest that there is something noble in ignoring the voice of reason and being led by instinct and emotion is the reverse of the truth.

It is an indignity to man's highest faculty to put emotions, which are so largely nervous reactions, on a level with it or above it and to say: 'I cannot defend these courses, I know that they are wrong but my instincts, my feelings, are all with courageous and challenging deeds. Instinct is the proper guide only of creatures devoid of intelligence.

Hero-worship too, in so far as it blinds us to human defects that may provide evil example or attaches weight to statements that offer false guidance, must be checked and controlled. We should scrutinize popular slogans and reject those that are indefensible no matter from whom they may have emanated. The honour we rightly give to patriots should not preclude such criticism. A Christian cannot accept from any source the statement that the shedding of blood and the taking of life are good things in themselves and that one may even be careless about what lives are taken. Similarly if the saying that we take our religion from Rome but our politics from home was meant to convey that politics are outside the scope of moral judgment this was a false principle. Other political aphorisms too should not go unchallenged, some of them associating religion with politics not as the superior and guiding element but as on equal terms or even subordinate.

Patriotism Not Always Nationalistic or Violent

The drift of our times as well as other factors points to the need of correcting over-emphasis on the political and nationalistic side of patriotism. This does not of course exclude the legitimacy of striving by just means for those forms of government one thinks best. Politics and political theories are necessary and people naturally take sides about them. When ways can be seen of improving democratic systems or replacing faulty polities remedies should be advocated and acceptance of them sought by legitimate means: nobody need suppose that the final shape of the social fabric has now been attained. But such receptivity of new ideas should not be confused with the childish impulse to throw away the whole framework of a society because it is imperfect and to assume that radical change will necessarily bring something better. All human institutions are imperfect'including those that come by way of revolution.

Even when our goals are political and social we should not think of violence as the only means of reaching them. Gandhi was surely as great a political regenerator of his people as any figure of this century and he entirely excluded the use of violence. No one can doubt that his stature is all the greater for this restraint. We should not find his methods alien from our traditions if we read our history comprehensively and fairly. Both at home and abroad the Irish people have made their most notable contribution to public life by the resource and persistence they have exhibited in exploiting democratic methods and exerting moral pressure in the interests they championed. Daniel O'Connell is our best-known political figure in world history, not so much for the results he achieved as for having been a pioneer in developing the techniques of peaceful agitation and passive resistance.

If we are guided by the concept of patriotism as designed to help and serve human beings we shall have the means of correcting the undue emphasis on nationalistic, political, and violent aspects of patriotism which an unbalanced presentation of history has brought us to regard as the sole manifestation of this virtue. It is as if governmental forms were everything for the community and public welfare could not be promoted independently of them. Patriotism, it should be clearly understood, is not identical with nationalism. The latter is a narrower concept and much more ambiguous morally. Philosophers of history have demonstrated that many of the evils of mankind are traceable to its excesses and some thinkers can foresee no real tranquillity or order in the world until it is superseded or subordinated to a higher allegiance. Some measure of restriction upon complete national autonomy seems indeed almost certain to come. But there will always be room for patriotism, truly understood, no matter what the status of nations may be in new world orders.

Patriotism should not be blind to other ways than the political in which one's country may be served: sometimes if these are persistently followed political adjustments ensue almost automatically. Let us have done with two pernicious errors that are closely akin-the notion that there can be no progress until certain administrative changes occur and the feeling that if such changes were realized all would be well, almost without further effort. The bedrock of all patriotism is the principle that this virtue must serve the actual people of the country. Since they can be helped in other ways than by alterations in the structure or status of the state it follows that patriotism can take other forms than the political.

Wider Interpretation of Patriotism

The great need in our present circumstances in Ireland is to accept a wider interpretation of patriotism and to put this into practice. Constitutional forms are only the framework of community living: it is what goes on under their protection and with their support that is the important matter. In the judgment of many self-expression is the most worthwhile part of nationhood: it can be established while many other aspirations remain unrealized. A highlydeveloped and typical culture is the best basis for national claims. Let us give the world something better to remember us by than our name carved on a tree.

For such ends we may not neglect economic realities. If our numbers diminish much further and our economy continues to run down we shall not have the strength, or the interest left to develop the spiritual and cultural resources of our people and to offer to the world evidence of an individuality justifying our struggles for independence; yet this is perhaps the greatest reward of freedom. To keep national prosperity abreast of rapidly rising standards of living in other countries is evidently the only way of preventing our country from being drained of its most ambitious citizens.

We cannot progress along these lines without the all-out effort of all our people. There is need for the whole of our patriotic energy. To anyone who has the good of the country at heart it is sad to see idealism and unselfishness drawn into wasteful and even harmful channels. Surely a moral is easily drawn from the fact that our economic backwardness is being used more and more as an argument against the re-integration of our country. A healthy economy is a presupposition of any political progress. To exist at all is more important than the political manner of one's existence. Everything we can achieve and contribute as a people is founded on our survival as a people and if there is danger here it has priority over any political injustice. Our patriotism needs to be realist not escapist, practical not spectacular and romantic. If only a remnant of the Irish people is left at home, living on a run-down economy, it will matter little how we are governed; we shall be a negligible factor in human affairs.

The first half of the present century has seen the political rebirth of our country. The energies thrown up and the exertions made in the struggle were a revelation of what Irish people are capable of. Although several portions of the ideals aimed at are still unrealized, the transformation effected in the life of our country and in the outlook of our people was an extraordinary achievement. It would be appropriate if the second half of this century were to witness a corresponding economic rebirth. A necessary precondition of this will be to rid our minds of any idea that there is something inherently selfish and material about ordinary productive work and that the highest service to one's country can only be thought of in military terms.

Misconceptions and Failings to Be Overcome

We must cease to be slaves of the past, or of selective versions of the past, and recognize that changed times may require changed methods and new objectives. We must try to overcome our temperamental impatience, our preference for physical to moral force, our susceptibility to waves of emotion and impulse-failings which show our immaturity as a political society. We must be prepared to accept not merely hard and persistent work but also the even more exacting discipline of carefully thought-out programmes, critically supervised and controlled by comparisons with what is being done elsewhere. Most important of all, we must invite and encourage leadership from our most capable citizens in organizing and directing the measures that are necessary for our economic salvation, in the way that leadership was evoked in the course of our political struggles. It is only the prospect of service to the community that will attract the best of our young people into public affairs. Here is the opportunity today of national service on a grand scale.

Economic measures are patriotic if they are done from patriotic motives. Even if they bring advantage and profit to oneself they are none the less so-after all, the individual who exerts himself is a deserving member of the community as well as the others. And there is an element of alloy in almost every good motive. Probably the most useful patriotic work in Ireland today is being done by those associations that are improving productivity in our chief industries and raising standards of life socially and culturally. The spirit which they foster must be communicated outside their membership and appear in private and personal activities as well as in organized undertakings. People should be expected to promote the common good even without the encouragement and rewards of publicity. Each individual should feel a responsibility in his own sphere of work to increase the national credit and promote prosperity. The approval of one's own conscience should be a better recompense than public recognition. There are many improvements that can come only through the minute, continuous efforts of individuals whose work will never be acclaimed. An enterprising industrialist may be the truest patriot: he is certainly giving indispensable service to the community in our present critical circumstances.

Any development of the country's resources is a contribution to patriotic ends. To improve standards of Irish products, to see that flaws and diseases are eliminated in livestock and other market commodities, to raise the fertility of land and thereby contribute to a healthier balance of payments, all these and similar undertakings should not be thought so mundane and commonplace as to be unworthy of the honoured name of love of country. They bring this virtue down to earth in a way that is nowadays essential. If everyone improved his own work and property we should have a transformed nation and should be much nearer to attaining all our aspirations. To remove unsightly objects from one's surroundings and add beauty to the landscape, to show courtesy and welcome to visitors, to develop restraint in games and to indicate disapproval of displays of bad temper and violence, these too are patriotic courses. 'To make us love our country, said Edmund Burke, 'our country ought to be lovely. By propagating the national language and developing our own music, games, literature and art we enhance the reputation of Ireland and raise the national morale in a way that will be reflected in economic life and in other spheres as well. In innumerable ways we can substantiate our claim to individuality by showing that we possess distinctive talents.

Emancipating Patriotism

Different opportunities invite us in various directions. People with contrasting tastes and gifts will severally be attracted towards what they know they can do best. The first essential is to emancipate patriotism from domination by purely political thinking and to extend its energies into wider fields where its influence is more urgently required. Let us restore to this virtue its human significance. Let us bring it down from the clouds and see it as offering a friendly approach to human problems and ample scope for every kind of goodwill and constructive intelligence. Above all let us see that it is not perverted into a malignant destructive force.

If by processes such as these we lose the stimulus and glamour that have traditionally attached to nationalistic enterprises we shall not have to go far afield to find compensations that are more than adequate. No activity of ours reaches its full perfection unless it is related to God. Human values are not self-supporting: they are securely maintained only when grafted into the tree of divine faith and nourished by divine grace. Unless God builds the house of our nationhood we shall labour in vain in its building: if we neglect to take account of Him it will be built on a foundation of sand. Personally too, a patriotism that is supernaturalized confers a special enrichment. By thinking of it as a service to God and an exercise in several of the chief Christian virtues, we may be happy to forego the praise of men for the sake of the approval that truly counts and the rewards which neither rust nor moth consume.

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Borneo

Francis Xavier

Boot Blacks, Shoe Shiners Nicholas Of Myra

Bowel Disorders Bonaventure

Box Makers Fiacre

Breast Feeding Giles

Brewers

Amand

Arnold

Augustine Of Hippo Barbara

Boniface

Florian

Lawrence

Luke The Apostle Nicholas Of Myra Wenceslas

Brick Layers

Stephen Of Hungary

Brick Makers Vincent Ferrer

Brides

Adelaide

Blaesilla

Catherine Of Genoa

Clotilde

Delphina

Dorothy Of Caesarea Dorothy Of Montau

Elizabeth Of Hungary Elizabeth Of Portugal Hedwig

Ida Of Herzfeld

Ivetta Of Huy

Margaret The Barefooted Nicholas Of Myra

Boy Scouts George

Bridge Builders John Nepomucene

Boys

Dominic Savio John Bosco

Nicholas Of Myra

Brass Workers

Barbara

Brazil

Our Lady Of Nazareth

Our Lady Of The Immaculate Conception Our Lady Who Appeared

Peter Of Alcantara

Bridges

John Nepomucene

Brittany Definition Anne

Ivo Of Kermartin

Broadcasters

Gabriel The Archangel Broken Bones

Drogo

Stanislaus Kostka

Broommakers

Anne

Charles Lwanga

Bruises And Bruising, Against Amalburga

Brushmakers

Anthony The Abbott

Builders, Construction Workers Barbara

Blaise

Louis IX

Our Lady Of Loretto

Thomas The Apostle

Vincent Ferrer

Bulgaria Cyril

Methodius

Burglary, Against Leonard Of Noblac

Burns

John The Apostle

Bursars Joseph

Bus Drivers

Christopher

Business People Homobonus

Business Women

Margaret Of Clitherow

Canada, New France Anne

George

Joseph

Our Lady Of The Cape Saint Mary Of The Hurons

Cancer Patients Aldegundis

Giles

Peregrine Laziosi

Candlemakers, Chandlers Ambrose Of Milan

Bernard Of Clairvaux

Honorius Of Amiens

Canonists

Raymond Of Penyafort Robert Bellarmine

Carmelite Schools Albert Of Sicily

Carnival Workers Julian The Hospitaller

Carpenters

Anne

Barbara

Eulogius Of Cordoba Joseph

Matthias

Wolfgang

Butchers

Adrian Of Nicomedia

Anthony The Abbott

Bartholomew The Apostle George

Luke The Apostle

Peter The Apostle

Button Makers Louis IX

Cab Drivers, Taxi Drivers Christopher

Eligius

Fiacre

Frances Of Rome

Cabinetmakers Anne

Joseph

Victor

Carriage Makers Eligius

Cats

Gertrude Of Nivelles

Cattle

Brigid Of Ireland

Colman Of Stockerau Cornelius

Drogo

Perpetua

Cattle Disease, Against Beuno

Roch

Cemetery Workers Callistus I

Central Africa

The Most Pure Heart Of Mary

Cavalry

George

Martin Of Tours

Central America Rose Of Lima

Charcoal Burners Maurus

Charities, Charitable Societies, Charitable Workers, Volunteers Elizabeth Of Hungary

Elizabeth Of Portugal

Vincent De Paul

Cartwrights, Cart Makers Eligius

Carvers Blaise

Olaf II

Catechists

Cesar De Bus

Charles Borromeo Robert Bellarmine Viator

Chastity, Invoked For Agnes Of Rome

Thomas Aquinas

Chemical Chemical Industry, Manufacturers

Cosmas

Damian

Chilblains, Against Basillisa

Genesius Of Arles

Catechumens

Charles Borromeo Robert Bellarmine

Catholic Action Francis Of Assisi

Child Abuse Victims Alodia

Germaine Cousin Lufthild

Nunilo

Calumnies Or Slander, Against John Nepomucene

Cambridge University Etheldreda

Catholic Press

Anthony Mary Claret Francis De Sales

Catholic Youth

Aloysius Gonzaga

Childhood Diseases Aldegundis

Pharaildis

Childhood Intestinal Diseases Erasmus

Chimney Sweeps Florian

Childless People

Anne Line

Catherine Of Genoa Gummarus

Henry II

Julian The Hospitaller

China Joseph

Chivalry George

Coin Collectors; Numismatists Eligius

Stephen The Younger

Cold Or Cold Weather, Against Maurus

Sebaldus

Children

Bathild

Gerard Majella

Infant Jesus Of Prague Maria Goretti

Nicholas Of Myra

Pancras

Raymond Nonnatus

Choir Boys

Dominic Savio

Gregory The Great Holy Innocents Choirs

Dominic Savio

Cholera Roch

Colic

Erasmus

Colorado

Immaculate Mary

Columbia

Louis Bertran

Our Lady Of Chiquinquir Peter Claver

Children, Adopted Clotilde

Thomas More

William Of Rochester

Children, Backward Hilary Of Poitiers

Children, Late In Learning To Walk Vaast

Children, Male (To Have) Felicity

Children, Sick Beuno

Clement I

Hugh Of Lincoln Ubaldus Baldassini

Children Of Mary Agnes Of Rome Maria Goretti

Children, Stammering Notkar Balbulus

Children, Unborn Gerard Majella

Children's Choir Dominic Savio Holy Innocents

Children Whose Parents Were Not Married; Illigitimacy

Brigid Of Ireland

Eustochium Of Padua

Sibyllina Biscossi

Chile

Our Lady Of Mount Carmel James The Greater

Church Cleaners Theobald Roggeri

Church, The

Joseph

Peter The Apostle

Circus Workers

Julian The Hospitaller

Comedians, Commediennes Genesius

Lawrence

Vitus

Communications Workers Bernadine Of Siena

Gabriel The Archangel

Civil Disorder; Riot (Against) Andrew Corsini

Civil Servants

Thomas More

Gabriel Of Our Lady Of Sorrows Gabriel The Archangel

Thomas a'Becket

Clock Makers; Watchmakers Eligius

Peter The Apostle

Cloistered Nuns

Blessed Virgin Mary

Gertrude The Great

Scholastica

Clothmakers, Clothworkers

Feast Of The Immaculate Conception Homobonus

Maurice

Clowns

Genesius

Julian The Hospitaller

Communism, Those Who Fight Against It

Joseph

Composers Cecilia

Computers, Users, Technicians

Isidore Of Seville

Confectioners

Honorius Of Amiens Joseph

Lawrence

Macarius The Younger

Confessions, To Make a Good One Gerard Majella

John Nepomucene

Confessors

Alphonsus Maria De Liguori John Mary Vianney

John Nepomucene

Coachmen Of Milan Richard Of Chichester

Congo; Zaire; Belgian Congo Immaculate Conception Of Mary

Coal Miners

Leonard Of Noblac

Conquistadors James The Greater

Coffee House Keepers Or Owners Drogo

Nativity Of The Blessed Virgin

Conscientious Objectors Marcellus

Contemplatives, Contemplative Life John Of The Cross

Mary Magdalen

Converts

Afra

Alban

Anne Line

Boniface Of Tarsus Caedwalla

Charles Lwanga

Edwin

Flora

Genesius

Helena

Hermengild

Joseph Of Palestine Lucian

Ludmila

Marcian

Margaret Clitherow Natalia

Olga

Philemon

Theodota

Vladimir

Coughs; Against Blaise

Quentin

Walburga

Council Holy Spirit

Customs Officers Matthew The Apostle

Cutlers

Eligius

Lawrence

Lucy Of Syracuse

Councilmen

Nicholas Of Flue

Cutters

John The Baptist

Countesses

Elizabeth Of Hungary

Cyprus Barnabas

Country Girls, Peasant Girls, Germaine Cousin

Counts

Charles The Good Gerald Of Aurillac

Court Clerks, Court Workers Thomas More

Courtiers Gummarus

Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic Adalbert

Cyril

John Nepomucene

Ludmila

Methodius

Procopius

Sigismund

Vitus

Wenceslaus

Dairy Workers Brigid Of Ireland

Convulsions

John The Baptist Willibrord

Convulsive Children John The Baptist

Scholastica

Cooks

Lawrence

Macarius The Younger

Martha

Nativity Of The Blessed Virgin Pascal Baylon

Cowherds Gummarus

Craftsmen Eligius

Joseph

Craftsmen Who Work With a Wheel (Potters, Spinners, Etc.)

Catherine Of Alexandria

Cramps, Against Maurice

Pancras

Coopers, Barrel Makers

Abdon

Feast Of The Immaculate Conception Florian

Leonard Of Noblac

Michael The Archangel

Nicholas Of Myra

Senen

Urban Of Langres

Coppersmiths

Benedict

Eulogius Of Cordoba Leonard Of Noblac Maurus

Crete Titus

Crops, Protection Of Ansovinus

Canons Regular Of The Order Of The Holy Cross; Crosier Order

Odilia

Crusaders

Charles The Good

Louis IX

Cuba

Our Lady Of Charity Of El Cobre Virgin De Regla

Corn Chandlers Honorius Of Amiens

Curriers

Simon The Apostle

Dalmatia Blaise

Dancers Genesius Philemon Vitus

Danger At Sea Erasmus

Deacons

Lawrence

Marinus

Stephen The Martyr

Dead, Recently

Gertrude Of Nivelles

Deaf People, Deafness, Hearing Impaired,

Hearing Impairment

Drogo

Francis De Sales

Ouen

Death By Artillery, Against Barbara

Death Of Children

Alphonsa Hawthorne

Angela Of Foligno

Clotilde

Concepcion Cabrera De Annida Cyriacus Of Iconium

Dorothy Of Montau

Elizabeth Of Hungary Elizabeth Ann Seton

Felicity

Frances Of Rome

Hedwig

Isidore The Farmer

Joaquina Vedruna De Mas Julitta

Leopold The Good

Louis IX

Luchesius

Margaret Of Scotland Marguerite d'Youville Matilda

Melania The Younger Michelina

Nonna

Perpetua

Stephen Of Hungary

Angela Merici

Gerald Of Aurillac Germaine Cousin Giles

Henry II

Lutgardis

Margaret Of Castello Seraphina

Servulus

Our Lady Of High Grace

Doubt, Invoked By Those In; Against Doubt

Joseph

Thomas The Apostle

Doves

David Of Wales

Disappointing Children Clotilde

Louise De Marillac

Matilda

Monica

Disasters Genevieve

Discretion

John Of Nepomucene

Drapers

Nativity Of The Blessed Virgin Severus

Drought Relief Catald

Godeberta

Herbert

Solange

Swithun

Death, Happy Joseph

Death, Holy

Andrew Avellino

Christopher

Joseph

Michael The Archangel Ursula

Distillers

Louis IX

Nativity Of The Blessed Virgin

Drowning Victims; Against Drowning Adjutor

Florian

Romanus Of Condat

Divorced People Alphonsa Hawthorne Fabiola

Guntramnus

Helena

Death, Sudden'Against Aldegundis

Andrew Avellino

Barbara

Christopher

Denmark Anskar

Canute

Dock Workers, Longshoremen Nicholas Of Myra

Doctors, Physicians Cosmas

Damian

Luke The Apostle

Pantaleon

Raphael The Archangel

Drug Addiction

Maximillian Kolbe

Druggists, Pharmacists, Cosmas

Damian

Gemma Galgani

James The Greater

James The Lesser

Nicholas Of Myra

Raphael The Archangel

Duchesses Hedwig

Ludmila

Dentists Apollonia

Devil, Against

Dionysius The Aeropagite

Devotees To The Sacred Heart Margaret Mary Alacoque

Dieticians Martha

Difficult Situations Eustachius

Dijon

Benignus Of Dijon Diplomats

Gabriel The Archangel

Disabled People, Handicapped People, Physically Challenged

Alphais

Dog Bites, Against Dog Attacks Hubert Of Liege

Vitus

Walburga

Dukes Henry II

Dublin, Ireland Kevin

Dogs, Dog Fanciers Hubert Of Liege

Roch

Vitus

Domestic Animals Ambrose Of Milan Anthony Of Padua Anthony The Abbott Cornelius

Gerlac Of Valkenburg Domestic Workers Zita

Dominican Republic Dominic De Guzman

Dyers, Cloth Dyers, Purplers Lydia Purpuraria

Maurice

Dying People, Invoked By Barbara

Benedict

Catherine Of Alexandria James The Lesser

John Of God

Joseph

Margaret Of Antioch

Michael The Archangel Nicholas Of Tolentino Sebastian

Dysentery

Lucy Of Syracuse Polycarp Of Smyrna

Earache, Invoked Against Cornelius

Polycarp Of Smyrna

Earthquakes, Invoked Against Agatha

Emidius

Francis Borgia

Gregory Thaumaturgus

Engineers

Ferdinand III Of Castille Joseph

Patrick

England

Augustine Of Canterbury

Cuthbert

George

Gregory The Great

Our Lady Of Mount Carmel At Aylesford Our Lady Of Walsingham

Europe

Benedict

Bridget Of Sweden

Catherine Of Siena

Cyril

Methodius

Teresa Benedicta Of The Cross

Evangelists

Paul The Apostle

Excluded People Patrick

East Indies

Francis Xavier

Thomas The Apostle

Ecologists, Ecology Francis Of Assisi

Ecuador

Our Lady Of Quinche Sacred Heart Of Jesus

Ecumenists, Ecumenism, Unity Of The Eastern And Western Churches Cyril

Methodius

Edinburgh Scotland Giles

Editors

John Bosco

John The Apostle

Egypt

Mark The Evangelist

El Salvador

Our Lady Of Peace

Elderly People Anthony Of Padua

Embroiderers, Needle Workers Clare Of Assisi

Louis IX

Parasceva

Rose Of Lima

Emigrants

Frances Xavier Cabrini

Empresses Adelaide

Helena

Pulcheria

Engravers

John The Apostle Thiemo

Enlightenment

Holy Spirit

Our Lady Of Good Counsel

Epidemics Godeberta Roch

Equatorial Guinea

Our Lady Of The Immaculate Conception

Ergotism (Saint Antony's Fire), Invoked Against

Anthony The Abbot

Erysipelas

Benedict Ida Of Nivelles

Epilepsy, Epileptics Anthony The Abbot Balthasar

Bibiana

Catald

Cornelius

Dymphna

Genesius

Gerard Of Lunel

Giles

John Chrysostom John The Baptist

Valentine

Vitus

Willibrord

Escape From Devils Margaret Of Antioch

Ethiopia Frumentius

Exiles; People In Exile Adelaide

Angela Truszkowska

Arthelais

Clotilde

Elizabeth Of Hungary Jeanne Marie De Maille Joaquina Vedruna De Mas Kateri Tekakwitha

Margaret Of Antioch Melania The Younger Pulcheria

Rose Of Viterbo

Susanna

Expectant Mothers, Pregnant Women, Pregnancy

Anne

Anthony Of Padua

Gerard Majella

Margaret Of Antioch

Raymond Nonnatus

Expeditious Or Prompt Solutions Expeditus

Explosions, Against Barbara

Eyes, Eye Diseases, Eye Problems , Sore Eyes

Aloysius Gonzaga

Augustine Of Hippo

Clare Of Assisi

Cyriacus Of Iconium

Herve

Lucy Of Syracuse

Raphael The Archangel

Fainting, Faintness Urban Of Langres Ursus Of Ravenna Valentine

Enemies Of Religion, Against Sebastian

Eucharistic Congresses And Organizations

Pascal Baylon

Faith In The Blessed Sacrament Anthony Of Padua

Enemy Plots, Against Drausinus

Falsley Accused People Blandina

Dominic De Guzman Dominic Savio

Elizabeth Of Hungary Elizabeth Of Portugal Helen Of Skofde

Margaret Of Antioch Margaret Of Cortona Marinus

Matilda

Philip Howard

Raymond Nonnatus Roch

Serenus

Farriers

Eligius

John The Baptist

Fathers Joachim Joseph

Fear Of Insects Gratus Of Aosta

Fear Of Mice

Gertrude Of Nivelles

Fear Of Night Giles

Francis Of Paola Lawrence

Firefighters

Barbara

Catherine Of Siena Eustachius

Florian

John Of God

Fireworks Manufacturers Barbara

First Communicants Imelda

Tarcisius

Families

Francis Of Assisi Joseph

Maximillian Kolbe

Families, Large; Parents Of Adalbald Of Ostrevant

Adelaide

Clotilde

Dagobert II

Dorothy Of Montau

Edwin

Ferdinand III Of Castille Ivetta Of Huy

Leonidas

Leopold

Louis IX

Margaret Of Scotland

Matilda

Nicholas Of Flue

Richard Gwyn

Thomas More

Vladimir

Family Happiness Dymphna

Ksenya Blazhennaya

Family Life

Infant Jesus Of Prague

Famine, Against Walburga

Farmers, Farm Workers, Agricultural Workers, Field Hands, Husbandmen, Field Workers

Benedict

Bernard Of Vienne

Eligius

George

Isidore The Farmer

Notburga

Phocas The Gardener

Watstan

Fear Of Rats

Gertrude Of Nivelles

Fish Neot

Fear Of Snakes Patrick

Fear Of Wasps Friard

Fish Dealers, Fishmongers Andrew The Apostle

Assumption Of The Blessed Virgin Magnus

Nativity Of The Blessed Virgin

Fencing

Michael The Archangel

Ferrymen

Julian The Hospitaller

Fever

Antonius Of Florence Benedict

Cornelius

Dominic Of Sora

Domitian

Genevieve

Gerebernus

Gertrude Of Nivelles Hugh Of Cluny

Peter The Apostle

Fishermen, Anglers Andrew The Apostle Anthony Of Padua Nicholas Of Myra

Our Lady Of Salambao Peter The Apostle Zeno Of Verona

Fistula

Fiacre

Fleury-Sur-Loire

Drogo

Floods

Christopher

Florian

Gregory Thaumaturgus John Of Nepomucene

Fiddlers, Fiddle Players Julian The Hospitaller

Final Perseverance

Alphonsus Maria De Liguori

Finances, Good

Infant Jesus Of Prague Financial Officers Matthew The Apostle

Florists

Dorothy Of Caesarea Fiacre

Honorius Of Amiens Rose Of Lima

Therese Of Lisieux

Flour Merchants Honorius Of Amiens

Finland

Henry Of Uppsalla

Flower Growers Therese Of Lisieux

Fire, Against; Fire Prevention Agatha

Barbara

Catherine Of Siena

Eustachius

Florian

Foot Problems; Feet Problems Peter The Apostle

Forest Workers, Foresters, Lumberjacks, Wood Cutters

Gummarus

Hubert Of Liege John Gualbert

Joseph Of Arimathea Lucy Of Syracuse Mark The Evangelist

Forests, Woods, Woodlands Giles

Furriers

Hubert Of Liege James The Greater

Forgotten People Jeanne De Chantal

Fortifications Barbara

Gall Stones

Benedict

Drogo

Florentius Of Strasburg

Gap

Arnulph

Glove Makers Crispian

Crispin

Gummarus

Mary Magdalen

Goitres Blaise

Fortitude Holy Spirit

Founders Barbara

Foundlings Holy Innocents

France

Denis

Joan Of Arc

Laurent

Martin Of Tours

Notre Dame Cathedral Of Paris Notre Dame Of Chartres

Our Lady Of Lasallette

Our Lady Of Lourdes

Our Lady Of Pontmain

Our Lady Of The Assumption Our Lady Of The Miraculous Medal Remigius

Therese Of Liseux

Garage Workers, Service Station Workers

Eligius

Gardeners

Adam

Adelard

Agnes Of Rome

Dorothy Of Caesarea Fiacre

Gertrude Of Nivelles Phocas The Gardener Rose Of Lima

Tryphon

Urban Of Langres

Geese

Gall

Martin Of Tours

Goldsmiths, Gold Workers Anastasius The Fuller

Bernward

Clare Of Assisi

Dunstan

Eligius

Nativity Of The Blessed Virgin

Gout, Invoked Against Andrew The Apostle Gerebernus

Gregory The Great

Maurice

Maurus

Governors

Ferdinand III Of Castille

Grace, Invoked By Those In Need Of Teresa Of Avila

Geologists Barbara

Grandfathers Joachim

Franciscan Laity Didacus

Geometricians

Thomas The Apostle

Grandmothers Anne

Freedom

Infant Jesus Of Prague

Frenzy, Invoked Against Denis

Peter The Apostle

Friendships

John The Apostle Frost, Against Urban Of Langres

Fruit Dealers Christopher

Fugitives

Brigid Of Ireland

Fullers

Anastasius The Fuller Christopher

James The Lesser

Germany

Boniface

George

Michael

Our Lady Of Altotting Our Lady Of Kevelaer Peter Canisius

Swithbert

Gilders

Clare Of Assisi Eligius

Girls

Agnes Of Rome

Catherine Of Alexandria Irene

Maria Goretti

Grandparents Anne

Joachim

Gravediggers

Anthony The Abbott Barbara

Greece

Andrew The Apostle

George

Nicholas Of Myra

The Holy Mountain Of Our Lady

Greetings

Valentine

Grocers, Greengrocers Leonard Of Noblac

Michael The Archangel

Glassworkers, Glass Makers Luke The Apostle

Funeral Directors, Undertakers Dismas

Glaziers

Lawrence

Grooms, Young Louis IX

Nicholas Of Myra

Guardian Angels

Raphael The Archangel

Haymakers Gervase

Protase

Honduras

Our Lady Of Suyapa

Guards

Matthew The Apostle

Guardians

Guntramnus

Joseph Of Palestine Mamas

Guatamala

James The Greater Our Lady Of The Rosary

Haberdashers

Louis IX

Michael The Archangel

Headaches

Acacius

Bibiana

Denis

Dionysius The Aeropagite Gerard Of Lunel

Gereon

Pancras

Stephen The Martyr

Teresa Of Avila

William Firmatus

Healers

Brigid Of Ireland

Horse Men, Riders, Equestrians George

Martin Of Tours

Horses

Anthony Of Padua Colman Of Stockerau Eligius

George

Giles

Hippolytus

Leonard Of Noblac Martin Of Tours

Vincent De Paul

Haemorrhoids, Piles Fiacre

Health

Infant Jesus Of Prague

Horses, Sick Eligius

Hailstorms, Against Barnabas

Christopher

John The Baptist

Paul The Apostle

Heart Patients John Of God

Hemorrahages Lucy Of Syracuse

Hairdressers, Hairstylists Cosmas

Damian

Louis IX

Martin De Porres

Mary Magdalen

Hanging, Against Colman Of Stockerau

Hangovers Bibiana

Hermits

Anthony The Abbott Giles

Hernia

Catald

Conrad Of Piacenza Cosmas

Damian

Drogo

Gummarus

Happy Meetings

Raphael The Archangel

Harness Makers

Assumption Of The Blessed Virgin Eligius

Harvesters

Peter The Apostle

Herpes

George

Hesitation, Against Joseph

Hoarseness, Against Bernadine Of Siena Maurus

Hosiers Fiacre

Hospitals

Camillus Of Lellis Elizabeth Of Hungary John Of God

Jude Thaddeus

Vincent De Paul

Hospital Administrators Basil The Great

Frances Xavier Cabrini

Hospital Public Relations Paul The Apostle

Hospital Workers Camillus Of Lellis John Of God

Jude Thaddeus

Vincent De Paul

Hospitality, Hospitallers Julian The Hospitaller House Hunters

Joseph

Human Race

Mary, Mother Of God

Harvests

Anthony Of Padua Florian

Walburga

Hatmakers, Milliners Barbara

Clement

James The Lesser

Michael The Archangel Severus

Homeless People, Hoboes, Tramps Benedict Joseph Labre

Edwin

Elizabeth Of Hungary

Lufthild

Margaret Of Cortona

Hungary

Astricus

Gerard Sagredo

Our Lady Of Hungary Stephen Of Hungary

Homemakers, Housewives, Housekeepers

Anne

Martha

Monica

Zita

Hunters, Hunting, Huntsmen Eustachius

Hubert Of Liege

Iceland

Thorlac Thorhallsson

Immigrants

Frances Xavier Cabrini

Impenitence, Against Barbara

Mark The Evangelist Narcissus

Interior Souls Joseph

Internet, The

Isidore Of Seville

In-Law Problems

Adelaide

Elizabeth Of Hungary Elizabeth Ann Seton Godelieve

Helen Of Skofde

Jeanne De Chantal

Jeanne Marie De Maille Ludmila

Marguerite d'Youville Michelina

Pulcheria

Incest Victims Dymphna

Laura Vicuna

Susanna

Winifred Of Wales

Inter-Racial Justice, Racial Harmony, Race Relations

Martin De Porres

Peter Claver

Invalids Roch

Invincible People; To Become Invincible; Champions

Drausinus

Ireland

Brigid Of Ireland Columba

Our Lady Of Knock Our Lady Of Limerick Patrick

India

Our Lady Of Bandel

Our Lady Of Bandra

Our Lady Of The Assumption Rose Of Lima

Thomas The Apostle

Indiana

Our Lady Of Providence

Indiscretions, Against John Nepomucene

Infantrymen Maurice

Iron Mongers, Hardware, Hardware Stores

Sebastian

Italy

Basillica Of Saint Mary Major Bernadine Of Siena

Catherine Of Siena

Francis Of Assisi

Madonna Of Saint Luke Our Lady Of Loreto

Our Lady Of Perpetual Help Our Lady Of Pompeii

Our Lady Of Tears

Our Lady Of The Snow

Inflammatory Diseases, Against Benedict

Innkeepers, Hotel-Keepers Amand

Goar

Julian The Hospitaller

Martha

Martin De Porres

Martin Of Tours

Theodatus

Japan

Francis Xavier

Our Lady Of Japan Peter Baptist

Jaundice Odilo

Jealousy, Invoked Against Elizabeth Of Portugal

Eligius

Jockeys Eligius

Journalists

Francis De Sales Maximillian Kolbe

Judges

Ivo Of Kermartin John Of Capistrano Nicholas Of Myra

Jugglers

Julian The Hospitaller

Jurists

Catherine Of Alexandria Ivo Of Kermartin

John Of Capistrano

Juvenile Delinquents Dominic Savio

Kidnap Victims Arthelais

Dagobert II

Simon Of Trent

Wernher

William Of Norwich

Kidney Disease, Against Benedict

Drogo

Margaret Of Antioch Ursus Of Ravenna

Kings

Casimir Of Poland Dagobert II

Edgar

Edmund Of East Anglia Edward The Confessor Edwin

Henry II

Louis IX

Olaf II

Solomon

Stephen Of Hungary

Knees, Diseases Of Or Trouble With Roch

Innocence Hallvard

Jealousy, Victims Of Elizabeth Of Portugal Hedwig

Knife Grinders, Knife Sharpeners Catherine Of Alexandria

Inquisitors Peter Verona

Jesuit Students Aloysius Gonzaga

Insect Bites

Felix

Mark The Apostle

Jewelers Agatha

Dunstan

Knights

Gengulphus

George

James The Greater Julian The Hospitaller Michael The Archangel

Knights Hospitaller John The Almoner John The Baptist

Knowledge Holy Spirit

Korea

Joseph

Mary The Blessed Virgin

Laborers

Eligius

Isidore The Farmer James The Greater John Bosco

Joseph

Lucy Of Syracuse

Laywomen, Single Agatha

Alodia

Bibiana

Emiliana

Flora

Gudule

Julitta

Margaret Of Cortona Martha

Nunilo

Praxides

Syncletica

Tharsilla

Zita

Lions

Mark The Evangelist

Lithographers John The Apostle

Lithuania

Casimir Of Poland Cunegundes

George

John Of Dukla

John Of Kanty

Liturgy

Joseph Mary Tomasi Lead Workers Sebastian

Livestock

Isidore The Farmer Laceworkers, Lacemakers Anne

Crispian

Crispin

Elizabeth Of Hungary

John Regis

Luke The Apostle

Sebastian

Teresa Of Avila

Lambs, For The Protection Of John The Baptist

Lamp Makers

Our Lady Of Loretto

Learning

Acca

Ambrose Of Milan Nicholas Albergati Thomas Aquinas

Leather Workers, Leather Curriers Bartholomew The Apostle

Crispin

Crispian

Lectors

Bede The Venerable Pollio

Sabas

Laundry Workers, Washerwomen, Laundresses

Clare Of Assisi

Hunna

Lawrence

Martha

Veronica

Legs, Diseases Of Servatus

Leprosy, Lepers George

Giles

Vincent De Paul

Lawsuits Agia

Lesotho

Immaculate Heart Of Mary

Lawsuits Lost Unjustly Nicholas Of Myra

Lawyers, Attorneys, Barristers Genesius

Ivo Of Kermartin

Mark The Evangelist

Raymond Of Penyafort

Thomas More

Librarians, Archivists Catherine Of Alexandria Jerome

Lawrence

Lightening

Barbara

Thomas Aquinas Victor

Vitus

Continued in Patron Saints No.2

Lay Brothers Gerard Majella

Lay People

Frances Of Rome Paul The Apostle

Lighthouse Keepers Dunstan

Venerius

Linguists Gotteschalk

Locksmiths

Dunstan

Eligius

Leonard Of Noblac Peter The Apostle

Loneliness, Against Rita Of Cascia

Lodgings, To Obtain While Travelling Gertrude Of Nivelles

Julian The Hospitaller

Mail

Anthony Of Padua

Marble Workers Clement I

Malta

Paul The Apostle

Market Carriers Christopher

Longevity, Long Life Peter The Apostle

Maronites Maro

Lost Articles

Anne

Anthony Of Padua Antony Of Pavoni Arnold

Phanurius

Vincent De Paul

Lost Or Impossible Causes, Desperate Situations

Jude Thaddeus

Gregory Thaumaturgus Phanurius

Philomena

Rita Of Cascia

Lost Keys, Against Losing Keys Zita

Lost Vocations Gotteschalk

James Intercisus Luchesius

Love, Lovers

Dwynwen

Raphael The Archangel Valentine

Marriages, Difficult Alphonsa Hawthorne Castora Gabrielli

Catherine Of Genoa

Dorothy Of Montau

Edward The Confessor Elizabeth Of Portugal Fabiola

Gengulphus

Godelieve

Gummarus

Hedwig

Helena

Louis IX

Margaret The Barefooted Marguerite d'Youville Monica

Nicholas Of Flue

Olaf II

Pharaildis

Philip Howard

Radegunde

Rita Of Cascia

Theodore Of Sykeon Thomas More

Wilgefortis

Zedislava Berka

Cecilia

Dymphna

Felicity

Flora

Helen Of Skofde

Joan Of Arc

Laura Vicuna

Lucy Of Syracuse

Lucy De Freitas

Margaret Of Antioch Margaret Clitherow

Margaret Of Louvain Margaret Ward

Maria Goretti

Mary Hermina Grivot Mary Of Cordoba

Maura

Natalia

Nunilo

Perpetua

Susanna And Companions Teresa Benedicta

Theodota

Winifred Of Wales

Masons, Stone Masons, Stonecutters, Stone Workers

Barbara

Blaise

Clement I

Four Crowned Martyrs

Gregory The Great

Louis IX

Reinhold

Stephen Of Hungary

Stephen The Martyr

Thomas The Apostle

Mathematicians Barbara

Hubert Of Liege

Mechanics

Catherine Of Alexandria

Lumbago Lawrence

Luxembourg

Cunegundes

Mary, Comforter Of The Afflicted Philip The Apostle

Willibrord

Marriages, Happy Valentine

Marriages, Second Adelaide

Matilda

Married Women, Wives Monica

Medical Record Librarians Raymond Of Penafort

Medical Social Workers John Regis

Medical Technicians Albertus Magnus

Macedonia

Clement Of Ohrid

Machinists

Hubert Of Liege

Magazines (Ammunition) Barbara

Magistrates

Ferdinand III Of Castile Nicholas Of Flue

Maids Zita

Martyrs, Murdered As Confessors Of The Faith Or For Moral Integrity Afra

Agatha

Agatha Kim

Agostina Pietrantoni

Alodia

Amparo Carboneli

Anastasia

Antonia Messina

Barbara

Britta

Carmen Moreno

Mental Asylums, Mental Hospitals, Mental Health Professionals, Mental Health Caregivers

Dymphna

Mental Handicaps, Mentally Ill People, Mental Illness, Insanity, Madness Benedict Joseph Labre

Bibiana

Drogo

Dymphna

Eustochium Of Padua

Fillan

Giles

Margaret Of Cortona Maria Fortunata Viti Michelina

Osmund

Raphaela

Romanus Of Condat Veran

Merchants

Expeditus

Francis Of Assisi Nicholas Of Myra Eligius

Leonard Of Noblac Piran

Minters, Minting, Numismatics Eligius

Miscarriages, Invoked Against Catherine Of Siena

Catherine Of Sweden

Eulalia

Misfortune

Agricola Of Avignon

Merchants Menas

Messengers

Gabriel The Archangel

Motorcyclists

Our Lady Of Grace

Motorways

John The Baptist

Mountain Climbers, Mountaineers Bernard Of Menthon

Mulattoes, Mixed-Race People, Bi-Racial People

Martin Of Porres

Murderers

Caedwalla

Guntramnus

Julian The Hospitaller Nicholas Of Myra Solomon

Vladimir

Missionaries

Francis Xavier

Therese Of Lisieux

Missionary Bishops Paul The Apostle Metal Collectors,

Precious Metal Collectors Eligius

Metal Workers

Eligius

Mexico

Joseph

Our Lady Of Guadalupe

Mice, Invoked Against Gertrude Of Nivelles Servatus

Missions, Black; African Missions Benedict The Black

Francis Xavier

Peter Claver

Therese Of Lisieux

Missions, Foreign Francis Xavier

Infant Jesus Of Prague Peter Claver

Therese Of Lisieux

Music

Arnold

Cecilia

Musicians

Benedict Biscop Cecilia

Dunstan

Gregory The Great Notkar Balbulus Paul The Apostle

Musicians, Wandering Julian The Hospitaller

Midwives

Brigid Of Ireland Cosmas

Damian

Drogo

Margaret Of Cortona Raymund Nonnatus

Missions, Parish

Francis Xavier

Leonard Of Port Maurice Therese Of Lisieux

Monaco Devota

Musical Instrument Makers Cecilia

Muteness, Mutes, Mute People, Dumbness

Drogo

Migraine

Gereon

Ubaldus Baldassini

Monastic Life John The Baptist

Mystics, Mystical Theology John Of The Cross

Money Managers Matthew The Apostle

Nail Makers Cloud

Military Chaplains John Of Capistrano

Military Engineers Barbara

Milk, Loss Of

Margaret Of Antioch

Millers

Arnold

Arnulph

Catherine Of Alexandria Victor

Mine Collapse, Against Barbara

Miners Anne

Barbara

Monks

Anthony The Abbott Benedict

Moravia Cyril

Methodius Wenceslaus

Motherhood

Blessed Virgin Mary Gerard Majella

Mothers

Anne

Gerard Majella Monica

Native Americans, American Indians Anthony Of Padua

Native Rights

Turibius Of Morgoveio

Native Traditions Alsonso Rodriguez Juan De Castillo Rocco Gonzalez

Natural Disasters Agatha

Naval Officers Francis Of Paola

Navigators Erasmus

Expeditus

Francis Xavier

Our Lady, Star Of The Sea

The Nederlands, Holland Bavo

Plechelm

Willibrord

Needle Makers

Nativity Of The Blessed Virgin

Nervous Diseases, Against Bartholomew The Apostle

Nettle Rash, Against Benedict

Neuralgia

Ubaldus Baldassini

Neurological Disorders Dymphna

New World Rose Of Lima

Nursing Mothers Concordia

Nursing Services Catherine Of Siena Elizabeth Of Hungary

Oaths Pancras

Obsession

Quirinus

Oceania

Mary, Queen Of Peace Peter Chanel

Oil Refiners

Honorius Of Amiens

Old-Clothes Dealers Anne

Old Maids, Spinsters, Unmarried Girls, Maidens

Andrew The Apostle

Catherine Of Alexandria

Nicholas Of Myra

Luke The Apostle

Pakistan

Thomas The Apostle

Palestine George

Palestinian Christians George

Papermakers John The Apostle

Paraguay

Our Lady Of The Assumption

Papua, New Guinea Michael The Archangel

Paralysis, Paralysed People Catald

Osmund

Wolfgang

Paratroopers, Airborne Michael The Archangel New Zealand

Our Lady Help Of Christians Open Sores

Peregrine Laziosi

Parenthood Rita Of Cascia Newlyweds

Nicholas Of Myra

News Dealers

Annunciation Of The Blessed Virgin

Nicaragua

James The Greater

Nigeria Patrick

Opposition Of Church Authorities Elizabeth Ann Seton

Joan Of Arc

Margaret Hallahan

Marguerite d'Youville

Mary Mackillop

Mary Magdalena Bentivoglio Rose Philippine Duchesne

Raphaela

Teresa Of Avila

Nightmares

Raphael The Archangel

Oppressed People Anthony Of Padua

North Africa

Cyprian Of Carthage

Norway Olaf II

Notaries

Genesius Of Arles Ivo Of Kermartin Luke The Apostle Mark The Evangelist

Nurses

Agatha

Alexius

Camillus Of Lellis

Catherine Of Alexandria Catherine Of Siena

John Of God

Margaret Of Antioch Raphael The Archangel

Orators, Speakers, Lecturers John Chrysostom

Justin Martyr

Orphans

Aurelius

Dagobert II

Drogo

Frances Xavier Cabrini Ivo Of Kermartin

Jerome Emiliani

Mamas

Pulcheria

Pain, Against; Cures From Pain Madron

Painters

Benedict Biscop

Bernward

Catherine Of Bologna John The Apostle

Parents, Loss Of (Mother, Father) Alphonsa Hawthorne

Alphonsa Of India

Angela Merici

Colette

Dymphna

Elizabeth Of The Trinity

Elizabeth Ann Seton

Frances Scherviers

Gemma Galgani

Germaine Cousin

Humbeline

Jeanne De Chantal

Jeanne Marie De Maille

Kateri Tekawitha

Laura Vicuna

Louise De Marillac

Margaret Of Cortona

Margaret Mary Alacoque

Margaret Hallahan

Marguerite Bourgeous

Marguerite d'Youville

Maria Bagnesi

Maria Fortunata Viti

Maria Gabriella

Maria Goretti

Mariana Of Quito

Marie Of The Incarnation

Marie Rose Durocher

Pulcheria

Radegunde

Rafka Al-Rayes

Raphaela

Sibyllina Biscossi

Susanna

Syncletica

Teresa Of Avila Teresa Benedicta Therese Of Lisieux

Parents Separated From Children Jeanne De Chantal

Marie Of The Incarnation

Paris, France Denis

Genevieve

Parish Clerks Nicholas Of Myra Marguerite d'Youville Mary Magdalen

Matilda

Nunilo

Rose Of Lima

Susanna

Teresa Of Avila

Teresa Maria Of The Cross Zedislava Berka

Zita

Perfumeries, Perfumers Mary Magdalen

Nicholas Of Myra

Park Services John Gualbert

Perjury, Lies, Falsehood Felix Of Nola

Pancras

Plague, Plague Epidemics, Against Plague

Agricola Of Avignon

Catald

Cuthbert

Edmund Of East Anglia

Francis Of Paola

Francis Xavier

George

Gregory The Great

Macarius Of Antioch

Roch

Sebastian

Valentine

Walburga

Plasterers

Bartholomew The Apostle

Pastry Chefs

Honorius Of Amiens Macarius The Younger Pavement Workers Vincent Ferrer

Pawnbrokers

Bernardine Of Feltre Nicholas Of Myra

Persia

Maruthas

Playing Card Manufacturers Balthasar

Peru

Joseph

Martin De Porres

Rose Of Lima

Turibius Of Mogroveio

Peace; Peacemaker, Invoked As

Barnabas

Elizabeth Of Portugal Infant Jesus Of Prague Irene

Pestilence, Relief From Aloysius Gonzaga

Anthony The Abbott Cosmas

Damian

Roch

Plumbers

Vincent Ferrer

Poets

Brigid Of Ireland Cecilia

Columba

David

Poison, Against; Poisoning Benedict

John The Apostle

Pirmin

Peader, People Named Peter Name File

Pewterers Fiacre

Poisonous Snakes

Paul The Apostle Peasants

Lucy Of Syracuse Margaret Of Antioch

Pencil Makers Thomas Aquinas

Penitent Women Afra

Margaret Of Cortona Mary Magdalen

Mary Of Egypt

People Ridiculed For Their Piety Agostina Pietrantoni

Alodia

Angela Of Foligno

Bernadette Of Lourdes

Catherine Of Genoa

Catherine Of Siena

Clelia Barbieri

Elizabeth Of Hungary

Elizabeth Ann Seton

Frances Of Rome

Jacinta Marto

Jeanne Marie De Maille

Joan Of Arc

Kateri Tekakwitha

Margaret Of Cortona

Philippines

Our Lady Of Safe Travel Our Lady Of The Turumba Rose Of Lima

Sacred Heart Of Mary

Philosophers

Catherine Of Alexandria Justin Martyr

Thomas Aquinas

Poland

Adalbert Of Prague

Casimir Of Poland

Cunegundes

Florian

Hyacinth

John Of Kanty

Our Lady Of Czestochowa Stanislaus Of Cracow

Piety

Holy Spirit

Pilgrims

Alexius

Benedict Joseph Labre Faith

Gertrude Of Nivelles James The Greater Julian The Hospitaller Nicholas Of Myra Pius X

Pin Makers

Nativity Of The Blessed Virgin

Pioneers Joseph

Police Officers

Michael The Archangel Sebastian

Political Prisoners Maximilian Kolbe

Poor People, Paupers Anthony Of Padua

Ferdinand III Of Castille Giles

Lawrence

Nicholas Of Myra

Popes, Papacy

Gregory The Great Peter The Apostle

Pork Butchers And Processors Transfiguration Of Our Lord

Porters

Christopher

Leonard Of Noblac Theobald Roggeri

Portugal

Anthony Of Padua

Francis Borgia

George

Our Lady Of Fatima

Our Lady Of The Immaculate Conception

Vincent Of Saragossa

Possessed People; Demonic Possession Bruno

Denis

Dymphna

Lucian

Marcian

Margaret Of Fontana

Quirinus

Ubaldus Baldassini

Princes

Boris

Casimir Of Poland Gleb

Gotteschalk

Princesses Adelaide Dymphna Bruno Of Quefort Dorothy Of Montau Jutta Kulmsee

Psychiatrists Dymphna

Public Health Martin De Porres

Printers

Augustine Of Hippo Genesius

John Of God

John The Baptist

Printing Presses Brigid Of Ireland

Prisons

Joseph Cafasso

Prison Officers, Prison Workers, Prison Guards

Hippolytus

Public Relations Work, Public Relations Personnel Bernadine Of Siena

Paul The Apostle

Puerto Rico

Mary, Our Lady Of Providence Purgatory, Souls In

Nicholas Of Tolentino

Odilo

Purse Makers Brieuc

Quartermasters Martin Of Tours

Postal Workers, Postal Services, Post Offices

Gabriel The Archangel

Potters

Catherine Of Alexandria

Goar

Justa

Nativity Of The Blessed Virgin Spyridon

Poverty Or Impoverishment, Against Agostina Pietrantoni

Anne

Armogastes

Bernadette Of Lourdes

Cuthman

Germaine Cousin

Julia Billiart

Macrina The Elder

Marguerite Bourgeous

Margaret Of Castello

Maria Fortunata Viti

Maria Gabriella

Maria Goretti

Marie Of The Incarnation

Martin Of Tours

Pauline-Marie Jaricot

Regina

Saturus

Soledad

Prisoners, Imprisonment, Captives Adelaide

Barbara

Beatrice Da Silva

Charles Of Blois

Dismas

Faith

Ferdinand III Of Castille

Jacinta Marto

Joan Of Arc

Joseph Cafasso

Leonard Of Noblac

Louis IX

Mark The Evangelist

Maximillian Kolbe

Nicholas Of Myra

Vincent De Paul

Quebec

Anne

John Baptiste

Queens

Clotilde

Elizabeth Of Portugal Hedwig, Queen Of Poland Margaret Of Scotland Matilda

Rabies, Hydrophobia, Mad Dogs Hubert Of Liege

Otto Of Bamberg

Sithney

Walburga

Prisoners Of War, P.o.w.'s Leonard Of Noblac

Racquet Makers Sebastian

Prisoners On Death Row, Condemned Prisoners, Death Row Inmates Dismas

Pro-Life Movement

Gerard Majella

Maximillian Kolbe

Prolonged Suffering Lydwina Of Schiedam

Propagation Of The Faith Francis Xavier

Radio

Gabriel The Archangel

Radio Workers

Gabriel The Archangel

Radiologists, Radiotherapists Michael The Archangel

Rain, Against

Eulalia

Theodore Of Sykeon

Preachers

Catherine Of Alexandria John Chrysostom

Precision Instrument Makers Hubert Of Liege

Priests, Parish Priests

John Mary Vianney

Prostitutes, Reformed Margaret Of Cortona Mary Magdalen

Mary Of Egypt

Prussia

Adalbert Of Prague

Rain, For

Agricola Of Avignon Eulalia

Heribert Of Cologne Isidore The Farmer Odo

Theodore Of Sykeon

Rams Giles

Rape Victims Agatha

Agnes Of Rome Antonia Messina Dymphna

Joan Of Arc

Maria Goretti Pierina Morosini Potamiaena

Solange

Zita

Rome

Lawrence

Paul The Apostle Peter The Apostle Philip Neri

Rope Makers Paul The Apostle

Runaways Alodia

Dymphna Eulalia

Saint Vitus's Dance Nervous Disorder Vitus

Salesmen

Lucy Of Syracuse

Salmon Kentigern

Saltpetre Workers Barbara

Sawmen, Sawyers Balthasar

Simon The Apostle

Rats, Invoked Against Gertrude Of Nivelles Martin Of Porres

Servatus

Reformers

Basil The Great

Rejected By Religious Orders Benedict Joseph Labre

Clare

Eugenie Smet

Henry II

Jeanne De Lestonnac

Joseph Moscati

Louise De Marillac

Margaret Of Castello

Marguerite Bourgeous

Mariana Of Quito

Rose Of Viterbo

Teresa De Gesu

Thecla Merlo

Religious, People In Religious Orders Benedict

Teresa Of Avila

Ruptures, Against

Drogo

Flortentius Of Strasburg Osmund

Rural Communities Isidore The Farmer

Running Water John Nepomucene

Russia

Andrew The Apostle Basil The Great

Nicholas Of Myra Therese Of Lisieux Vladimir I Of Kiev

Sacristans

Guy Of Anderlecht

Saddlers, Saddlemakers Crispin

Crispian

Eligius

George

Paul The Apostle

Scandinavia Anskar

Scholars, Academics Brigid Of Ireland

Catherine Of Alexandria Nicholas Of Myra

Thomas Aquinas

Schoolchildren, Students

Albertus Magnus

Ambrose Of Milan

Benedict

Catherine Of Alexandria

Gabriel Of The Sorrowful Mother Gregory The Great

Jerome

John Bosco

Joseph Calasanz

Isidore Of Seville

Lawrence

Nicholas Of Myra

Thomas Aquinas

Ursula

School Principals

John Baptist De La Salle Restauranteurs

Lawrence

Nativity Of The Blessed Virgin

Restoration Of Religious Freedom In Russia

Therese Of Lisieux

Retreats

Ignatius Of Loyola

Ribbon Makers

Annunciation Of The Blessed Virgin

Right To Life Groups Margaret Of Castello

Against Robbers, Robbery, Brigands, Or Brigandage

Leonard Of Noblac

Nicholas Of Myra

Sailors, Mariners, Boatmen, Watermen

Anthony Of Padua

Barbara

Brendan The Navigator

Brigid Of Ireland

Christopher

Clement I

Cuthbert

Erasmus

Eulalia

Francis Of Paola

John Roche

Julian The Hospitaller

Michael The Archangel

Nicholas Of Myra

Nicholas Of Tolentino

Peter Gonzales

Phocas The Gardener

Walburga

Schools (All), Colleges, Universities Contardo Ferrini

Infant Jesus Of Prague

Joseph Calasanz

Thomas Aquinas

Schools, Catholic; Catholic Academies Thomas Aquinas

Ursula

Schools For The Poor Joseph Calasanz

Sciences, Natural Albertus Magnus

Scientists

Albertus Magnus Dominic De Guzman

Romania Nicetas

Saint Vincent De Paul Societies Vincent De Paul

Scotland

Andrew The Apostle Columba

Margaret Of Scotland

Palladius Pelagia Of Antioch

Scrofulous Diseases, Struma Balbina

Marculf

Mark The Evangelist

Sculptors

Bernward

Castorus

Claudius

Four Crowned Martyrs Louis IX

Luke The Apostle

Nicostratus

Simpronian

Scurf, Against Genesius Of Arles

Seamstresses Anne

Seasickness Erasmus

Secretaries

Genesius Of Arles

Sheep Drogo

Shepherdesses

Bernadette Of Lourdes Germaine Cousin

Regina

Solange

Shepherds

Bernadette Of Lourdes Cuthbert

Cuthman

Drogo

Julian The Hospitaller

Shipwreck, Against Anthony Of Padua

Shoemakers, Cobblers Bartholomew The Apostle Crispin

Crispian

Maurus

Peter The Apostle

Theobald Roggeri

Lydwina Of Schiedam Margaret Hallahan

Maria Bagnesi

Maria Gabriella

Maria Mazzarello

Mariana Of Quito

Marie Rose Durocher Mary Magdalen Of Pazzi Michael The Archangel Our Lady Of Lourdes Paula Frassinetti

Peregrine Laziosi

Philomena

Rafka Al-Rayes

Raphaela

Romula

Syncletica

Teresa Of Avila

Teresa Valse Pantellini Terese Of The Andes Therese Of Lisieux

Silence

John Nepomucene

Silk Workers

Nativity Of The Blessed Virgin Severus

Security Guards, Security Forces Matthew The Apostle

Michael The Archangel

Seminarians

Charles Borromeo Lawrence

Separated Spouses Edward The Confessor Gengulphus

Gummarus

Nicholas Of Flue

Philip Howard

Serbia Sava

Serbs Sava

Servants, Waiters, Waitresses Martha

Notburga

Zita

Servants Who Have Broken Their Masters' Belongings, Invoked By Benedict

Sexual Temptation Angela Of Foligno

Catherine Of Siena

Margaret Of Cortona Mary Of Edessa

Mary Of Egypt

Mary Magdalen

Mary Magdalen Of Pazzi

Sicily

Andrew Avellino Nicholas Of Myra Rosalia

Sick Animals Beuno

Dwynwen

Sick People, Bodily Ills, Sickness

Alphais

Alphonsa Of India

Amparo Carbonili

Angela Merici

Angela Truszkowska Arthelais

Bathild

Bernadette Of Lourdes Camillus Of Lellis

Catherine Del Ricci Catherine Of Siena

Drogo

Edel Quinn

Elizabeth Of The Trinity Gerard Of Villamagna Germaine Cousin

Gorgonia

Hugh Of Lincoln

Isabella Of France

Jacinta Marto

John Of God

Julia Billiart

Julia Falconieri

Juliana Of Nicomedia Louis IX

Louise De Marillac

Silversmiths, Silver Workers Andronicus

Dunstan

Nativity Of The Blessed Virgin

Singers

Andrew The Apostle Cecilia

Gregory The Great

Sinners, Penitent Mary Magdalen

Sisters Of Mercy Elizabeth Of Hungary

Skaters, Skating, Ice Skating, Roller Skating

Lydwina Of Schiedam

Skiathos Island, Greece Panagia Kastriani

Skiers

Bernard Of Montjoux

Skin Diseases, Skin Rashes, Eczema

Anthony The Abbott

George

Marculf

Peregrine Laziosi

Slavery

Peter Claver

Sleepwalkers,

Against Sleepwalking Dymphna

Slovakia

Our Lady Of The Assumption

Slovenes Virgilius

Smallpox Matthias John Of Avila

Our Lady Of Guadalupe Of Estremadura

Our Lady Of Montserrat Our Lady Of Ransom Our Lady Of The Pillar Of Saragossa

Teresa Of Avila

Spasms

John The Baptist

Against; Starving People Anthony Of Padua

Stenographers Cassian

Genesius

Step-Parents

Adelaide

Leopold The Good Thomas More

Smelters

Barbara

Hubert Of Liege

Stephen The Younger

Snake Bites

Hilary Of Poitiers Patrick

Paul The Apostle Vitus

Snakes, Invoked Against Dominic Of Sora

Hilary Of Poitiers

Patrick

Paul The Apostle

Pirmin

Soap Boilers Florian

Social Justice Joseph

Martin De Porres

Speliologists, Spelunkers, Cave Scientists, Potholers, Cavers

Benedict

Spinners

Catherine Of Alexandria Parasceva

Seraphina

Spirits, Evil Agrippina Quirinus

Sterility, Barreness,

Infertility; Invoked Against Agatha

Anne

Anthony Of Padua

Casilda

Felicity

Fiacre

Francis Of Paola

Giles

Henry II

Margaret Of Antioch

Rita Of Cascia

Spiritual Exercises Ignatius Of Loyola

Stock Brokers

Matthew The Apostle

Spiritual Help Vincent De Paul

Spiritual Leaders Ephrem Of Syria

Spouse Abuse (Physical), Against

Rita Of Cascia

Stomach Diseases, Invoked Against Brice

Erasmus

Timothy

Wolfgang

Storks

Agricola Of Avignon Social Workers John Regis

Louise De Marillac

Soldiers

Acacius

Adrian Of Nicomedia Faith

George

Hadrian

Ignatius Of Loyola

Joan Of Arc

Louis IX Martin Of Tours Maurice

Michael The Archangel Sebastian

Theodore Stratelates

Spouse Abuse (Verbal), Against

Anne Marie Taigi

Godelieve

Monica

Spur Makers Giles

Sri Lanka, Formerly Ceylon Lawrence

Our Lady Of Madhu

Thomas The Apostle

Storms, Against Or Safety From Agrippina

Barbara

Catald

Christopher

Erasmus

Florian

Scholastica

Thomas Aquinas Urban Of Langres Vitus

Walburga

Stablemen Anne

Storms At Sea

Michael The Archangel

South Africa

Our Lady Of Shongweni Our Lady Of The Assumption

South America Rose Of Lima

Spain

Euphrasius

Felix

James The Greater

Stained Glass Workers; Glass Painters

James Grissinger

Lawrence

Lucy Of Syracuse

Luke The Apostle

Mark The Evangelist

Stamp Collectors, Philatelists Gabriel The Archangel

Strife, Invoked Against

Denis

Stroke, Apoplexy, Apoplexics, Stroke Victims

Andrew Avellino

Wolfgang

Students Of Theology Albert Magnus

Starving Or Starvation, Success In General Servatus

Taranto Catald

Surgeons

Cosmas

Damian

Luke The Apostle Roch

Swans

Hugh Of Lincoln

Sweden

Anskar

Bridget Of Sweden Eric Of Sweden Gall

Sigfrid

Tax Collectors

Matthew The Apostle

Teachers, Educators Catherine Of Alexandria Francis De Sales

Gregory The Great

John Baptist De La Salle Ursula

Teenagers, Teenage Children Aloysius Gonzaga

Telecommunications Workers Gabriel The Archangel

Swimmers, Swimming Adjutor

Swineherds

Anthony Of Padua

Switzerland

Gall

Nicholas Of Flue

Our Lady Of The Hermits

Swordsmiths

Maurice

Michael The Archangel

Syphilis Fiacre

George

Telegraphs

Clare Of Assisi

Gabriel The Archangel

Telephones

Clare Of Assisi

Gabriel The Archangel

Television

Clare Of Assisi

Gabriel The Archangel Martin De Porres

Television Workers Gabriel The Archangel

Televison Writers Claire Of Assisi

Theologians

Alphonsus Maria De Liguori Augustine Of Hippo

Catherine Of Alexandria John The Apostle

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas The Apostle

Thieves

Nicholas Of Myra

Thieves, Reformed

Dismas

Throats, Healthy Throats; Against Throat Diseases, Ailments Or Infections; Sore Throats

Andrew The Apostle

Blaise

Etheldreda

Godelieve

Ignatius Of Antioch

Lucy Of Syracuse

Swithbert

Tile Makers

Fiacre

Nativity Of The Blessed Virgin Roch

Vincent Ferrer

Tilers Barbara

Tin Miners

Joseph Of Arimathea Piran

Tool Makers

Eligius

Syria

Barbara

Tailors

Adam

Boniface

Eve

Homobonus

John The Baptist Martin Of Tours Matthias

Tanners

Bartholomew The Apostle Catherine Of Alexandria Crispin

Crispian

John The Apostle

Lawrence

Mary Magdalen

Simon

Tanzania

Our Lady Of The Immaculate Conception

Tapestry Workers

Feast Of The Immaculate Conception

Temptations, Against Angela Of Foligno

Benedict

Catherine Of Bologna Catherine Of Genoa Catherine Of Siena Elizabeth Of Schonau Eustochium Of Padua Gemma Galgani

Helen Del Cavalcanti Margaret Of Cortona Maria Fortunata Viti Michael The Archangel Syncletica

Tent Makers Paul The Apostle

Tertiaries

Delphina

Elizabeth Of Hungary Elizabeth Of Portugal Elzear

Ferdinand III Of Castille Louis IX

Margaret Of Cortona Rose Of Viterbo

Toothache

Apollonia

Christopher

Elizabeth Of Hungary Ida Of Nivelles

Kea

Medard

Osmund

Torture Victims

Agatha

Alban

Armogastes

Bibiana

Blandina

Charles Lwanga

Cyriacus Of Ionium Edmund Of East Anglia Epipodius

Eulalia

Eustachius

Genesius

Hugh The Little

James Intercisus

John Rigby

Julia Of Corsica

Julitta

Mamas

Margaret Ward

Pantaleon

Pelagius

Regina

Richard Gwyn

Sabas

Simon Of Trent

Theodota

Victor Of Marseilles William Of Norwich

Toy Makers

Claude De La Columbiere

Turners

Anne

Catherine Of Alexandria Claude De La Columbiere

Twitching, Against

Bartholomew The Apostle Cornelius

Uganda

Mary, Queen Of Africa

Ukraine Josaphat

Vinegar Makers Vincent Of Saragossa

Virgins

Agnes Of Rome

Blessed Virgin Mary

Virtue

Hallvard

Vocations

Alphonsus Maria De Liguori Infant Jesus Of Prague

Translators Jerome

Transportation Christopher

Transportation Workers Christopher

Trappers

Bartholomew The Apostle Eustachius

Hubert Of Liege

Unattractive People Drogo

Germaine Cousin

United States

Immaculate Conception Of Mary Our Lady Of The Milk

And Happy Delivery

Our Lady Of Victory

Volcanic Eruptions Agatha

Januarius

Wales

David Of Wales

War, Invoked In Time Of Elizabeth Of Portugal

Universal Church Joseph

Watchmen

Peter Of Alcantara

Travel Hostesses Anthony Of Padua

University Of Oxford, England Frideswide

Wax Melters, Wax Refiners Ambrose Of Milan

Bernard Of Clairvaux

Travellers

Alexius

Anthony Of Padua

Balthasar Bona

Brendan The Navigator Brigid Of Ireland

Caspar

Christopher

Francis of Paola

Gertrude Of Nivelles Gertrude The Great

Infant Jesus Of Prague Joseph

Julian The Hospitaller Martha

Mary, Blessed Virgin Mary Euphrasia Pelletier Melchior

Nicholas Of Myra

Raphael The Archangel Sebastian Of Aparicio Valentine

Treaties Pancras

Truck Drivers, Truckers, Lorry Drivers

Christopher

Tuberculosis, Consumption Pantaleon

Turin, Italy

John The Baptist

Upholsterers

Feast Of The Immaculate Conception

Uruguay

Blessed Virgin Mary James The Lesser Philip The Apostle Our Lady Of Lujan

Venereal Disease Fiacre

Venezuela

Our Lady Of Coromoto

Veterinarians Blaise

Eligius

Viet Nam

Joseph

Our Lady Of La Vang

Vine Dressers Urban Of Langres

Vine Growers, Vintners, Wine Makers

Amand

Goar

Lawrence

Martin Of Tours

Morand

Urban Of Langres

Vincent Of Saragossa

Weather, Good

Agricola Of Avignon Clare Of Assisi

Weavers

Anastasia

Anastasius The Fuller Anthony Mary Claret Crispin

Crispian

Maurice

Onuphrius

Parasceva

Paul The Hermit

Severus

West Indies

Gertrude The Great Gregory The Great Rose Of Lima

Wet-Nurses

Agatha

Concordia

Whales

Brendan The Navigator

Wheelwrights

Catherine Of Alexandria Eligius

Joseph

Whiteners

Bartholomew The Apostle

Whooping Cough, Against Blaise

Women

Margaret Of Antioch

Widowers

Edgar

Thomas More

Widows

Adelaide

Anastasia

Angela Of Foligno

Anne Line

Bathild

Bridget Of Sweden

Blaesilla

Castora Gabrielli

Catherine Of Genoa

Clotilde

Concepcion Cabrera De Armida Dorothy Of Montau

Elizabeth Of Hungary

Elizabeth Of Portugal

Elizabeth Ann Seton

Etheldreda

Eulalia

Fabiola

Felicity

Frances Of Rome

Hedwig

Helen Del Cavalcanti

Helen Of Skofde

Ida Of Boulogne

Ida Of Herzfeld

Ivetta Of Huy

Jeanne De Chantal

Jeanne De Lestonnac

Jeanne Marie De Maille

Joaquina Vedruna De Mas Julitta

Jufta

Louise De Marillac

Lucy De Freitas

Ludmila

Macrina The Elder

Margaret Of Scotland

Margaret The Barefooted Marguerite d'Youville

Marie Of The Incarnation Matilda

Michelina

Monica

Olga

Paula

Pharaildis

Rita Of Cascia

Women In Labour Anne

Erasmus

Margaret Of Antioch Margaret Of Fontana

Women Who Wish To Become Mothers Andrew The Apostle

Wool Combers Blaise

Wool Manufacturers Severus

Wool Weavers Blaise

Severus

Workers, Working People Joseph

Wounds

Aldegundis

Writers Of Catechisms Peter Canisius

Yachtsmen Adjutor

Young People In General Aloysius Gonzaga

Gabriel Of The

Sorrowful Mother

John Berchmans

John Bosco

Maria Goretti

Raphael The Archangel Stanislaus Kostka

Teresa Of The Andes

Valentine

Yugoslavia Cyril

Methodius

Zoos

Francis Of Assisi

Wild Beasts, Against Blaise

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Witchcraft, Against Benedict

Wolves

Edmund Of East Anglia

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