Fourteen Holy Helpers of the Catholic Church

Holy helpers

Name	Alternate	Feast Day	Patronage
Barbara	-	4 December	Against fever and sudden death, against lightning and fire, and against sudden and violent death at work; patron of builders, artillerymen, and miners
Catherine of Alexandria	-	25 November	Against sudden death and diseases of the tongue; patron of philosophers, theologians, maidens, female students, preachers, the dying, wheelwrights, mechanics, potters, and other artisans who work with wheels; invoked by students, orators, preachers, and lawyers for wise counsel and for eloquence
Denis	Dionysius	9 October	Against headache and against demonic possession
Eustace	Eustachius, Eustathius	20 September	Against family discord, against fire (temporal and eternal), and patron of hunters, trappers, and anyone facing trouble
Giles	Aegidius	1 September	Against plague, epilepsy, mental illness, and nightmares, for a good confession, and patron of cripples, beggars, blacksmiths, and breast-feeding mothers
Cyriacus	-	8 August	Against temptation on the death-bed, diseases of the eye, and demonic possession
Pantaleon	Panteleimon	27 July	Patron of physicians and midwives, invoked for the protection of domestic animals, and invoked against cancer and tuberculosis
Christopher	Christophorus	25 July	Against bubonic plague and dangers while traveling
Margaret of Antioch	-	20 July	Patron of women in childbirth, invoked against backache, and invoked for escape from devils
Vitus	Guy	15 June	Against epilepsy, chorea, lightning, the bites of animals (especially those who were venomous or rabid), and storms, and for protection of domestic animals
Erasmus	Elmo	2 June	Against intestinal ailments, stomach ailments, for domestic animals, and patron of sailors
Agathius	Acacius	7 May	Against headache
George	Georgius	23 April	For the health of domestic animals, against herpetic diseases, and patron of soldiers
Blaise	Blase, Blasius	3 February	Against illness of the throat and for protection of domestic animals