Patron saints of the Catholic Church

Accountants: St.Matthew
Actors: St.Genesius
Advertisers: St.Bernardino if Sena
Altar boys: St.John Berchmans (August 13)
Anesthetists: St.Rene Goupil
Animals: St.Francis, October 4
Animals, domestic: St.Ambrose, December 7; St.Cornelius, September 16
Archers: St.Sebastian
Architects/builders: St.Barbara (December 4 ); St.Thomas, ap, July 3
Armorers: St.Sebastian, January 20
Armories: St.Lawrence, August 10
Art: St.Catherine Bologna (March 9)
Artillerymen: St.Barbara (December 4 )
Artists: St.Luke, October 18; Michael, aa, September 29
Astronomers: St.Dominic, August 8
Athletes: St.Sebastian, January 20
Authors: St.Francis de Sales, January 29; St.Lucy, December 13
Aviators: St.Joseph of Cupertino (September 18); St.Therese of Lisieux, October 1; Our Lady of Loreto (December 10)

Bakers: St.Elizabeth of Hungary, November 17; St.Nicholas of Myra, December 6; St.Peter, ap, June 29
Bald people: St.Hedwig
Bankers: St.Matthew, September 21
Barbers: St.Cosmas and Damian, September 26; St.Louis of France, August 25
Barren women: St.Anthony of Padua, June 13; Felicity, March 7
Basket-makers: St.Anthony, ab, January 17
Beekeepers: St.Ambrose, December 7; St.Bernard of Clairvaux, August 20
Beggars: St.Elizabeth of Hungary, November 17; St.Giles (September 1); St.Alexis (July 17); St.Martin of Tours, November 11
Blacksmiths: St.Dunstan (May 19)
Blind: St.Dunstan (May 19); St.Odilia (December 13); St.Raphael, aa, September 29; St.Lucy, December13
Blood banks: St.Januarius
Bodily ills: St.Our Lady of Lourdes, February 11
Bookbinders: St.Peter Celestine (May 19)
Bookkeepers: St.Matthew
Booksellers: St.John, e, December 27
Boy Scouts: St.George, April 23
Brewers: St.Boniface, June 5; St.Augustine, August 28; Luke, October 18; St.Nicholas of Myra, Dec 6
Bricklayers: St.Stephen, December 26
Brides: St.Dorothy (February 6); St.Nicholas of Myra, December 6
Builders: St.Vincent Ferrer, April 5
Butchers: St.Anthony, ab, January 17; St.Adrian (September 8); St.Luke, e, October 18; St.Peter, ap, June 29

Cab drivers: St.Fiacre (September 1 in Ireland)
Cabinet makers: St.Anne, July 26
Cancer patients: St.Peregrine (May 1)
Canonists: St.Raymond of Penafort
Captives: St.Nicholas of Myra, December 6
Carpenters: St.Joseph, March 19; St.Thomas, July 3
Catechists: St.Viator, St.Charles Borromeo, St.Robert Bellarmine
Catholic action: St.Francis of Assisi, October 4
Catholic writers/press: St.Francis de Sales, January 24
Cattle: St.Cornelius, September 16
Cavalrymen: St.George, April 23
Charitable societies: St.Vincent de Paul, September 27
Children: St.Nicholas of Myra, December 6; St.Pancras, May 12
Children's choir: Holy Innocents, December 28 (:,I,
Chivalry: St.George, April 23 ;i:
Church universal: St.Joseph, March 19
Clerics: St.Gabriel of the Sorrowful Mother (February 27) (,;0;;;;
Clock-makers: St.Peter, June 29 ;
Cloth workers (fullers): St.Severus (October 22? , November 8?)
Comedians: St.Vitus (June 15)
Communication workers: St.Gabriel, September 29 r
Confessors: St.Alphonsus Liguori, August 1; St.John Nepomucene (May 16)
Convulsion in children: St.Scholastica, February 10
Cooks: St.Lawrence, August 10; Martha, July 29
Coppersmiths: St.Benedict, July 11
Crops, protector of: St.Ansovinus

Dairy workers: St.Bridget of Sweden, July 23
Deaf: St.Francis de Sales, January 24
Dentists: St.Apollonia (February 9)
Desperate situations: St.Jude Thaddacus, October 28; St.Gregory of Neocaesarea (“the Wonderworker”) (November 17)
Dietitians, hospital: St.Martha
Disabled: St.Giles (September 1)
Dog bites: St.Vitus
Drapers: St.Ursula (October 21)
Druggists: St.Cosmas and Damian, September 26; St.James the Less, ap, May 3
Dying: St.Joseph, March 19; Barbara (December 4)

Ecology: St.Francis of Assisi, October 4
Elderly: St.Anthony of Padua, June 13
Emigrants: St.Frances Xavier Cabrini, November 13
Engaged couples: St.Agnes, January 21
Engineers: St.Joseph, March 19; Ferdinand III (May 30)
Epilepsy: St.Vitus, St.Willibrord
Expectant mothers: St.Raymond Nonnatus (August 31 ); St.Gerard Majella (October 16)
Eye trouble: St.Lucy, December 13

Falsely accused: St.Raymond Nonnatus (August 31 )
Family: St.Joseph, March 19
Farmers: St.George, April 23; Isidore, May 15
Fire prevention: St.Catherine of Siena, April 29; St.Barbara (December 4)
Firefighters: St.Florian
First Communicants: St.Tarcisius (August 15)
Fishermen: St.Andrew, November 30
Florists: St.Dorothy (February 6); St.Therese of Lisieux, October 1
Forest workers: St.John Gualbert (July 12)
Founders: St.Barbara (December 4)
Foundlings: St.Holy Innocents, December 28
Funeral directors: St.Joseph of Arimathea (March 17); St.Dismas (March 25)

Gardeners: St.Agnes, January 21; Dorothy (February 6); St.Trypho (November 10); St.Fiacre (September 1 in Ireland)
Geometricians: St.Thomas, ap, July 3
Glass workers: St.Luke, October 18
Glaziers (people who fit glass in windows): St.Mark, April 25
Goldsmiths: St.Dunstan (May 19)
Grave diggers and graveyards: St.Anthony, ab, January 17
Grace, those in need: St.Teresa of Avila, October 15
Greetings: St.Valentine (February 14)
Grocers: St.Michael, aa, September 29
Guardian angels: St.Raphael, aa, September 29
Gunners: St.Barbara (December 4)

Hairdressers: St.Martin de Porres, November 3
Happy death: St.Joseph, March 19
Hatters: St.James the Less, ap, May 3
Haymakers: St.Gervase and Protase (June 19)
Headaches: St.Teresa of Avila, October 15
Heart ailments: St.John of God, March 8
Homemakers: St.Anne
Hospitality: St.Julian the Hospitaller (February 12)
Hospital Administrators: St.Basil the Great, St.Frances Xavier Cabrini
Hospitals: St.Camillus de Lellis, July 14; John of God, March 8; St.Jude Thaddaeus, ap, October 28
Housewives: St.Anne, July 26; Martha, July 29
Hunters: St.Hubert (November 3)

Immigrants: St.Frances Xavier Cabrini
Innkeepers: St.Martin of Tours, November 11
Interior souls: St.Joseph, March 19
Invalids: St.Roch (August 16)
Ironmongers: St.Sebastian, January 20

Jewelers: St.Eligius (December 1)
Journalists: St.Francis de Sales, January 24
Jurists: St.Catherine of Alexandria (November 25); St.John of Capistrano, October 23

Laborers: St.Isidore, May 15; St.James, July 25
Lawyers: St.Ivo of Chartres (June 17); St.Genesius (August 25)
Learning: St.Ambrose, December 7; St.Acca (November 27)
Librarians: St.Jerome, September 30
Locksmiths: St.Dunstan (May 19)
Lost things: St.Anthony, ab, January 17
Lovers: St.Raphael, aa, September 29

Maidens: St.Agnes, January 21; St.Margaret (July 20); St.Ursula (October 21 )
Mail carriers: St.Gabriel, September 29
Marble workers: St.Clement I (November 23)
Mariners: St.Michael, aa, September 29;St.Nicholas of Tolentino (September 10)
Medical technicians: St.Albertus Magnus
Mentally ill: St.Dymphna (May 15)
Merchants: St.Francis of Assisi, October 4; St.Nicholas of Myra, December 6
Messengers: St.Gabriel, aa
Metalworkers: St.Eligius (December 1 )
Military chaplains: St.John Capistrano
Millers: St.Victor (July 21 )
Miners: St.Barbara (December 4)
Missions: St.Francis Xavier, December 3; St.Therese of Lisieux, October 1
Missions, Black: St.Peter Claver, September 9; Benedict the Moor (April 4)
Missions, home: St.Leonard of Port Maurice (November 26)
Moral theologians: St.Alphonsus Liguori, August 1
Mothers: St.Monica, August 27; Anne, July 26
Motorcyclists: St.Our Lady of Grace (May 31 )
Motorists: St.Christopher (July 25)
Mountaineers: St.Bernard of Menthon (May 28)
Musicians: St.Cecilia, November 22; St.Gregory the Great, September 3; St.Paul, June 29

Notaries: St.Mark, April 25; Luke, October 18
Nurses: St.Agatha, February 5; St.Alexis (July 17); St.Camillus de Lellis, July 14; St.Raphael, September 29; John of God, March 8;St. Margaret of Scotland (November 16)
Nursing and Nursing Services: St.Elizabeth of Hungary, St.Catherine of Siena

Orators: St.John Chrysostom
Orphans: St.Jerome Emiliani (July 20)

Painters: St.John the Evangelist, December 27; St.Luke, October 18
Paratroopers: St.Michael
Pawnbrokers: St.Nicholas of Myra, December 6
Peasants: St.Margaret (July 20)
Penitents: St.Mary Magdalene, July 22
Pharmacists: St.Cosmas and Damian, September 26
Philosophers: St.Catherine of Alexandria (November 25); St.Justin, June 1
Physicians: St.Cosmas and Damian, September 26; St.Luke, October 18; St.Raphael, September 29
Pilgrims: St.Alexis (July 17); St.James, July 25
Plague-stricken: St.Roch (August 16)
Plasterers: St.Bartholomew, August 24
Poets: St.Cecilia, November 22
Poisoning: St.Benedict, July 11
Policemen: St.Michael, September 29
Poor: St.Lawrence, August 10; Anthony of Padua, June 13
Porters: St.Christopher (July 25)
Possessed: St.Bruno, October 6; Denis, October 9
Postal workers: St.Gabriel, September 29
Potters: St.Sebastian, January 20
Preachers: St.John Chrysostom, September 13
Priests: St.John Vianney, August 4; Paul, June 29
Printers: St.Augustine, August 28; John the Evangelist, December 27; St.Genesius of Aries
(August 25); John of God, March 8
Prisoners: St.Dismas (March 26); Barbara (December 4)
Prisons: St.Joseph Cafasso (June 23)
Public relations: St.Bernardino of Siena
Publishers: St.John the Evangelist, December 27; St.Francis de Sales, January 24

Radiologists: St.Michael, aa, September 29
Radio workers: St.Gabriel
Retreats: St.Ignatius of Loyola, July 31
Rheumatism: St.James the Greater, July 25

Saddlers: St.Crispin and Crispinian (October 25)
Sailors: St.Cuthbert (March 20); Erasmus (June 2); St.Nicholas of Tolentino, (September 10); St.Brendan (May 16); St.Eulalia (December 10); St.Christopher (July 25); St.Peter Gonzales (April 15)
Scholars: St.Bridget of Sweden, July 23
Schools: St.Thomas Aquinas, January 28
School children: St.Benedict, July 11; St.Lawrence, August 10
Scientists: St.Albert the Great, November 15
Sculptors: St.Luke, October 18; St.Claude (November 8)
Secretaries: St.Genesius of Aries (August 25)
Seminarians: St.Charles Borromeo, November 4
Servants, domestic: St.Zita (April 27); Martha, July 29 it
Shepherds: St.Cuthbert (March 20)
Shoemakers: St.Crispin and Crispinian (October 25) n:
Sick: St.Michael, September 29; John of God, March 8; St.Philomena (August 11 )
Silversmiths: St.Andronicus (October 11 )
Singers: St.Gregory, September 3; St.Cecilia, November 22
Singles: St.Andrew, November 30
Skaters: St.Ledwina (April 14)
Skiers: St.Bernard of Menthon (May 28)
Social workers: St.Louise de Marillac
Smiths: St.Eliguis (December 1 )
Snake bites: St.Vitus
Soldiers: St.George, April 23; St.Adrian (September 8); St.Michael, aa, September 29; St.Ignatius of Loyola, July 31; St.Sebastian, January 20; Martin of Tours, November 11; St.Joan of Arc (May 30)
Sore throat: St.Blaise, February 3
Speleologists: St.Benedict
Spinsters: St.Catherine of Alexandria (November 25)
Stenographers: St.Genesius (August 25); Cassian (December 3)
Stonecutters: St.Clement, November 23
Stonemasons: St.Stephen, December 26; Barbara (December 4)
Students: St.Catherine of Alexandria (November 25); St.Jerome, September 30; St.Thomas Aquinas, January 28
Surgeons: St.Cosmas and Damian, September 26
Swineherds: St.Anthony, June 13

Tailors: St.Boniface, June 5; Martin of Tours, November 11; St.Homobonus (November 13)
Tanners: St.Crispin and Crispinian (October 25); St.Lawrence, August 10
Tax collectors: St.Matthew, September 21
Teachers: St.Catherine of Alexandria (November 25); St.Gregory the Great, September 3; St.Ursula (October 21 ); St.John Baptist de La Salle, April 7
Telegraph/Telephone/Television workers: St.Gabriel, aa, September 29; Clare, August 11
Television: St.St. Clare, August 11
Tentmakers: St.Paul, June 29
Tertiaries: St.Louis of France, August 25; St.Elizabeth of Hungary, November 17
Theologians: St.Augustine, August 28
Travelers: St.Christopher (July 25); St.Julian the Hospitaller (February 12); St.Gertrude, November 16; St.Raphael, aa, September 29

Universities: Blessed Contardo Ferrini

Vocations: St.Alphonsus, August 1

Watchmen: St.Peter of Alcantara (October 19)
Weavers: St.Paul the Hermit (January 15); St.Anastasia (December 25)
Wheelwrights: St.Catherine of Alexandria (November 25)
Widows: St.Paula
Wine growers: St.Vincent, January 22
Wine merchants: St.Amand (February 6)
Women in labor: St.Anne, July 26
Womeds Army Corps: St.Genevieve (January 3)
Workers: St.Joseph, May 1
Writers: St.Francis de Sales

Yachtsmen: St.Adjutor
Young boys: St.Dominic Savio
Young girls: St.Agnes, January 21
Youth: St.Aloysius Gonzaga, June 21; St.John Berchmans (August 13); St.Gabriel Possenti (February 27)

Patron Saints of Countries

Americas: St.Our Lady of Guadalupe, Rose of Lima
Angola: St.Immaculate Heart of Mary
Argentina: St.Our Lady of Lujan
Armenia: St.Gregory Illuminator (October 1 )
Australia: St.Francis Xavier, December 3
Belgium: St.Joseph, March 19
Bohemia: St.Wenceslaus, September 28; St.Ludmilla, grandmother of Wenceslaus (September 16); St.John Nepomucene (May 16)
Bolivia: St.Our Lady of Copacabana (“Virgen de la Candelaria”)
Borneo: St.Francis Xavier, December 3
Brazil: St.Immaculate Conception, December 8
Canada: St.Joseph, March 19; Anne, July 26
Chile: St.James the Greater, July 25; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, July 16
China: St.Joseph, March 19
Colombia: St.Peter Claver, September 9; Louis Bertrand (October 9)
Cuba: St.Our Lady of Charity
Cyprus: St.Barnabas
Czech Republic: St.Wenceslaus, September 28; St.John Nepomucene (May 16); St.Procopius (July 8)
Denmark: St.Anskar, February 3; Canute IV (January 19)
Dominican Republic: Our Lady of High Grace (April 4); St.Dominic, August 8
East Indies: St.Thomas, ap, July 3
Ecuador: St.Sacred Heart
El Salvador: St.Our Lady of Peace
England: St.George, April 23
Ethiopia: St.Frumentius
Europe (co-patrons): St.Benedict, July 11; St.Cyril and St.Methodius, February 14
Finland: St.Henry I July 13
France: St.Joan of Arc (May 30); St.Denis, October 9
Germany: St.Boniface, June 5
Greece: St.Nicholas of Myra, December 6
Holland: St.Willibrord (November 7)
Hungary: St.Stephen of Hungary (king), August 16
Iceland: St.Thorlac
India: St.Our Lady of Assumption, August 15
Ireland: St.Patrick, March 17; St.Brigid of Kildare (February 1); St.Columba {June 9)
Italy: St.Francis of Assisi, October 4; St.Catherine of Siena, April 29
Japan: St.Peter Baptist (February 5)
Korea: St.Joseph and Mary; Mother of the Church
Lithuania: St.Casimir, March 4; St.Cunegunda (March 3)
Luxembourg: St.Willibrord
Malta: St.Paul, Our Lady of the Assumption
Mexico: Our Lady of Guadalupe, December 12
Monaco: St.Devota
Netherlands: St.Willibrord
New Zealand: St.Our Lady Help of Christians
Norway: St.Olaf (July 29)
Paraguay: Our Lady of Assumption, August 15
Papua New Guinea: St.Michael the Archangel
Peru: St.Joseph
Philippines: Sacred Heart of Mary (August 22)
Poland: St.Casimir, March 4
Portugal: Immaculate Conception, December 8; St.Francis Borgia (October 10); St.Anthony of Padua, June 13
Russia: St.Andrew, November 30; St.Nicholas, December 6
Scandinavia: St.Ansgar .,
Scotland: St.Andrew, November 30
Slovakia: Our Lady of Sorrows, September 15
South America: St.Rose of Lima
Solomon Islands: Most Holy Name of Mary
Spain: St.James the Greater (July 25); Teresa, October 15
Sri Lanka: St.Lawrence
Sweden: St.Bridget, July 23; St.Eric (May 18)
Switzerland: St.Gall
Tanzania: Immaculate Conception
Union of South Africa: Our Lady of Assumption, August 15
United States of America: Immaculate Conception, December 8
Uruguay: Our Lady of Lujan
Venezuela: Our Lady of Coromoto
Wales: St.David (March 1 )
West Indies: St.Gertrude