The Eternal Flame
Church of the Holy Family
366 Watchogue Rd.
Staten Island, NY 10314

PATRON SAINTS

 
A patron is one who has been assigned by a venerable tradition, or chosen by election, as a special intercessor with God and the proper advocate of a particular locality, and is honored by clergy and people with a special form of religious observance. The term "patron", being wider in its meaning than that of "titular", may be applied to a church, a district, a country, or a corporation. The word "titular" is applied only to the patron of a church or institution. Both the one and the other, according to the legislation now in force, must have the rank of a canonized saint.

(Excerpt taken from the Catholic Encyclopedia)

 

Abandoned Children - Jerome Emiliani

Abdominal pains - Erasmus (Elmo)

Against Abortion - Catherine of Sweden

Universities & Students - St. Thomas Aquinas

Accountants - Matthew (The Apostle)

False Accusation - Raymond Nonnatus

Actors - Genesuis

Advertising - Bernardine of Siena

Air Travelers - Joseph of Cupertino

Altar Servers - John Berchmans

Anesthetists - Rene Goupil

Animals - Frances of Assisi

Architects - Thomas the Aspostle

Art & Artists - Catherine of Bologna

Athletes - Sebastian

Authors - Frances de Sales

Babies - Nicholas of Telentino

Bakers - Nicholas of Myra

Banking - Michael the Archangel

Birds - Gall

Blind People - Raphael the Archangel

Blood Donors - Mary, Our Lady of the Thorns

Bodily Ills - Our Lady of Lourdes

Boys - Dominic Savio

Boy Scouts - George

Bricklayers - Stephen

Brides - Nicholas of Myra

Bridges - John Nepomucen

Broadcasters - Gabriel the Archangel

Physicians & Surgeons - Luke

Cab Drivers - Fiacre

Cancer Patients - Michael Argemir

Catechists - Charles Borromeo

Catholic Charities - Vincent de Paul

Catholic Youth - Aloysuis Gonzaga

Cemetery Keepers - Joseph of Arimathea

Chemists - Cosmos and Damian

Childbirth - Margaret of Antioch

Choirs - Dominic Savio

Civil Servants Thomas More

Coin Collectors - Eligius

Comedians - Vitus

Construction Workers - Thomas the Apostle

Court Clerks - Thomas More

Craftsmen - Eligius

Cripples - Giles

Dancers - Vitus

Deaf - Francis de Sales

Death - Michael the Archangel

Dentists - Apollonia

Desperate situations - Jude

Disabled - Guiles

Disasters - Genevieve

Doctors - Luke

Doubters - Joseph

Dying - Joseph

Editors - John Bosco

Engineers - Patrick

Epilepsy - Vitus

 

 

Expectant Mothers - Raymond Nonnatus

Fathers - Joseph

Fire - Agatha

Fire Fighters - John of God

Fishermen - Andrew

Flood - Gregory the Wonderworker

Florists - Rose of Lima

Flying - Mary, Our Lady of Loreto

Funeral Directors - Joseph of Arimathea

Girls - Maria Goretti

Headaches - Teresa of Avila

Highways - John the Baptist

Hospitals - Vincent de Paul

House Hunting - Joseph

Infertility - Rita of Cascia

Jewelers - Eligius

Journalists - Francis de Sales

Journeys - Raphael the Archangel

Judges & Jurors - John of Capistrano

Lawyers - Thomas Moore

Lecturers - Justin Martyr

Learning - Catherine of Alexandria

Lost Articles - Anthony of Padua

Lovers - Valentine

Marriage - John Francis Regis

Messengers - Gabriel the Archangel

Miscarriage (prevention) - Catherine of Sweden

Missions - Francis Xavier

Music &  Musicians - Cecilia

Neurological disorders - Dymphna

Notaries - Luke

Numismatists - Eligius

Nurses - Agatha

Orphans - Jerome Emiliani

Painters - Luke

Pallbearers - Joseph of Arimathea

Philosophers - Thomas Aquinas

Physicians - Cosmas and Damian

Poets - David

Police - Michael the Archangel

Poor - Anthony of Padua

Postal Workers - Gabriel the Archangel

Priests - John Vianney

Prisoners - Vincent de Paul

Rheumatoid sufferers - James the Greater

Rulers - Ferdinand III of Castile

School Teachers - John Baptist de la Salle

Scientists - Albert the Great

Seminarians - Charles Borromeo

Senior Citizens - Mary, Our Lady of Consolation

Sick - Michael the Archangel

Souls in Purgatory - Nicholas of Tolentino

Strokes - Andrew Avellino

Surveyors - Thomas the Apostle

Toothache - Appollonia

Travelers - Raphael the Archangel

Waiters & Waitresses - Martha

Widows - Frances of Rome

Young Girls - Agnes

 

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