Alban of Britain
Refugees
St Albans Cathedral designated Alban as a patron saint of refugees.
- Britain's First Saint—Larger than Life — Cathedral patronage announcement
Patron saints: Everyday concerns
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Patronage A–Z
- Animals (2)
- Converts (2)
- Desperate situations (2)
- Ecology (2)
- Keeping promises (1)
- Lost items (1)
- Migrants (1)
- Missions (2)
- Poor people (2)
- Preparing for death (1)
- Protection from fire (2)
- Refugees (1)
- Travelers (4)
Anthony of Egypt
Animals
Animals (Roman Catholic devotion)
- 17 January: Saint Anthony the Abbot — Birth; hermitage and death; protector of animals
Anthony of Padua
Lost items
Traditional patronage includes lost items, poor people, and travelers.
- Saint Anthony of Padua — Patron Saint of section
Anthony of Padua
Poor people
Traditional patronage includes lost items, poor people, and travelers.
- Saint Anthony of Padua — Patron Saint of section
Anthony of Padua
Travelers
Traditional patronage includes lost items, poor people, and travelers.
- Saint Anthony of Padua — Patron Saint of section
Augustine of Hippo
Converts
Traditional patronage includes converts, printers, and theologians.
- Saint Augustine of Hippo — Patron Saint of section
Barbara
Protection from fire
Traditional patronage includes artillery personnel, miners, and protection from thunderstorms and fire.
- St. Barbara — Popular cult and patronage paragraphs
Bernard of Menthon
Travelers
Mountaineers, travelers and inhabitants of the Alps.
- Address to Aosta and Great Saint Bernard delegations — Opening, citing Quod Sancti, 20 August 1923
Catherine of Siena
Protection from fire
Traditional patronage includes fire prevention, Italy, and Europe.
- Saint Catherine of Siena — Patron Saint of section
Christopher
Travelers
Travelers (traditional)
- The Golden Legend: Saint Christopher — River service and later traveler reception
Edith Stein
Converts
Traditional patronage includes converts to Christianity.
- Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross — Patron Saint of section
Eustace
Desperate situations
Hunters and people in difficult situations (traditional)
- Sts. Eustachius and Companions — Cult and patronage section
Francis Xavier
Missions
Traditional patronage includes Japan, jewelers, missions, and sailors.
- Saint Francis Xavier — Patron Saint of section
Francis of Assisi
Animals
Traditional patronage includes animals, archaeologists, ecology, merchants, messengers, metal workers, and Italy.
- Saint Francis of Assisi — Patron Saint of section
Francis of Assisi
Ecology
Traditional patronage includes animals, archaeologists, ecology, merchants, messengers, metal workers, and Italy.
- Saint Francis of Assisi — Patron Saint of section
Joseph of Nazareth
Preparing for death
Roman Catholic devotion honors Joseph as patron of the Universal Church, workers and artisans, and people preparing for death.
- Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy — Saint Joseph section, paragraph 220
Kateri Tekakwitha
Ecology
Ecology (Saint Kateri Conservation Center devotion)
- Our Patron Saint — Institutional patronage, not a universal decree
Lawrence
Poor people
Traditional patronage includes cooks, deacons, and poor people.
- Saint Lawrence — Patron Saint of section
Nicholas of Myra
Travelers
Traditional patronage includes bakers, brides and grooms, children, Greece, pawnbrokers, and travelers.
- Saint Nicholas — Patron Saint of section
Pancras of Rome
Keeping promises
patronage: Children (France), first communicants, keeping promises; invoked against headaches (traditional).
- Den hellige Pancratius av Roma (~290-304) — Patronage heading
Thaddeus
Desperate situations
Traditional patronage includes desperate situations.
- Saints Simon and Jude — Patron Saint of section
Thérèse of Lisieux
Missions
Pius XI proclaimed Thérèse universal patroness of the missions with Francis Xavier on December 14, 1927.
- General Audience: Saint Therese of the Child Jesus, patron of the missions — Life conclusion; mission patronage
Toribio Romo
Migrants
Migrants (popular devotion)
- Santo Toribio, patrono de los migrantes — Opening
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