André Bessette
Family caregivers
patronage: Family caregivers in Canada.
- Spirituality — Patron Saint of Family Caregivers in Canada
Patron saints: Family life
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Patronage A–Z
- Children (5)
- Couples hoping for children (1)
- Engaged couples (1)
- Family caregivers (1)
- Mothers (6)
- Pregnancy and childbirth (3)
- Widows (5)
Anne
Pregnancy and childbirth
Women in labor
- St. Anne — Final paragraph
Colette of Corbie
Children
Invoked by couples hoping for children
- Saint Colette: Leader of Franciscan Reform — Invoked by childless couples
Colette of Corbie
Couples hoping for children
Invoked by couples hoping for children
- Saint Colette: Leader of Franciscan Reform — Invoked by childless couples
Elizabeth Ann Seton
Widows
Traditional patronage includes Catholic schools, educators, teachers, people who have lost parents, and widows.
- Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton — Patron Saint of section
Felicity
Mothers
Traditional patronage includes widows and mothers of deceased sons.
- Saints Perpetua and Felicity — Patron Saints of section
Felicity
Widows
Traditional patronage includes widows and mothers of deceased sons.
- Saints Perpetua and Felicity — Patron Saints of section
Frances of Rome
Widows
Traditional patronage includes motorists and widows.
- Saint Frances of Rome — Patron Saint of section
Gerard Majella
Mothers
The Redemptorists invoke Gerard as patron of mothers, especially during pregnancy
- Redemptorists Baltimore Province: St. Gerard Majella — canonization and patronage paragraph
Gerard Majella
Pregnancy and childbirth
The Redemptorists invoke Gerard as patron of mothers, especially during pregnancy
- Redemptorists Baltimore Province: St. Gerard Majella — canonization and patronage paragraph
Gianna Beretta Molla
Mothers
patronage: Mothers, physicians, unborn children (popular devotional patronage).
- Mamma mi ha dato la vita due volte: mi ha concepito ed e morta per me — Patrona dei bambini non ancora nati; e considerata
Gianna Beretta Molla
Children
Popular devotional patronage includes doctors, unborn children, and wives.
- Saint Gianna Beretta Molla — Patron Saint of section
Margaret of Antioch
Pregnancy and childbirth
Pregnancy and childbirth (medieval tradition)
- A Maid with a Dragon: The Cult of St Margaret of Antioch in Medieval England — Childbirth reception
Monica of Hippo
Widows
Mothers, widows, and married women (Roman Catholic tradition)
- August 27: Saint Monica — Final biographical paragraph: patron saint of mothers, widows, and married women
Monica of Hippo
Mothers
Traditional patronage includes alcoholics, conversion, mothers, and wives.
- Saint Monica — Patron Saint of section
Nicholas of Myra
Children
Traditional patronage includes bakers, brides and grooms, children, Greece, pawnbrokers, and travelers.
- Saint Nicholas — Patron Saint of section
Pancras of Rome
Children
patronage: Children (France), first communicants, keeping promises; invoked against headaches (traditional).
- Den hellige Pancratius av Roma (~290-304) — Patronage heading
Perpetua
Mothers
Traditional patronage includes widows and mothers of deceased sons.
- Saints Perpetua and Felicity — Patron Saints of section
Perpetua
Widows
Traditional patronage includes widows and mothers of deceased sons.
- Saints Perpetua and Felicity — Patron Saints of section
Raymond Nonnatus
Children
Expectant mothers, Mercedarian novices, the falsely accused, Christian family life, and unborn children
- St. Raymond Nonnatus — Historical note, feast, patronage, iconography and cult decrees
Raymond Nonnatus
Mothers
Expectant mothers, Mercedarian novices, the falsely accused, Christian family life, and unborn children
- St. Raymond Nonnatus — Historical note, feast, patronage, iconography and cult decrees
Valentine of Rome
Engaged couples
Medieval popular tradition associated Valentine with lovers and engaged couples.
- Saint Valentine, martyr on the Via Flaminia — Patronage tradition paragraphs
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