Ambrose of Milan
Beekeepers
Traditional patronage includes beekeepers, beggars, learning, and Milan.
- Saint Ambrose — Patron Saint of section
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Anthony of Egypt
Butchers
Traditional patronage includes butchers, gravediggers, and people with skin diseases.
- Saint Anthony of Egypt — Patron Saint of section
Augustine of Hippo
Brewers
Catholic devotional tradition associates Augustine with patronage of brewers.
- St. Augustine Our Patron Saint — Final paragraph on patronage
Bernard of Clairvaux
Beekeepers
Vatican News identifies Bernard as patron of beekeepers.
- Saints of August 20 — Bernard entry heading
Boniface of Mainz
Brewers
patronage: Brewers and tailors (Catholic Encyclopedia, 1907).
- St. Boniface, Catholic Encyclopedia (1907) — Closing patronage paragraph; historical attestation, not universal decree
Elizabeth of Hungary
Bakers
Traditional patronage includes bakers, Catholic Charities, and the Secular Franciscan Order.
- Saint Elizabeth of Hungary — Patron Saint of section
Louis IX of France
Barbers
Traditional patronage includes barbers and grooms.
- Saint Louis of France — Patron Saint of section
Luke
Brewers
Traditional patronage includes artists and painters, brewers, butchers, notaries, physicians, and surgeons.
- Saint Luke — Patron Saint of section
Luke
Butchers
Traditional patronage includes artists and painters, brewers, butchers, notaries, physicians, and surgeons.
- Saint Luke — Patron Saint of section
Matthew
Bankers
Traditional patronage includes accountants, actors, bankers, bookkeepers, tax collectors, and taxi drivers.
- Saint Matthew — Patron Saint of section
Nicholas of Myra
Bakers
Traditional patronage includes bakers, brides and grooms, children, Greece, pawnbrokers, and travelers.
- Saint Nicholas — Patron Saint of section
Thomas
Builders
Traditional patronage includes architects, builders, construction workers, surveyors, theologians, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
- Saint Thomas — Patron Saint of section
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