Bernadette Soubirous
Shepherds
Women agricultural workers; shepherds
- Sainte Bernadette Soubirous, vierge — Title and final sentence
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- Soldiers (3)
- Surgeons (1)
Clement of Rome
Sailors
Traditional patronage includes marble workers, mariners, and tanners.
- Saint Clement — Patron Saint of section
Crispin of Soissons
Shoemakers
Shoemakers, saddlers, tanners
- Sts. Crispin and Crispinian — Final paragraph
Drogo of Sebourg
Shepherds
Shepherds (traditional)
- Saint Druon — Patron of shepherds
Elizabeth Ann Seton
Sailors
Catholic schools, widows, seafarers (reported patronage)
- Elizabeth Ann Seton — Opening paragraph: reported patronages
Erasmus
Sailors
Sailors
- Erasmus (Elmo) — Later maritime patronage
Francis Xavier
Sailors
Traditional patronage includes Japan, jewelers, missions, and sailors.
- Saint Francis Xavier — Patron Saint of section
Francis of Paola
Sailors
patronage: Italian seafarers.
- Radiomessaggio, 16 June 1957 — Opening
George
Soldiers
Traditional patronage includes soldiers, Boy Scouts, England, Germany, and Portugal.
- Saint George — Patron Saint of section
Luke
Surgeons
Traditional patronage includes artists and painters, brewers, butchers, notaries, physicians, and surgeons.
- Saint Luke — Patron Saint of section
Maurice of Agaunum
Soldiers
Soldiers, swordsmiths, weavers, Pontifical Swiss Guard.
- St. Maurice and Companions — Final patronage paragraph
Sebastian of Rome
Soldiers
patronage: Athletes, soldiers, archers; invoked against plague (traditional).
- Our Patron — Patronage paragraph
- St. Sebastian (1912) — Invocation against pestilence
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