Bernadette Soubirous
Workers
Women agricultural workers; shepherds
- Sainte Bernadette Soubirous, vierge — Title and final sentence
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Clement of Rome
Workers
Traditional patronage includes marble workers, mariners, and tanners.
- Saint Clement — Patron Saint of section
Francis de Sales
Writers
Catholic writers and journalists; people with communication impairments
- Rerum omnium perturbationem, 26 January 1923 — Section 34: formal patronage of writers
- Speaking with the heart: World Communications Day 2023 — Communicating heart to heart
Francis of Assisi
Workers
Traditional patronage includes animals, archaeologists, ecology, merchants, messengers, metal workers, and Italy.
- Saint Francis of Assisi — Patron Saint of section
John of the Cross
Writers
patronage: Spanish poets.
- Biografía de San Juan de la Cruz — Reconocimiento póstumo: 1952 patronage
Joseph of Nazareth
Workers
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
Maurice of Agaunum
Weavers
Soldiers, swordsmiths, weavers, Pontifical Swiss Guard.
- St. Maurice and Companions — Final patronage paragraph
Teresa of Ávila
Writers
Catholic writers
- Who is Teresa of Avila? — Opening: patron of Catholic writers from 1965; other inherited claims not retained
Thomas
Workers
Traditional patronage includes architects, builders, construction workers, surveyors, theologians, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
- Saint Thomas — Patron Saint of section
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