Adalbert of Prague
Poland
patronage: Bohemia; Poland.
- Address to Heads of State, 3 June 1997 — A spiritual and missionary man paragraph: Poland
- Histoire du Château de Prague — Relics of the patrons of Bohemia paragraph
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Anne
Pregnancy and childbirth
Women in labor
- St. Anne — Final paragraph
Anthony of Padua
Poor people
Traditional patronage includes lost items, poor people, and travelers.
- Saint Anthony of Padua — Patron Saint of section
Augustine of Hippo
Printers
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
Bartholomew
Plasterers
Traditional patronage includes plasterers.
- Saint Bartholomew — Patron Saint of section
Catherine of Alexandria
Philosophers
Traditional patronage includes lawyers, librarians, philosophers, students, and teachers.
- Saint Catherine of Alexandria — Patron Saint of section
Catherine of Siena
Protection from fire
Traditional patronage includes fire prevention, Italy, and Europe.
- Saint Catherine of Siena — Patron Saint of section
Denis
Paris
Paris
- Saint Denis — Longstanding civic cult at Paris and Saint-Denis
Francis Solanus
Paraguay
Argentina; Bolivia; Chile; Paraguay; Peru
- Francisco Solano — Patrono heading
Francis Solanus
Peru
Argentina; Bolivia; Chile; Paraguay; Peru
- Francisco Solano — Patrono heading
Genevieve of Paris
Paris
The Diocese of Paris calls Genevieve patron of Paris and Nanterre
- Diocese of Paris: Sainte Geneviève — opening patronage sentence
George
Portugal
Traditional patronage includes soldiers, Boy Scouts, England, Germany, and Portugal.
- Saint George — Patron Saint of section
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
Physicians
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
Giles
People with disabilities
People with disabilities, beggars, and those seeking a difficult confession (traditional)
- St. Giles — Cult and patronage traditions
Jadwiga of Poland
Poland
Poland
- John Paul II, Jadwiga canonization homily — section 1
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
Justin Martyr
Philosophers
Justin is traditionally invoked as patron of philosophers.
- Saint Justin Martyr — Reflection paragraph
Lawrence
Poor people
Traditional patronage includes cooks, deacons, and poor people.
- Saint Lawrence — Patron Saint of section
Luke
Physicians
Traditional patronage includes artists and painters, brewers, butchers, notaries, physicians, and surgeons.
- Saint Luke — 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
Martin de Porres
Peru
Martin received formal, jurisdiction-specific patronages in Peru and Italy.
- Decretal letters for the canonization of Martin de Porres — AAS 55 (1963), p. 200
- Gentis Peruvianae — AAS 57 (1965), pp. 961–962
- Quicumque vitae — Apostolic letter, April 6, 1982
- Tonsoriam artem — AAS 58 (1966), pp. 873–874
Martin of Tours
Police
Police et Humanisme, France (episcopal patronage, 1993)
- Police et Humanisme: veilleurs de la paix — Patronage obtained 22 March 1993; no universal list asserted
Michael the Archangel
Police
Michael is patron of the Italian State Police and the Vatican Gendarmerie.
- Saint Michael, Patron of the State Police and Vatican Gendarmerie — Audience summary
Pantaleon
Physicians
Physicians and healing (traditional)
- Greatmartyr and Healer Panteleimon — Healer cult and liturgical reception
Rose of Lima
Peru
Traditional patronage includes the Americas, florists, Latin America, Peru, the Philippines, and South America.
- Saint Rose of Lima — Patron Saint of section
Stanislaus of Szczepanów
Poland
Poland
- Letter to the Archdiocese of Krakow and the Church of Poland — national patron
Thomas
Pakistan
Traditional patronage includes architects, builders, construction workers, surveyors, theologians, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
- Saint Thomas — Patron Saint of section
Thomas Aquinas
Philosophers
Traditional patronage includes Catholic colleges and universities, educators, teachers, philosophers, theologians, and students.
- Saint Thomas Aquinas — Patron Saint of section
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