Albert the Great
Students
Students and researchers of the natural sciences.
- The Pre- and Post-Vatican II Collects of the Dominican Doctors of the Church (2005) — PDF p. 11, opening paragraph: patronage in 1941
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Andrew
Scotland
Traditional patronage includes fishermen, Greece, Russia, and Scotland.
- Saint Andrew — Patron Saint of section
Anthony of Egypt
Skin diseases
Traditional patronage includes butchers, gravediggers, and people with skin diseases.
- Saint Anthony of Egypt — Patron Saint of section
Bede the Venerable
Scholars
Traditional patronage includes scholars.
- Saint Bede the Venerable — Patron Saint of section
Bernadette Soubirous
Shepherds
Women agricultural workers; shepherds
- Sainte Bernadette Soubirous, vierge — Title and final sentence
Camillus de Lellis
Sick people
Sick people and hospitals: Leo XIII, 1886; healthcare personnel: Pius XI, 1930; Italian military health services: Paul VI, 1974.
- Address to the Camillian family, 15 May 2000 — Section 1
Catherine of Alexandria
Students
Traditional patronage includes lawyers, librarians, philosophers, students, and teachers.
- Saint Catherine of Alexandria — Patron Saint of section
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
Ezra
Scholars
Scribes and scholars (traditional)
- Prophet Ezra — Received devotional association
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
Gregory the Great
Students
Musicians, students and teachers (Gregory the Great Academy tradition)
- Our Heavenly Patrons, The Minstrel October 2022 — Our Heavenly Patrons; limited institutional attestation, not a universal decree
James (son of Zebedee)
Spain
Traditional patronage includes Chile, laborers, Nicaragua, people with rheumatism, and Spain.
- Saint James — Patron Saint of section
Jerome
Scholars
Traditional patronage includes librarians, scholars, and translators.
- Saint Jerome — Patron Saint of section
Luke
Surgeons
Traditional patronage includes artists and painters, brewers, butchers, notaries, physicians, and surgeons.
- Saint Luke — Patron Saint of section
Margaret of Scotland
Scotland
Margaret is honored as a patron saint of Scotland.
- History of St Margaret's — History section
Maurice of Agaunum
Soldiers
Soldiers, swordsmiths, weavers, Pontifical Swiss Guard.
- St. Maurice and Companions — Final patronage paragraph
Nicholas of Flüe
Switzerland
Switzerland
- Nicolas de Flue — Walder and Stirnimann, “Nicolas de Flue.”
Sebastian of Rome
Soldiers
patronage: Athletes, soldiers, archers; invoked against plague (traditional).
- Our Patron — Patronage paragraph
- St. Sebastian (1912) — Invocation against pestilence
Thomas
Sri Lanka
Traditional patronage includes architects, builders, construction workers, surveyors, theologians, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
- Saint Thomas — Patron Saint of section
Thomas Aquinas
Students
Traditional patronage includes Catholic colleges and universities, educators, teachers, philosophers, theologians, and students.
- Saint Thomas Aquinas — Patron Saint of section
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