Anthony of Padua
Travelers
Traditional patronage includes lost items, poor people, and travelers.
- Saint Anthony of Padua — Patron Saint of section
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Anton Martin Slomšek
Teachers
The Slovenian Catholic Church honors Slomšek as patron of teachers, educators, and catechists.
- Slomškov dan 2025 — Opening paragraphs
Augustine of Hippo
Theologians
Traditional patronage includes converts, printers, and theologians.
- Saint Augustine of Hippo — Patron Saint of section
Bernard of Menthon
Travelers
Mountaineers, travelers and inhabitants of the Alps.
- Address to Aosta and Great Saint Bernard delegations — Opening, citing Quod Sancti, 20 August 1923
Blaise
Throat ailments
Traditional patronage includes relief from throat ailments and English wool combers.
- Saint Blaise — Patron Saint of section
Boniface of Mainz
Tailors
patronage: Brewers and tailors (Catholic Encyclopedia, 1907).
- St. Boniface, Catholic Encyclopedia (1907) — Closing patronage paragraph; historical attestation, not universal decree
Catherine of Alexandria
Teachers
Traditional patronage includes lawyers, librarians, philosophers, students, and teachers.
- Saint Catherine of Alexandria — Patron Saint of section
Christopher
Travelers
Travelers (traditional)
- The Golden Legend: Saint Christopher — River service and later traveler reception
Clement of Rome
Tanners
Traditional patronage includes marble workers, mariners, and tanners.
- Saint Clement — Patron Saint of section
Crispin of Soissons
Tanners
Shoemakers, saddlers, tanners
- Sts. Crispin and Crispinian — Final paragraph
Elizabeth Ann Seton
Teachers
Traditional patronage includes Catholic schools, educators, teachers, people who have lost parents, and widows.
- Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton — Patron Saint of section
Gregory the Great
Teachers
Traditional patronage includes England, epilepsy, musicians, and teachers.
- Saint Gregory the Great — Patron Saint of section
Jerome
Translators
Traditional patronage includes librarians, scholars, and translators.
- Saint Jerome — Patron Saint of section
John (son of Zebedee)
Türkiye
Traditional patronage includes Türkiye.
- Saint John the Evangelist — Patron Saint of section
John Bosco
Teachers
Traditional patronage includes boys, editors, educators, teachers, and youth.
- Saint John Bosco — Patron Saint of section
Madeleine Sophie Barat
Teachers
Traditional patronage includes educators and teachers.
- Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat — Patron Saint of section
Matthew
Taxi drivers
Traditional patronage includes accountants, actors, bankers, bookkeepers, tax collectors, and taxi drivers.
- Saint Matthew — Patron Saint of section
Nicholas of Myra
Travelers
Traditional patronage includes bakers, brides and grooms, children, Greece, pawnbrokers, and travelers.
- Saint Nicholas — Patron Saint of section
Thomas
Theologians
Traditional patronage includes architects, builders, construction workers, surveyors, theologians, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
- Saint Thomas — Patron Saint of section
Thomas Aquinas
Teachers
Traditional patronage includes Catholic colleges and universities, educators, teachers, philosophers, theologians, and students.
- Saint Thomas Aquinas — Patron Saint of section
Thomas Aquinas
Theologians
Traditional patronage includes Catholic colleges and universities, educators, teachers, philosophers, theologians, and students.
- Saint Thomas Aquinas — Patron Saint of section
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