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Patron saints of ailments, illness and dangers
A list of patron saints of ailments, illness and dangers:
A
- Abd-al-Masih - sterile women (in Syria)
- Saint Abel - patron of the blind and the lame
- Abhai - poisonous reptiles
- Agatha - breast cancer
- Agathius - headache
- Agricola of Avignon - bubonic plague, misfortunes
- Agrippina of Mineo -invoked against evil spirits, leprosy, thunderstorms, bacterial diseases, and bacterial infections
- Albinus of Angers -against pirate attack
- Andrew Avellino - sudden death
- Andrew Corsini - riot, civil disorder
- Apollinare -
epilepsy , gout - Apollonia - toothache
- Arthelais - kidnapping, illness
- Augustine of Hippo - sore eyes
B
- Balbina - scrofula
- Berlinda of Meerbeke- invoked against cattle diseases[1]
- Bernardino of Siena - chest problems, lung problems, gambling addictions
- Blaise - ailments of the throat
C
- Christina the Astonishing -against insanity, mental disorders
- Coloman - plague, sick horses, against hanging
- Cornelius - twitching, earache, epilepsy, fever
- Crescentinus - headache
- Cyriacus - eye disease
D
- Deicolus - childhood illnesses
- Deodatus of Nevers - against thunderstorm, evil spirits, and plague[2]
- Domninus of Fidenza - rabies[3]
- Dymphna - sleepwalking,
epilepsy , insanity, mental illness
E
- Emygdius of Ancoli - invoked against earthquakes[4]
- Engelmund of Vebsen -invoked against toothache[5]
- Epipodius - victims of betrayal and of torture[6]
- Eurosia - invoked against storms, hailstorms, lightning[7]
- Expeditus - invoked against procrastination[8]
F
- Fiacre - Venereal disease sufferers, hemorrhoids
- Fourteen Holy Helpers - epidemics, bubonic plague or the Black Death
G
- Gangulphus - eye and skin conditions; knee pains; invoked against adultery and marital difficulties
- Gereon -headaches, migraine
- Gertrude of Nivelles -invoked against fever, rats, and mice, particularly field-mice.
- Godelina -throat trouble
- Gratus of Aosta -fear of insects
- Guy of Anderlecht - invoked against
epilepsy , against rabies, against infantile convulsions[9]
H
- Hermes - mental illnesses
- Harvey -eye problems, eye disease
- Hippolytus of Rome - sick horses
- Hyacinth - those in danger of drowning
J
- James the Great - rheumatism
- John of Bridlington - women in difficult labor
- Jude Thaddaeus - lost causes, desperate situations
- Julia of Corsica - pathologies of the hands and the feet
- Juliana of Nicomedia - childbirth, sickness
K
- Kentigern -against bullies
L
- Leodegar - blindness, eye disease, eye problems, sore eyes
- Liborius of Le Mans - against gallstones, colic[10]
Lucy of Syracuse - haemorrhage, eye complaints
M
- Macrina - poverty
- Mammes -protector of sufferers from broken bones and hernias
- Marculf - scrofula, diseases of the skin
- Saint Maurus - rheumatism, gout,
epilepsy - Saint Medard - toothache
O
- Saint Olaf - difficult marriage
- Saint Ovidius - auditory conditions and diseases
P
- Patroclus of Troyes- demons, fever[12]
- Peregrine of Auxerre- against snake bites[13]
- Saint Peregrine Laziosi - cancer, AIDS
- Pancras - cramp, headache
- Saint Pio of Pietrelcina - Stress relief and New year blues
- Polycarp - earache, dysentery[14]
Q
- Saint Quentin - coughs, sneezes, and dropsy.[15]
- Quiteria - against rabies[16]
R
- Roch - against the bubonic plague
- Rita of Cascia - lost causes or impossible cases
S
- Scholastica -convulsive children; invoked against storms and rain
- Servatius - invoked against foot troubles, lameness, rheumatism, rats, and mice[17]
- Simon of Trent - torture and kidnap victims (no longer venerated)[18]
- Suitbert of Kaiserwerdt - angina
- Symphorian - syphilis, eye troubles[19]
T
U
- Ubald - migraine, neuralgia, sick children,
autism , obsessive compulsive disorder - Urban of Langres -invoked against blight, frost, storms, alcoholism, and faintness[20]
- Ursicinus of Saint-Ursanne - invoked against stiff neck[21]
- Ursus of Aosta -faintness, kidney disease, and rheumatism[22]
V
- Victor of Marseilles - invoked against lightning[23]
- Vitalis of Assisi - diseases and sicknesses affecting the genitals[24]
- Vitus - chorea
W
- Wilgefortis -people seeking relief from tribulations, in particular by women who wished to be liberated from abusive husbands.[25]
- William Firmatus - against headache
- Willibrord - convulsions, epilepsy, epileptics
- Winnoc - fever, whooping cough[26]
- Wulfram of Sens is called upon for protection against the dangers of the sea.
Notes
- ^ http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0203.htm#berl
- ^ http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0619.htm#deod
- ^ http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/90229
- ^ http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/sainte16.htm.
- ^ http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0621.htm
- ^ http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/sainte21.htm
- ^ http://www.andarines.com/culturapopular/santa.htm
- ^ http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/sainte72.htm
- ^ http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintg39.htm
- ^ http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0723.htm#libo
- ^ http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/91134
- ^ http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0121.htm#patr
- ^ http://catholique-sens-auxerre.cef.fr/auxerre/article.php3?id_article=20
- ^ http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintp13.htm
- ^ http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/1031.htm#quen
- ^ http://www.aciprensa.com/santos/santo.php?id=630
- ^ http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0513.htm#serv
- ^ http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saints0b.htm
- ^ http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0822.htm
- ^ http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0402.htm#urba
- ^ http://www.2heartsnetwork.org/Ursicinus.htm
- ^ http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0201.htm#ursu
- ^ http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0721.htm
- ^ http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/90745
- ^ Ilse E. Friesen (2001). The Female Crucifix: Images of St. Wilgefortis Since the Middle Ages, p47-8. ISBN 0-88920-365-2
- ^ http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintw20.htm
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