Saint Luigi Scrosoppi has recently been assigned by the Vatican as the patron saint of all footballers.
There is no patron saint of football players. St. Sebastian is the patron saint of all athletes and athletics.
The Vatican recently announced that Saint Luigi Scrosoppi is now the patron Saint of all footballers.
The only saint recognized by the Catholic Church as the patron saint of athletes and athletics is St. Sebastian. See this link for confirmation of this.
St. Lydwina of Schiedam is the patron saint of ice skating. For all other sports it is St. Sebastian. Luigi Scrosoppi (1804-84) has recently been appointed patron saint of footballers.
There are too many sports for them all to have patron saints, the patron saint of atheletes is Sebastian though.
Pope John Paul II played soccer as a boy. He was a goalkeeper and a good one.Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, while not yet a saint, was a young man who loved sports. Since he was an Italian, that had to include soccer.The Vatican recently announce that Saint Luigi Scrosoppi has been named as the patron saint of all footballers.
I do not know why Christopher is liked by athletes since he is not the patron saint of athletes. St. Sebastian holds that position. Christopher is a figure of legend who may have never existed.
Advocate for the poor and orphans.
The Patron Saint Inex lists no patron saints of bears.
A patron saint is supposed to be a protector in the Catholic religion. Patron Saint Angelico is the patron saint of artists. A patron saint is a protector of life.
The Patron Saint Index lists no patron saint of dinosaurs.