Patron saints of ailments, illness, and dangers
Saints have often been prevailed upon in requests for intercessory prayers to protect against or help combatting a variety of dangers, illnesses, and ailments. This is a list of saints and such ills traditionally associated with them. In shorthand, they are called the patron saints of (people guarding against or grappling with) these various troubles.
A
- Against abortion, miscarriage - Catherine of Vadstena
- Alcoholism - Martin of Tours
- Angina - Suitbert of Kaiserwerdt
- Arthritis - Alphonsus Liguori
- Auditory conditions and diseases - Ovidius
- Earache, dysentery - Polycarp
- Autism - Thorlak
B
- Victims of betrayal and of torture - Epipodius
- Against motorcycle/bicycle accidents - Denise[1][2]
- Invoked against blight, frost, storms, alcoholism, and faintness - Urban of Langres[3]
- Blind and the lame - Abel of Reims
- The blind - Aloysius Gonzaga
- Blindness, eye disease, eye problems, sore eyes - Leodegar
- Protectress of blind people - Paraskevi of Rome
- Protector of sufferers from broken bones and hernias - Mammes
- Against bullies and verbal abuse - Kentigern
C
- Cancer - Peregrine Laziosi
- Breast cancer - Agatha
- Stomach cancer, youth, people who suffer from shyness - Alfie Lambe
- Invoked against cattle diseases - Berlinda of Meerbeke[4]
- Chest problems, lung problems, gambling addictions- Bernardino of Siena
- Invoked during childbirth and against diseases of the eye - Hemma of Gurk
- Childbirth, sickness - Juliana of Nicomedia
- Women in difficult labor - John of Bridlington
- Difficult pregnancy and safe child birth - Peter and Fevronia of Murom
- Invoked by pregnant women for safe delivery of children - Silvia[5]
- Childhood illnesses - Deicolus
- Childhood diseases; difficult marriages; victims of abuse - Pharaildis
- Convulsive children; invoked against storms and rain - Scholastica
- Invoked against cholera, epidemics, knee problems, plague, skin diseases - Roch
- Choreas (Sydenham's chorea, Huntington's disease), epilepsy, seizures, oversleeping - Vitus
- Invoked against cirrhosis and other liver diseases - Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo[6]
- Riot, civil disorder - Andrew Corsini
- Against cold and cold weather - Sebaldus
- Against colic - Agapitus of Palestrina
- Invoked against colic in children, intestinal ailments and diseases, cramps and the pain of women in labour - Erasmus of Formiae or St Elmo
- Convulsions, epilepsy, epileptics - Willibrord
- Coughs, sneezes, and dropsy - Quentin[7]
- Invoked against cramps, afflictions associated with the nerves and ears - Cornelius
- Cramp, headache, bearing false witness, perjury - Pancras
- Involved against criminals - Saint Peter
- Crohns disease and IBS - Carlos Manuel Rodríguez Santiago
D
- Deafness - Audoin (Ouen)
- Dying people, expectant mothers, hesitation, happy death, holy death, interior souls, people in doubt, pioneers, pregnant women, travellers, and fetuses - Joseph
- Demons, fever - Patroclus of Troyes[8]
- Diabetics - Paulina
- Invoked against dropsy, childhood sicknesses, hailstones, the pain of childbirth, and gout - Gotthard of Hildesheim
- Invoked against drought - Reverianus[9]
- Against drought - Trophimus of Arles
- Those in danger of drowning - Hyacinth
- Drug addiction - Maximilian Kolbe
E
- Invoked against earthquakes - Emygdius of Ascoli
- Epidemics, diseases - Four Holy Marshals[10]
- Invoked against epilepsy and headaches - Gerard of Lunel
- Epilepsy, against rabies, against infantile convulsions - Guy of Anderlecht
- Invoked against erysipelas, lightning, horse theft, wildfires, and drowning - Castulus –
- Invoked against evil spirits, leprosy, thunderstorms, bacterial diseases, and bacterial infections - Agrippina of Mineo
- Sore eyes - Augustine of Hippo
- Eye disease - Cyriacus
- Eye and skin conditions; knee pains; invoked against adultery and marital difficulties - Gangulphus
- Eye problems, eye disease - Harvey
F
- Fainting, plague, epilepsy - Valentine
- Against diseases in the feet - Saint Alphonsa
- Invoked against foot troubles, lameness, rheumatism, rats, and mice - Servatius[11]
- Invoked against fever, rats, and mice, particularly field-mice - Gertrude of Nivelles
- Fever - Hugh of Cluny
- Invoked against fever; afflictions associated with the eyes; Dry cough; infertility; panic attacks - Theobald of Provins
- Invoked against fire, floods and drowning - Florian
- Invoked against flooding, and for the good success of Caesarean section - Caesarius of Terracina
G
- Against gallstones, colic - Liborius of Le Mans[12]
- Invoked against illegal gambling - Cajetan
- Diseases and sicknesses affecting the genitals - Vitalis of Assisi
- Gout, sore throat, fever, whooping cough - Andrew the Apostle
- Gout - Apollinaris
H
- Pathologies of the hands and the feet - Julia of Corsica
- Against hanging - Coloman
- Hangovers, headaches, insanity, mental illness - Bibiana
- Headache - Agathius
- Headache - Crescentinus
- Against headache - William Firmatus[13]
- Heart disease - John of God
- Haemorrhage, eye complaints - Lucy of Syracuse
- Against hernias - Conrad of Piacenza
- The homeless - Benedict Joseph Labre
- The homeless - Nicholas of Trani
- Sick horses - Hippolytus of Rome
I
- Patron of immigrants, migrant workers, separated families - Lorenzo Ruiz
- Invoked against infertility - Maturinus[14]
- Female infertility (in Syria) - Abd-al-Masih
- Against infestations of bedbugs, rodents and locusts - Tryphon[15][page needed]
- Against insanity, mental disorders - Christina the Astonishing
K
- Against kidnapping, illness - Arthelais
- Kidney disease, and rheumatism - Ursus of Aosta[16]
- Diseases of the kidneys, invoked against physical defects, back pains, and school-related students' crises - Nonnosus[17]
L
- Leprosy, HIV and AIDS - Damien of Molokai
- Against lightning; fear of insects - Gratus of Aosta
- Invoked against lightning - Victor of Marseilles[18]
- Lost causes, desperate situations - Jude Thaddaeus
- Lost causes or impossible cases, marital problems, abuse - Rita of Cascia
- Missing people and lost things - Anthony of Padua
M
- Difficult marriage - Olaf
- Mental illness - Fillan
- Mental illnesses - Saint Hermes
- Invoked against migraine - Aspren
- Migraine - Gereon
N
- Invoked as a protector from natural disasters, plague, invasion - Leoluca
- Invoked against stiff neck - Ursicinus of Saint-Ursanne
- Neuralgia, sick children, obsessive compulsive disorder - Ubald
- Nyctophobia - Cannera
P
- Chronic pain - Pacificus of San Severino
- Patron saint against pandemics - Edmund the Martyr of East Anglia[19]
- Invoked as protection against perjury, loss at sea and destructive rains - Maximin of Trier
- Against pirate attack - Albinus of Angers
- Plague, epilepsy - Adrian of Nicomedia
- Against plague - Sebastian
- Plague, epilepsy - Natalia of Nicomedia
- Bubonic plague, misfortunes - Agricola of Avignon
- Bubonic plague or the Black Death - Fourteen Holy Helpers
- Invoked against the bubonic plague, smallpox, and gout - Quirinus of Neuss
- Pneumonia - Casimiro Barello Morello
- Poverty - Macrina the Elder
- Against poverty, impoverishment, torture victims - Regina[20]
- Pregnancy - Gerard Majella
- Invoked against procrastination - Expeditus
- The souls in purgatory - John Macias
R
- Rabies - Domninus of Fidenza
- Rabies - Hubertus
- Against rabies - Quiteria – [21]
- Invoked against rabies - Sithney[22]
- Victims of rape - Clementina Nengapeta
- Victims of rape, crime victims, invoked against pedophiles - Maria Goretti
- Rape victims - Potamiana
- Against venomous reptiles - Abhai
- Invoked against snakes, and snake bites; also invoked against demonic possession, mental illness, poison, wild beasts - Amabilis of Riom
- Against snake bites - Peregrine of Auxerre[23]
- Rheumatism - James the Great
- Maurus – rheumatism, gout, epilepsy
- Against rheumatism - Miliau –
- People ridiculed for their piety, repentance, temptation - Mary Magdalene
- Politicians, athletes, road safety - Alberto Marvelli
S
- Invoked against sciatica - Dometius of Persia[24]
- Those who suffer scoliosis, against animal attacks - Joseph of Anchieta
- Scrofula - Saint Balbina
- Scrofula, diseases of the skin - Marculf
- Against danger at sea, against temptations, sick people, storms at sea, police officers - Michael the Archangel
- For protection against the dangers of the sea - Wulfram of Sens
- Against sepsis - John Henry Newman
- The sick, asthma sufferers, nurses and carers - Bernadette
- Those who serve the sick - Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur[25]
- Skin disease, Saint Anthony's fire - Anthony
- Skin diseases, victims of child abuse - Germaine Cousin
- Sleepwalking, epilepsy, insanity, mental illness - Dymphna
- Smallpox - Matthias
- Invoked against stomach pains, especially in children - Rasso
- Invoked against storms, hail storms, lightning - Eurosia[26]
- Stress relief and New year blues - Saint Pio of Pietrelcina
- Invoked against stress - Walter of Pontoise[27]
- Students, youth - John Berchmans
- Sudden death - Andrew Avellino
- Syphilis, eye troubles - Symphorian[28]
T
- Ailments of the throat - Blaise
- Throat trouble - Godelina
- Against thunderstorm, evil spirits, and plague - Deodatus of Nevers[29]
- Toothache - Apollonia
- Invoked against toothache - Engelmund of Velsen[30]
- Toothache - Medard
- Stenographers, printers, lawyers, epileptics, thieves, torture victims - Genesius of Rome
- People seeking relief from tribulations, in particular by women who wished to be liberated from abusive husbands - Wilgefortis[31]
W
- Protector of soldiers against the dangers of war; also invoked for fertility - St. Bessus
- Whooping cough - Winnoc
- Invoked against wolves and fires - Defendens
- Invoked to cure wounds - Marciana of Mauretania[32]
- Curing of wounds - Marciana of Toledo
- To cure open wounds, against eye diseases - Reinildis[33][34]
V
- Venereal disease sufferers, hemorrhoids - Fiacre
See also
- Patron saints of occupations and activities
- Patron saints of places
- Patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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