Patron Saints Guide

"The Saints pray with us, and your icons are beautiful reminders of that!"

- Cheryl B., Texas

For centuries God has bestowed miraculous help on mankind through His saints, when the faithful turn to them for their help. This handy alphabetized guide will help you find the saint who answers your special need. What better gift for any occasion than an icon of the person's patron saint, or the saint who is known as the patron for their profession, illness, or location.

A tip: if you don't know which saint is the patron you seek, just search this page for the topic (for example, "firefighters").

Patron Saints List

St. Agnes -- virgins, purity
St. Agatha -- breast cancer, protection from fires and natural disasters
St. Ambrose of Milan -- bee keepers
St. Andre of Montreal -- Canada
St. Andrew -- Greece, Russia, Scotland, fishermen, singers
St. Anna -- housewives, fertility, women in labor,
St. Anthony the Great -- monastic life
St. Anthony of Padua -- Portugal, the poor, travelers, lost items
St. Athanasius -- scholars, theologians
St. Augustine of Hippo -- repentance, printers, theologians
St. Barbara -- miners, artillerymen, architects, builders
St. Barnabas -- Cyprus, peacemakers
St. Bartholomew -- Armenia
St. Basil the Great -- hospitals, reformers, Russia
St. Benedict -- monks, protector against evil, farmers, the dying
St. Bernadette -- France, illness, those ridiculed for their faith, poverty
St. Bernard -- hikers, mountain climbers, bees
St. Bonaventure -- Franciscans, those with intestinal disorders
St Brendan the Navigator -- sailors, divers, travelers
St. Brigid -- Ireland, healers, poets
St. Catherine of Alexandria -- philosophers, preachers, librarians, lawyers
St. Catherine of Siena -- nurses, firefighters, fire prevention, Italy
St. Cecilia -- musicians, music, composers
St. Charles Borromeo -- bishops, catechists, seminarians
St. Christopher -- travelers, pilgrims, protection against sudden death
St. Clare -- television, telephones, communication, eye disorders
Sts. Cyril & Methodius -- Europe, Church unity
St. Damien the Leper -- lepers, sufferers of AIDS, outcasts
Prophet David -- poets
St. David of Wales -- Wales
St. Demetrios -- Thessalonica
St. Dominic -- astronomers, criminals
St. Dymphna -- mental illness, emotional problems
St. Edith Stein -- converts, steadfastness in faith
St. Elizabeth -- barren women, the pro-life movement
St. Elizabeth of Hungary -- charities, the poor, bakers, nursing
St. Elizabeth Seton -- schools, teachers, converts
St. Faustina -- mercy
St. Fiacre -- gardeners, herbalists
St. Florian -- firefighters, flooding, harvests
St. Francis de Sales -- Catholic writers, journalists
St. Francis of Assisi -- Franciscan Order, animals, ecology, merchants
St. Francis Xavier -- India, Japan, foreign missions
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini -- immigrants, hospital administrators
Archangel Gabriel -- communications, communication workers
St. Gemma Galgani -- purity, temptations, back injuries and pain
St. Genevieve -- Paris, virginity
St. George -- merchants, children, Greece, known as "the quick to here"
St. Gertrude -- nuns
St. Gregory the Great -- musicians, singers, teachers
St. Helen -- converts, difficult marriages
St. Hildegard -- musicians, writers
St. Ignatius of Loyola -- retreats, Jesuits
St. Isidore the Farmer -- farmers
St. James the Greater -- laborers, veterinarians, equestrians, rheumatoid sufferers
St. James the Less -- the dying, milliners
St. Jane de Chantal -- Visitation order, forgotten people, in-law problems
St. Jerome -- scholars, librarians, translators
Ss. Joachim and Anna -- parents, grandparents
St. Joan of Arc -- soldiers, France
St. John of the Cross -- Carmelites, mysticism
St. John the Baptist -- monastic life, epilepsy
St. John Baptist de la Salle -- educators, education
St. John Bosco -- school children, young people
St. John Chrysostom -- orators, preachers, speakers
St. John Neumann -- Catholic education
St. John Vianney -- priests, France
St. John the Evangelist -- authors, editors
St. Joseph -- fathers & families, Guardian of the Universal Church, laborers, carpenters
St. Juan Diego -- Mexico, humility
St. Jude Thaddeus -- desperate and impossible cases
St. Katharine Drexel -- poor, oppressed
St. Kateri Tekakwitha -- Native Americans, converts, ecology
St. Kevin of Ireland -- hermits, birds, naturalists
St. Lawrence -- deacons
St. Louis of France -- France, Third Order Franciscans
St. Lucy -- sight, blindness, haemorrhages
St. Luke -- painters, physicians
St. Maria Goretti -- purity and forgiveness
St. Mark -- notaries
St. Martha -- servants, cooks, service and hospitality
St. Martin de Porres -- barbers, racial harmony
St. Martin of Tours -- soldiers, conscientious objectors, tailors
St. Mary Magdalene -- penitance, temptation
St. Matthew -- accountants, bookkeepers, bankers
St. Matthias -- smallpox, reformed alchoholics
St. Maximilian Kolbe -- prisoners, drug addiction
Archangel Michael -- patron of the church, defender against adversity and evil in all its forms, firefighters, police
St. Monica -- mothers, wives, alcoholism
St. Nicholas -- merchants, children, Greece
St. Panteleimon -- healing
St. Patrick -- Ireland
St. Paul -- journalists, missionaries
St. Peregrine -- cancer patients
St. Peter -- repentance, fever
Ss. Peter and Paul -- Guardians of the Church
St. Philip Neri -- humor, joy, Rome
St. Philomena -- infants, youth, prisoners
St. Pio of Pietrelcino -- Italy, emergency services
St. Pius X -- pilgrims, sick pilgrims
Archangel Raphael -- healing, travels
St. Rita of Cascia -- impossible cases, difficult marriages
St. Rose of Lima -- Latin America, the Philippines
St. Sava of Serbia -- Serbia
St. Scholastica -- nuns, convulsive children
St. Sebastian -- athletes, holy death
St. Simon the Zealot -- curriers
St. Sharbel -- Lebanon
Blessed Solanus Casey -- healing
St. Stephen -- deacons, horses, stone workers
St. Teresa of Avila -- Spain, people in need of grace
St. Teresa of Calcutta -- the poor, homeless and neglected
St. Therese of Lisieux -- France, humility
St. Thomas the Apostle -- India, architects, builders
St. Thomas Aquinas -- universities, students, chastity
St. Thomas More -- lawyers
St. Timothy -- stomach disorders
St. Vincent de Paul -- charities, hospital workers