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Saints invoked for protection from, or aid struggling with, various troubles
Saint Roch is invoked against the
bubonic plague .
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.
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B
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
H
I
K
L
M
N
P
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]
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