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Sunday, March 13, 2011

A Catholic saint for every calling (Part 5 of 13)

Due to the fact that the Catholic faith overflows with Divine intervention, I will be keeping this subject alive for as long as necessary.  May you find the saint you need!

Ivo of Kermartin is the patron saint of bailiffs, judges, jurists, lawyers, notaries, canon lawyers, barristers, advocates, canonists, orphans and abandoned people.  Feastday:  May 19th.   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivo_of_Kermartin

Alexius of Rome is the patron saint of belt makers, nurses, pilgrims, travellers and beggars.  Feastdays:  March 17th (in the East); July 17th (in the West).  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexius_of_Rome

Blessed James Duckett is the patron saint of book sellers and publishers.  Feastday:  April 19th.   http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-james-duckett/

Elizabeth of Hungary is the patron saint of bakers, charitable workers, homeless people, lacemakers, lace workers, people in exile, brides, falsely accusd people, hoboes, hospitals, nursing homes, people ridiculed for their piety, countesses, tertiaries, tramps and widows.  Feastday:  November 17th.  

Benedict Joseph Labre is the patron saint of  hoboes, homeless people, beggars, mentally ill people, bachelors, unmarried men, tramps, pilgrims and people rejected by religious orders.  Feastday:  April 16th.   http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-benedict-joseph-labre/

Giles is the patron saint of blacksmiths, spur makers, poor people, paupers, hermits, outcasts, lepers, cripples, cancer patients, disabled people, mentally ill and physically challenged people.  Feastday:  September 1st.   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Giles

Christina of Bolsena is the patron saint of archers, mariners and millers.  Feastday:  July 24th.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_of_Bolsena

Hubert of Liege is the patron saint of hunters, forest workers, furriers, precision instrument makers, smelters, trappers, opticians, mathematicians and metalworkers.  Feastday:  November 3rd.   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubertus

Nicholas of Myra is the patron saint of pawnbrokers, pharmacists, prostitutes, merchants, fishermen, broadcasters, the falsely accused, repentant thieves, sailors, archers, bakers, boatmen, dock workers, grooms, judges,brewers, captives, longshoremen, mariners, merchants, penitent thieves and murderers, newlyweds, old maids, parish clerks, paupers, perfumers, prisoners, poor people, travellers, watermen and pilgrims.  Feastday:  December 6th.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas

Dominic de Guzman is the patron saint of astronomers and scientists.  Feastday:  August 8th.   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Dominic

Catherine of Bologna is the patron saint of artists and painters.  Feastday:  March 9th.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_of_Bologna

Eustatius is the patron saint of firefighters, hunters, trappers and torture victims.  Feastday:  September 20th (Western Church) and November 2nd (Eastern Church).  http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-eustachius/

Andrew the Apostle is the patron saint of fish dealers, fishermen, rope makers, performers, old maids and singers.  Feastday:  November 30th.   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Andrew

Thiemo is the patron saint of sculptors and engravers.  Feastday:  September 28th.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiemo

Ambrose of Milan is the patron saint of bee keepers, candlemakers, chandlers, wax melters and wax refiners.  Feastday:  December 7th.   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrose

Macarius the Younger is the patron saint of cooks, confectioners and pastry chefs.  Feastday:  January 2nd.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macarius_of_Alexandria

Jerome is the patron saint of translators, archeologists, archivists, librarians, schoolchildren and students.  Feastday:  September 30th.   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome

Lucy of Syracuse is the patron saint of authors and writers, cutlers, glaziers, laborers, peasants, saddlers, salesmen and martyrs.  Feastday:  December 13th.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Lucy

Adjutor is the patron saint of yachtsmen, swimmers, boaters and drowning victims.  Feastday:  April 30th. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjutor

Bartholomew the Apostle is the patron saint of bookbinders, butchers, salt merchants, leather workers, cobblers, plasterers, shoemakers, tanners, trappers and whiteners.  Feastdays:  June 11th (Eastern Christianity) and August 24th (Western Christianity).  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartholomew_the_Apostle

More to come!