A Catholic saint for every calling (Part 6 of 13)

More saints for future reference…

Florian of Lorch is the patron saint of chimney sweeps, firefighters, barrel makers, brewers, coopers and soap boilers.  Feastday:  May 4^th.   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Florian

Pope Callistus I is the patron saint of cemetery workers.  Feastday: October 14^th. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Callixtus_I

Blessed Theobald Roggeri is the patron saint of church cleaners, cobblers, plorters and shoemakers.  Feastday:  June 1^st.  http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-theobald-roggeri/

Thomas a Becket is the patron saint of the clergy and secular clergy.  Feastday:  December 29^th.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Becket

Gabriel of Our Lady of Snows is the patron saint of clerics, seminarians, students and the youth.  Feastday:  February 27^th.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_of_Our_Lady_of_Sorrows

Clare of Assisi is the patron saint of television writers, embroiderers, gilders, gold workers, goldsmiths, laundry workers, needler workers .  Feastday:  August 11^th.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare_of_Assisi

Rose of Lima is the patron saint of embroiderers, needle workers, gardeners, florists and people ridiculed for their piety.  Feastday:  August 23^rd.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_of_Lima

John Francis Regis is the patron saint of social workers, medical social workers, embroiderers, lace makers and lace workers.  Feastday:  June 16^th.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Francis_Regis

Petca Parasceva is the patron saint of spinners, weavers, needle workers and embroiderers.  Feastday:  October 14^th .  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parascheva_of_the_Balkans

Francis of Assisi is the patron saint of environmentalists, stowaways, merchants, ecologists, tapestry workers, lace makers and lace workers.  Feastday:  October 4^th.   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_of_Assisi

Margaret Clitherow is the patron saint of businesswomen, converts and martyrs.  Feastday:  March 26^th.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Clitherow

Adelelmus is the patron saint of butlers, domestic servants, maids and manservants.  Feastday:  January 30^th.  http://saints.sqpn.com/sainta68.htm

Drogo is the patron saint of coffee house keepers and owners, midwives, orphans, shepherds, mentally ill people, sick people, deaf people and unattractive people.  Feastday:  April 16^th.   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Drogo

James the Greater is the patron saint of veterinarians, pharmacists, furriers, tanners, equestrians, apothecaries, blacksmiths, druggists, horsemen, knights, laborers and soldiers.  Feastday:  July 25^th.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James,_son_of_Zebedee

Maximilian Kolbe is the patron saint of journalists, amateur radio operators, drug addicts, prisoners and political prisoners.  Feastday:  August 14^th.   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilian_Kolbe

Gummarus is the patron saint of glove makers, woodcutters, courtiers, cowherds, separated spouses and hernia sufferers.  Feastday:  October 11^th.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gummarus

Gottschalk is the patron saint of linguists, princes, lost vocations and translators.  Feastday:  June 6^th.   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottschalk_(Obotrite_prince)

Philemon of Antinoe is the patron saint of dancers and converts.  Feastday:  March 8^th.  http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-philemon-of-antinoe/

Luke the Evangelist is the patron saint of stained glass makers, glass workers, doctors, physicians, surgeons, notaries, painters, bookbinders, brewers, butchers, goldsmiths, lace workers, sculptors and artists.  Feastday:  October 18^th.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_the_Evangelist

Nicholas of Flüe is the patron saint of Switzerland, councilmen, magistrates, separated spouses, large families and difficult marriages.  Feastdays:  March 21^st and September 25^th (in Germany and Switzerland).  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_of_Fl%C3%BCe

To be continued…