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January April 2 St. Basil the Great & St. Gregory Nazianzen 2 St. Francis of Paola, patron of seafarers 2 St. Abel 4 St. Isidore of 4 St. , patron of widows & single 5 St. Vincent Ferrer, patron of builders parents 7 St. John Baptist de la Salle, patron of teachers 5 St. John Neumann 8 St. Julie Billiart, patron of catechists 7 St. Raymond of Penyafort, patron of lawyers 11 St. Marguerite d’Youville 13 St. Hilary, protector against snakes 11 St. Stanislaus, patron of 17 St. Anthony, patron of butchers, grave-diggers and 13 St. Martin I graveyards, domestic , skin diseases 16 St. Bernadette, patron of people with asthma 20 St. Fabian and St. Sebastian, patron of athletes, sol- 21 St. Anselm diers, police, physicians 23 St. George, patron of England, , Lithuania, 21 St. Agnes, patron of young girls Boy Scouts, farmers 22 St. Vincent, patron of winegrowers, vinegar-makers 24 St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, patron of lawyers 23 St. Marianne Cope 25 St. Mark 24 St. , patron of journalists, editors, 28 St. , patron of Oceania writers, the deaf 29 St. , patron of , fire prevention, 26 St. Timothy, patron of people w/stomach ailments and nurses St. Titus 30 St. Pius V 27 St. Angela Merici 28 St. , patron of schools, stu- dents, colleges, philosophers, theologians 31 St. John Bosco, patron of editors, young people May 2 St. Anthanasius 3 St. Philip and St. James, patron of Uruguay February 3 St. James the Less, patron of druggists, the dying 1 St. Brigid of Ireland, patron of 10 St. Damien of Molokai 3 St. Blasé, patron of protection against throat diseases, 12 St. Nereus and St. Achilleus wild animals; patron of woolcombers, wax makers 12 St. Pancras (Pancratius) 3 St. Ansgar, patron of , Denmark, Sweden, Ger- 13 St. Agnes of Poitiers many, Iceland 13 St. 5 St. Agatha, patron of , nurses, people with breast 14 St. Matthias, patron of tailors, alcoholics cancer, miners, jewelers, bell founders, Alpine guides; 15 St. Isidore the Farmer, patron of farmers, farm laborers protector against fires, earthquakes, famine, thunder- 16 St. Brendan 6 storms, volcanoes 18 St. John I 8 St. Paul Miki & Companions 20 St. Bernardine of Siena, patron of advertisers, protec- St. Emiliani, patron of orphans, abandoned tor from hoarseness 10 children 25 St. 14 St. Scholastica, patron of children with convulsions 25 St. Gregory VII 25 St. de Pazzi St. Cyril and St. Methodius, patrons of Europe, Yugo- slavia, , 26 St. 14 St. Valentine 27 St. 21 St. 30 St. , patron of France, members of military 23 St.

June March 1 St. Justin, patron of philosophers 1 St. 2 St. Marcellinus & St. Peter 3 St. Katharine Drexel, patron of philanthropists 3 St. Charles Lwanga & Companions, patron of African Catho- 4 St. Casimir, patron of Poland, Lithuania, Russia lic Action, youth 7 St. Perpetua & St. Felicity, people with infertility 5 St. Boniface, patron of England 8 St. John of God, patron of hospitals, the sick, nurses, 6 St. Norbert booksellers, printers, those with hear t ailments 9 St. Ephrem of Syria 9 St. Frances of , patron of widows, motorists 11 St. , patron of Cyprus 9 St. Dominic Savio, patron of young boys 13 St. , patron of lost items, childless 15 St. Louise de Marillac, patron of social workers women, the poor, harvests, travelers, horses & don- 16 St. keys, Portugal 17 St. Patrick, patron of Ireland, Nigeria 19 St. Romuald 18 St. 21 St. Aloysius Gonzaga, patron of Christian youth, stu- 19 St. , patron of the , a happy death, fa- dents in Jesuit colleges thers, carpenters, bursars, artisans, manual workers, 22 St. Paulinus of Nola prayer and interior life, house hunting, the poor, 22 St. & , patron of lawyers those in authority, , religious, travelers, devo- 27 St. tion to Mary, , Mexico, Canada, Bohemia, Chi- 28 St. nese missions, Belgium, , South Vietnam 29 St. Peter, patron of fisherman & St. Paul, patron of 23 St. Turibius de Mogrovejo, patron of American the lay apostolate, the Cursillo movement, Catholic Action, Malta, Greece July September 3 St. Thomas, patron of builders, architects, surveyors, 1 St. Ruth the blind, , Pakistan, the East Indies 3 St. Gregory the Great, patron of teachers, scholars, 4 St. Elizabeth of Portugal music, singers 4 St. 5 St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria 5 Bl. Teresa of Calcutta 6 St. , patron of youth, teenage girls, peo- 8 St. Mary ple who have been abused 9 St. , patron of missionary work among 11 St. Benedict, patron of Europe, farm workers, Italian , engineers and architects 13 St. , patron of preachers & public 12 St. Veronica, patron of photographers speakers, 13 St. Henry 16 St. Cornelius & St. , patron of North , 14 St. , patron of environmentalists Algeria 14 St. Camillus de Lellis, patron of people with AIDS 17 St. , patron of catechists, cate- chumens 15 St. 17 St. 15 St. Swithun 19 St. Januarius, patron of , blood banks, those 21 St. Lawrence of in danger of volcanoes 22 St. Mary Magdalene, patron of perfumers 20 St. Andrew Kim Taegon, St. Paul Chong Hasang, 23 St. , patron of scholars, dairy workers and Companions 24 St. Boris, patron of Moscow & St. Gleb 21 St. Matthew, patron of bankers, accountants, tax- 25 St. James, patron of laborers, people with arthritis, gatherers, security guards , Guatemala, Nicaragua 25 St. Cleopas and companion 26 St. Cosmas and St. Damian, patrons of physicians, 26 St. Joachim & St. Ann, patrons of grandparents; Ann: surgeons, pharmacists, druggists, barbers, hair- patron of housewives, childless women, miners, Canada dressers, the blind 29 St. Martha, patron of housewives, nutritionists, 27 St. , patron of works of charity, hos- cooks, servants, waiters & waitresses pitals, elderly people, prisoners, Madagascar 30 St. 28 St. Wenceslaus, patron of Bohemia, Moravia, brewers 31 St. , patron of retreats, soldiers 28 St. Lawrence Ruiz & Companions 29 : St. , the Church, policemen, grocers, mariners, bankers, radiologists, the sick, the dying, the possessed, England, , Papua New Guinea, Islands ; St. , postal August services, telephone & telegraph workers, television workers ; & St. , travelers, young people 1 St. , patron of , theologi- leaving home, the blind, nurses, physicians, lovers ans, vocations 30 St. Jerome, patron of Scripture scholars, librarians, 1 The Seven Holy Maccabees & their mother St. Salome students 2 St. of Vercelli 4 St. John Mary Vianney, patron of priests 7 St. Sixtus II & Companions 7 St. Cajetan October 8 St. Dominic, patron of astronomers, Dominican Rep. 9 St. , patron of philosophers 1 St. Therese of Child /of Lisieux/of the Little Flower, 10 St. Lawrence, patron of Rome, cooks, the poor foreign missions, France, florists, gardeners, airplane pilots 11 St. Clare, patron of television 4 St. Francis of , patron of Italy, Italian merchants, 13 St. Pontian & St. Hippolytus ecologists, ornithologists 6 St. , patron of the possessed 13 St. Radegunda 8 St. 14 St. , patron of people w/drug addition 9 St. Denis and Companions, patron of , France, 16 St. Stephen of , patron of Hungary, builders those with headaches, the possessed 18 St. , patron of people who 9 St. John Leonardi grieve 14 St. Callistus I 18 St. Helen, patron of archeologists 15 St. Teresa of Jesus/of Avila, patron of Spain, those 19 St. with headaches 19 St. Sarah 15 St. Theodora 16 St. Hedwig, patron of 20 St. Bernard, patron of beekeepers, candlemakers, 16 St. , patron of people with Gibraltar heart disease 21 St. Pius X, patron for sick people on the way to 17 St. 23 St. Rose of , patron of florists, gardeners, Peru, 18 St. Luke, patron of artists, painters, doctors, sculp- Central & So. America, the , India tors, glass-workers, butchers 24 St. Bartholomew 19 St. Jogues, St. John de Brebeuf, and Compan- 25 St. Louis of France, patron of French soldiers, build- ions, patrons of Canada ers, sculptors, button makers, barbers 19 St. Rene Goupil, patron of anesthesiologists 25 St. Joseph Calasanz, patron of all Christian schools 20 St. Paul of the 21 St. Ursula and companions 27 St. Monica, patron of mothers, parents of troubled 23 St. John of Capistrano, patron of jurists, military children chaplains 28 St. Augustine, patron of theologians 24 St. Anthony Mary Claret, patron of weavers, savings 28 St. banks 29 St. , patron of road workers 28 St. Simon and St. Jude, patron of desperate situa- tions, hospitals

November 3 St. , patron of social justice, public education, hairdressers 3 St. Malachy O’More 4 St. Charles Borromeo, patron of catechists, catechu- mens, seminaries 5 St. Elizabeth & St. Zechariah 10 St. Leo the Great 11 St. Martin of Tours, patron of France, soldiers, horses and horse-riders, beggars, geese, winegrowers 12 St. Josaphat 13 St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, patron of immigrants, hos- pital administrators, Italy 15 St. Albert the Great, patron of scientists, students, philosophers 16 St. Agnes of Assisi 16 St. Margaret of Scotland, patron of Scotland 16 St. , patron of the West Indies 17 St. Elizabeth of Hungary, patron of , the Franciscan , bakers 18 St. Rose Philippine Duchesne 22 St. Cecilia, patron of music, musicians, poets 23 St. Clement I, patron of marble-workers, mariners, stonecutters 23 St. Columban, patron of Ireland 24 St. Andrew Dung-Lac & Companions 30 St. Andrew, patron of Russia, Scotland, the Greek Church, fishermen, fish dealers

December 3 St. , patron of the missions, Australia, India, Pakistan 4 St. John Damascus 4 St. Barbara, patron of a happy death, architects 6 St. Nicholas, patron of Greece, Sicily, Russia, bakers, brides, children, merchants, travelers, sailors 7 St. , patron of learning, beekeepers, the French army commissariat 9 St. Juan Diego, patron of the disenfranchised 11 St. Damasus I, patron of archeologists 13 St. Lucy, patron of those with eye trouble, writers, Syracuse, Sicily 14 St. , patron of diocesan priests, poets 20 St. Esther 21 St. 23 St. John of Kanty, patron of Poland, Lithuania 24 St. & St. Eve 26 St. Stephen, patron of , bricklayers, stonema- sons 27 St. , patron of Turkey, protection against poison 29 St. 29 St. David 31 St. Sylvester I