Saints of Medicine

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Patron Saints in General

A patron saint is one who has been chosen by long tradition, or by competent authority, as a special intercessor with God, and is honoured by clergy and people with a special form of religious observance. The term patron may be applied to many types of subjects, places or topics; the word titular is applied only to the patron of a church or institution.

The underlying doctrine of patrons is that of the communion of saints, or the bond of spiritual union existing between God's servants on earth, in heaven, or in purgatory. The saints are regarded as advocates and intercessors for those still making their earthly pilgrimage. Most Christians understand the concept of having a friend, a family member, or a fellow parishioner pray for them; intercession by patrons is simply prayer by a member of your spiritual family who is already closer to God.

Patrons of Trades and Professions

The beliefs of a Christian in an age of Faith prompted him to place not only his churches under the protection of some illustrious servant of God, but the ordinary interests of life, his health, and family, trade, maladies, and perils, his death, his city and country. The whole social life of the Catholic world before the Reformation was animated with the idea of protection from the citizens of heaven. In England there were 40,000 religious corporations, including ecclesiastical bodies, monasteries, convents, military orders, industrial and professional guilds, and charitable institutions, each of which had its patron, its rites, funds, and methods of assistance.

Patrons were chosen on account of some real correspondence between the patron and the object of patronage, their work in a particular place or field, by reason of some play on words, or as a matter of individual piety. Thus, while the great special patrons had their clients all over Christendom, other patrons might vary with different times and places.

Honouring the saints has sometimes been an occasion of abuse. Spells and incantations have been intruded in the place of trust and prayer, prayerful vigils have become drunken parties. Reverence has sometimes run to extravagance; and patrons chosen before there was sufficient proof of their heroic Christian virtues. But considering there's 2,000 years of history and an entire world of the faithful, the Christian honour paid to angels and saints has been singularly free from human excess and error.

Patrons of the Medical Field

patrons of AIDS care-givers Saint Aloysius Gonzaga patrons of anesthetists and anethesiologists Saint Rene Goupil patrons of blood banks Saint Januarius of Naples patrons of children's nurses Saint Foilan of Fosses patrons of dentists Saint Apollonia of Alexandria Saint Foilan of Fosses patrons of dieticians Saint Martha patrons of emergency medical technicians and paramedics Michael the Archangel patrons of hospital administrators Saint Basil the Great Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini patrons of hospital public relations Saint Paul the Apostle patrons of hospital workers Saint Camillus of Lellis Saint John of God Saint Jude Thaddeus Saint Vincent de Paul patrons of hospitals Saint Camillus of Lellis Saint Camillus of Lellis Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Saint Erhard of Regensburg Saint John of God Saint Jude Thaddeus Saint Vincent de Paul patrons of medical record librarians Saint Raymond of Penyafort patrons of medical social workers Saint John Francis Regis patrons of medical technicians Saint Albert the Great patrons of mental hospitals or asylums Saint Dymphna patrons of midwives Saint Brigid of Ireland Saint Cosmas Saint Damian Saint Dorothy of Caesarea Saint Drogo Saint Margaret of Cortona Saint Peter Verona Saint Raymond Nonnatus patrons of nurses Raphael the Archangel Saint Agatha of Sicily Saint Alexius of Rome Saint Camillus of Lellis Saint Catherine of Alexandria Saint Catherine of Siena Saint John of God Saint Margaret of Antioch patrons of nursing homes Saint Elizabeth of Hungary patrons of nursing services Saint Catherine of Siena Saint Elizabeth of Hungary patrons of obstetricians Saint Raymond Nonnatus patrons of opticians Saint Hubert of Liege patrons of pharmacists, druggists and apothecaries Raphael the Archangel Saint Cosmas Saint Damian Saint Gemma Galgani Saint James the Greater Saint James the Lesser Saint Mary Magdalen Saint Nicholas of Myra patrons of physicians or medical doctors Raphael the Archangel Saint Cosmas Saint Damian Saint Joseph Moscati Saint Luke the Evangelist Saint Pantaleon patrons of public health Saint Martin de Porres patrons of surgeons Saint Cosmas Saint Damian Saint Foilan of Fosses Saint Luke the Evangelist Saint Roch patrons of veterinarians and animal doctors Saint Blaise Saint Eligius Saint Eligius Saint James the Greater

Saints who were Physicians

Blessed Gabriel of Saint Magdalen Blessed Ladislao Batthyány-Strattmann Saint Aemilianus the Martyr Saint Alexander of Vienne Saint Blaise Saint Caesarius of Nanzianzen Saint Codratus of Corinth Saint Cosmas Saint Cyrus the Physician Saint Damian Saint Gianna Beretta Molla Saint Giuse Hoàng Luong Canh Saint Joseph Moscati Saint Luke the Evangelist Saint Rene Goupil Saint Richard Pampuri Saint Ursicinus of Ravenna Saint Valentine of Rome

Saints of Medicine

The following Saints and Beati have connections to the medical field, either as patrons of medical topics, or having worked in the field. Note that by medical field I'm including support services and anyone who works to heal the sick and injured in body or mind.

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Saint Aemilianus the Martyr

Also known as

Emilian the Martyr

Memorial

6 December

Profile Physician. Martyred in the persecutions of the Arian Vandal king Huneric. Died

flayed alive in 484 somewhere in North Africa

Saint Agatha of Sicily

Memorial

5 February

Profile We have little reliable information about this martyr, who has been honoured since ancient times, and whose name is included in the canon of the Mass. Young, beautiful and rich, Agatha lived a life consecrated to God. When Decius announced the edicts against Christians, the magistrate Quinctianus tried to profit by Agatha's sanctity; he planned to blackmail her into sex in exchange for not charging her. Handed over to a brothel, she refused to accept customers. After rejecting Quinctianus's advances, she was beaten, imprisoned, tortured, her breasts were crushed and cut off. She told the judge, "Cruel man, have you forgotten your mother and the breast that nourished you, that you dare to mutilate me this way?" One version has it that Saint Peter healed her. She was then imprisoned again, then rolled on live coals; when she was near death, an earthquake stuck. In the destruction that followed, a friend of the magistrate was crushed, and the magistrate fled. Agatha thanked God for an end to her pain, and died.

Legend says that carrying her veil, taken from her tomb in Catania, in procession has averted eruptions of Mount Etna. Her intercession is reported to have saved Malta from Turkish invasion in 1551. saved Malta from Turkish invasion in 1551. Born

in prison at Catania or Palermo, Sicily (sources vary)

Died

martyred c.250 at Catania, Sicily by being rolled on coals

Name Meaning

good

Patronage

against breast cancer against breast disease against earthquakes against eruptions of Mount Etna against fire against natural disasters against sterility against volcanic eruptions Ali, Sicily, Italy bell-founders Capua, Italy Catania, Sicily, Italy fire prevention jewelers Malta martyrs nurses Palermo, Sicily, Italy rape victims San Marino single laywomen torture victims wet-nurses Zamarramala, Spain

Representation

breasts on a dish embers knife loaves of bread on a dish pincers shears tongs veil virgin martyr wearing a veil and bearing her severed breasts on a silver platter

Readings Jesus Christ, Lord of all things! You see my heart, you know my desires. Possess all that I am - you alone. I am your sheep; make me worthy to overcome the devil. - Saint Agatha

Lord, my creator, you have protected me since I was in the cradle. You have taken me from the love of the world and given me patience to suffer. Now receive my spirit. - Saint Agatha

My fellow Christians, our annual celebration of a martyr's feast has brought us together. Agatha achieved renown in the early Church for her noble victory. For her, Christ's death was recent, his blood was still moist. Her robe is the mark of her faithful witness to Christ. Agatha, the name of our saint, means "good." She was truly good, for she lived as a child of God. Agatha, her goodness coincides with her name and her way of life. She won a good name by her noble deeds, and by her name she points to the nobility of those deeds. Agatha, her mere name wins all men over to her company. She teaches them by her example to hasten with her to the true Good, God alone. - from a homily on Saint Agatha by Saint Methodius of Sicily

Saint Albert Magnus

Also known as Albertus Magnus Doctor Expertus Doctor Universalis

Memorial

15 November

Profile Son of a military nobleman. Dominican. Priest. Taught theology at Cologne, Germany, and Paris, France. Teacher of Saint Thomas Aquinas. Influential teacher, preacher, and administrator. Bishop of Regensburg, Germany. Introduced Greek and Arabic science and philosophy to medieval Europe. Known for his wide interest in what became known later as the natural sciences - botany, biology, etc. Wrote and illustrated guides to his observations, and was considered on a par with Aristotle as an authority on these matters. Theological writer. Doctor of the Church. Born

1206 at Lauingen an der Donau, Swabia (part of modern Germany)

Died

15 November 1280 at Cologne, Prussia (part of modern Germany)

Beatified

1622 by Pope Gregory XV

Canonized

1931 by Pope Pius XI

Patronage

Cincinnati, Ohio, archdiocese of medical technicians natural sciences philosophers schoolchildren scientists students theology students

Representation

man dressed as a Dominican bishop lecturing from a pulpit man arguing with Saint Thomas Aquinas

Prayers Dear Scientist and Doctor of the Church, natural science always led you to the higher science of God. Though you had an encyclopedic knowledge, it never made you proud, for you regarded it as a gift of God. Inspire scientists to use their gifts well in studying the wonders of creation, thus bettering the lot of the human race and rendering greater glory to God. Amen. Readings It is by the path of love, which is charity, that God draws near to man, and man to God. But where charity is not found, God cannot dwell. If, then, we possess charity, we possess God, for "God is Charity" (1 John 4:8) Saint Albert the Great

"Do this in remembrance of me." Two things should be noted here. The first is the command that we should use this sacrament, which is indicated when Jesus says, "Do this." The second is that this sacrament commemorates the Lord's going to death for our sake. This sacrament is profitable because it grants remission of sins; it is most useful because it bestows the fullness of grace on us in this life. "The Father of spirits instructs us in what is useful for our sanctification." And his sanctification is in Christ's sacrifice, that is, when he offers himself in this sacrament to the Father for our redemption to us for our use. Christ could not have commanded anything more beneficial, for this sacrament is the fruit of the tree of life. Anyone who receives this sacrament with the devotion of sincere faith will never taste death. "It is a tree of life for those who grasp it, and blessed is he who holds it fast. The man who feeds on me shall live on account of me." Nor could he have commanded anything more lovable, for this sacrament produces love and union. It is characteristic of the greatest love to give itself as food. "Had not the men of my text exclaimed: Who will feed us with his flesh to satisfy our hunger? as if to say: I have loved them and they have loved me so much that I desire to be within them, and they wish to receive me so that they may become my members. There is no more intimate or more natural means for them to be united to me, and I to them. Nor could he have commanded anything which is more like eternal life. Eternal life flows from this sacrament because God with all sweetness pours himself out upon the blessed. - from a commentary by Saint Albert the Great on the Gospel of Luke

Saint Alexander of Vienne

Memorial

2 June 2 June

Profile Physician in Vienne, Gaul. Adult convert to Christianity. Friend of Saint Pothinus. Arrested for his faith during the persecutions of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, he was tortured and executed. One of the Martyrs of Lyons and Vienne. Died

martyred in 177

Saint Alexius of Rome

Also known as

Alexis of Rome The Man of God

Memorial

17 July (Western calendar) 17 March (Eastern calendar)

Profile The only son of a wealthy Christian Roman senator. The young man wanted to devote himself to God, but his parents arranged a marriage for him. On his wedding day his fiancee agreed to release him and let him follow his vocation. He fled his parent's home disguised as a beggar, and lived near a church in Syria. A vision of Our Lady at the church pointed him out as exceptionally holy, calling him the "Man of God". This drew attention to him, which caused him to return to Rome, Italy where he would not be known. He came as a beggar to his own home. His parents did not recognize him, but were kind to all the poor, and let him stay there. Alexis lived for seventeen years in a corner under the stairs, praying, and teaching catechism to small children. At his death an unseen voice was heard to proclaim him 'The Man of God', and afterwards his family found a note on his body which told them who he was and how he had lived his life of penance from the day of his wedding until then, for the love of God. Died

early 5th century

Patronage

Alexians beggars belt makers nurses pilgrims travellers

Representation

dying man with a letter in his hand man holding a ladder man in a pilgrim's habit holding a staff man lying beneath a staircase man lying on a mat

Saint Aloyius Gonzaga

Also known as

Aluigi Gonzaga Luigi Gonzaga

Memorial

21 June

Profile Italian noble who grew up in a castle, the son of a compulsive gambler. Cousin of Saint Rudolph Acquaviva. Trained from age four as a soldier and courtier. He suffered from kidney disease, which he considered a blessing as it left him bed-ridden with time for prayer. While still a boy himself, he taught catechism to poor boys. He received his First Communion from Saint Charles Borromeo. At age 18, Aloysius signed away his legal claim to his family's lands and title to his brother, and became a Jesuit novice. Spiritual student of Saint Robert Bellarmine. Tended plague victims in Rome, Italy in the outbreak of 1591 during which he caught the disease that killed him at age 23. which he caught the disease that killed him at age 23. Born

9 March 1568 in the family castle of Castiglione delle Stivieri in Montua, Lombardy, Italy

Died

20-21 June 1591 at Rome, Italy of plague, fever, and desire to see God relics entombed under the altar of Saint Ignatius Church, Rome

Beatified

19 October 1605 Pope Paul V (cultus confirmed) 1621 by Pope Gregory XV

Canonized

31 December 1726 by Pope Benedict XIII

Patronage

against sore eyes AIDS care-givers AIDS patients Castiglione delle Stiviere, Italy Catholic youth Jesuit students relief from pestilence teenage children teenagers Valmonte, Italy young people

Representation

skull lilies

Readings There is no more evident sign that anyone is a saint and of the number of the elect, than to see him leading a good life and at the same time a prey to desolation, suffering, and trials. - Saint Aloysius Gonzaga

He who wishes to love God does not truly love Him if he has not an ardent and constant desire to suffer for His sake. - Saint Aloysius Gonzaga

O Holy Mary! My Mother; into thy blessed trust and special custody, and into the bosom of thy mercy, I this day, and every day, and in the hour of my death, commend my soul and body. To thee I commit all my anxieties and sorrows, my life and the end of my life, that by they most holy intercession, and by thy merits, all my actions may be directed and governed by thy will and that of thy Son. - Saint Aloysius Gonzaga

May the comfort and grace of the Holy Spirit be yours for ever, most honored lady. Your letter found me lingering still in this region of the dead, but now I must rouse myself to make my way on to heaven at last, and to praise God for ever in the land of the living; indeed I had hoped that before this time my journey there would have been over. If charity, as Saint Paul says, means "to weep with those who weep and rejoice with those who are glad," then, dearest mother, you shall rejoice exceedingly that God in his grace and his love for you is showing me the path to true happiness, and assuring me that I shall never lose him. Take care above all things, most honored lady, not to insult God's boundless loving kindness; you would certainly do this if you mourned as dead one living face to face with God, one whose prayers can bring you in your troubles more powerful aid than they ever could on earth. And our parting will not be for long; we shall see each other again in heaven; we shall be united with our Savior; there we shall praise him with heart and soul, sing of his mercies for ever, and enjoy eternal happiness. - from a letter to his mother by Saint Aloysius Gonzaga

Saint Apollonia of Alexandria

Also known as

Apolline of Alexandria

Memorial

9 February

Profile Consecrated virgin. Deaconess. During an anti-Christian uprising in Alexandria, Egypt caused by a pagan prophecy, the mob seized Apollonia as a leader among the local Christians. After her teeth were broken with pincers, she was given the choice of renouncing Christ or being burned alive; she lept onto the fire herself. Martyr. Died

burned to death c.249 at Alexandria, Egypt

Patronage

Achterbos, Belgium against tooth disease against toothache Ariccia, Italy Cuccaro Monferrato, Italy dentists

Representation

deaconess holding a set of pincers which often holds a tooth gilded tooth pincers grabbing a tooth pincers tooth and a palm branch tooth woman wearing a golden tooth on a chain

Saint Basil the Great

Also known as

Basil of Caesarea Father of Eastern Monasticism

Memorial

2 January (Roman Catholic; Anglican Church; Lutheran Church) 15 January (Coptic Orthodox Church; Ethiopian Orthodox) 30 January (Eastern Orthodox; Byzantine Rite as part of the Synaxis of the Three Holy Hierarchs 14 June (Episcopal Church; Roman Catholic prior to 1969)

Profile Born to the nobility, his was a pious family - his mother, father, and four of his nine siblings were canonized, including Saint Gregory of Nyssa. Grandson of Saint Macrina the Elder. As a youth Basil was noted for organizing famine relief, and for working in the kitchens himself, quite unusual for a young noble.

He studied in Constantinople and Athens with his friend Saint Gregory Nazianus. Ran a school of oratory and law in Caesarea. Basil was so successful, so sought after as a speaker, that he was tempted by pride. Fearful that it would overtake his piety, he sold all that he had, gave away the money, and became a priest and monk.

Founded monasteries and drew up rules for monks living in the desert; he is considered as key to the founding of eastern monasticism as Saint Benedict of Nursia was to the west. Bishop and Archbishop of Caesarea. Conducted Mass and preached to the crowds twice each day. Fought Arianism. Greek Doctor of the Church. Father of the Church. Born

329 at Caesarea, Asia Minor (modern Turkey)

Died

1 January 379 at Caesarea, Asia Minor (modern Turkey) of natural causes

Patronage

Cappadocia hospital administrators reformers Russia

Representation

carrying a scroll or book, referring to his influential writings supernatural fire, often with a dove nearby Readings O sinner, be not discouraged, but have recourse to Mary in all you necessities. Call her to your assistance, for such is the divine Will that she should help in every kind of necessity. - Saint Basil the Great

The bread which you use is the bread of the hungry; the garment hanging in your wardrobe is the garment of him who is naked; the shoes you do not wear are the shoes of the one who is barefoot; the acts of charity that you do not perform are so many injustices that you commit. - Saint Basil

Let us raise ourselves from our fall and not give up hope as long as we are free from sin. Jesus Christ came into this world to save sinners. 'Come, let us adore and prostrate ourselves and weep before him' (Psalm 95:6). The Word calls us to repentance, crying out: 'Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened and I will refresh you' (Matthew 11:28). There is, then, a way to salvation if we are willing to follow it" - from a letter by Saint Basil the Great

Envy is a gnawing pain which springs from the success and prosperity of another; and this is the reason why the envious are never exempt from trouble and vexation. If an abundant harvest fills the granaries of a neighbor, if success crowns his efforts, the envious man is chagrined and sad. If one man can boast of prudence, talent, and eloquence; if another is rich, and is very liberal to the poor, if good works are praised by all around, the envious man is shocked and grieved. The envious, however, dare not speak; although envy makes them counterfeit gladness, their hearts are sore within. If you ask him what vexes him, he dare not tell the reason. It is not really the happiness of his friend that annoys him, neither is it his gaiety that makes him sad, nor is he sorry to see his friend prosper; but it is that he is persuaded that the prosperity of others is the cause of his misery. This is what the envious would be forced to acknowledge, if they spoke the truth sincerely; but because they dare not confess so shameful a sin, they, in secret, feed a sore which tortures them and eats away their rest. As the shadow ever accompanies the pedestrian when walking in the sun, so envy throws its shadow on those who are successful in the world. - Saint Basil, from "De Individia"

Saint Blaise

Also known as

Biagio Blase Blasius

Memorial

3 February

Profile Physician. Bishop of Sebaste, Armenia. Lived in a cave on Mount Argeus. Healer of men and animals; according to legend, sick animals would come to him on their own for help, but would never disturb him at prayer.

Agricola, governor of Cappadocia, came to Sebaste to persecute Christians. His huntsmen went into the forests of Argeus to find wild animals for the arena games, and found many waiting outside Blaise's cave. Discovered in prayer, Blaise was arrested, and Agricola tried to get him to recant his faith. While in prison, Blaise ministered to and healed fellow prisoners, including saving a child who was choking on a fish bone; this led to the blessing of throats on Blaise's feast day.

Thrown into a lake to drown, Blaise stood on the surface and invited his persecutors to walk out and prove the power of their gods; they drowned. When he returned to land, he was martyred by being beaten, his flesh torn with wool combs (which led to his association with and patronage of those involved in the wool trade), and then beheading.

Blaise has been extremely popular for centuries in both the Eastern and Western Churches. In 1222 the Council of Oxford prohibited servile labour in England on his feast. He is one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers Born

Armenian

Died

flesh torn by iron wool-combs, then beheaded c.316

Patronage

against coughs against goitres against throat diseases against whooping cough against wild beasts Anguillara Sabazia, Italy animals Bovolone, Italy builders Camastra, Sicily, Italy Camastra, Sicily, Italy carvers Cassano allo Ionio, Italy Castellania, Italy construction workers Dalmatia Doues, Italy Dubrovnik, Croatia healthy throats Militello, Sicily, Italy Montecatini Val di Cecina, Italy Palombara Sabina, Italy Pietrasanta, Italy Sacrofano, Italy stonecutters veterinarians wool-combers wool weavers

Representation

wool comb representing the item used to torture him hermit tending wild animals candle iron comb man healing a choking boy man with two candles two candles two crossed candles wax

Readings Through the intercession of Saint Blaise, bishop and martyr, may God deliver you from ailments of the throat and from every other evil. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. - blessing of Saint Blaise

Saint Brigid of Ireland

Also known as

Bride Bride of the Isles Bridget of Ireland Bridget Brigid of Kildare Brigit Ffraid Mary of the Gael

Memorial

1 February 10 June (translation of relics)

Profile Daughter of Dubtach, pagan Scottish king of Leinster, and Brocca, a Christian Pictish slave who had been baptized by Saint Patrick. Just before Brigid's birth, her mother was sold to a Druid landowner. Brigid remained with her mother till she was old enough to serve her legal owner Dubtach, her father.

She grew up marked by her high spirits and tender heart, and as a child, she heard Saint Patrick preach, which she never forgot. She could not bear to see anyone hungry or cold, and to help them, often gave away things that were Dubtach's. When Dubtach protested, she replied that "Christ dwelt in every creature". Dubtach tried to sell her to the King of Leinster, and while they bargained, she gave a treasured sword of her father's to a leper. Dubtach was about to strike her when Brigid explained she had given the sword to God through the leper, because of its great value. The King, a Christian, forbade Dubtach to strike her, saying "Her merit before God is greater than ours". Dubtach solved this domestic problem by giving Brigid her freedom.

Brigid's aged mother was in charge of her master's dairy. Brigid took charge ,and often gave away the produce. But the dairy prospered under her (hence her patronage of milk maids, dairy workers, cattle, etc.), and the Druid freed Brigid's mother.

Brigid returned to her father, who arranged a marriage for her with a young bard. Bride refused, and to keep her virginity, went to her Bishop, Saint Mel of Ardagh, and took her first vows. Legend says that she prayed that her beauty be taken from her so no one would seek her hand in marriage; her prayer was Ardagh, and took her first vows. Legend says that she prayed that her beauty be taken from her so no one would seek her hand in marriage; her prayer was granted, and she regained her beauty only after making her vows. Another tale says that when Saint Patrick heard her final vows, he mistakenly used the form for ordaining priests. When told of it he replied, "So be it, my son, she is destined for great things."

Her first convent started c.468 with seven nuns. At the invitation of bishops, she started convents all over Ireland. She was a great traveller, especially considering the conditions of the time, which led to her patronage of travellers, sailors, etc. Brigid invented the double monastery, the monastery of Kildara, which means Church of the Oak, that she ran on the Liffey river being for both monks and nuns. Saint Conleth became its first bishop; this connection and the installation of a bell that lasted over 1000 years apparently led to her patronage of blacksmiths and those in related fields. Born

453 at Faughart, County Louth, Ireland

Died

1 February 523 at Kildare, Ireland of natural causes interred in the Kildare cathedral relics transferred to Downpatrick, Ireland in 878 where they were interred with those of Saint Patrick and Saint Columba relics re-discovered on 9 June 1185 head removed to Jesuit church in Lisbon, Portugal

Name Meaning

fiery arrow (= brigid)

Patronage

babies blacksmiths boatmen cattle chicken farmers children whose parents are not married dairymaids dairy workers Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland fugitives infants Ireland Ivrea, Turin, Italy Leinster, Ireland mariners midwives milk maids newborn babies nuns poets poultry farmers poultry raisers printing presses sailors scholars travellers watermen

Representation

abbess, usually holding a lamp or candle, often with a cow nearby

Readings I would like the angels of Heaven to be among us. I would like an abundance of peace. I would like full vessels of charity. I would like rich treasures of mercy. I would like cheerfulness to preside over all. I would like Jesus to be present. I would like the three Marys of illustrious renown to be with us. I would like the friends of Heaven to be gathered around us from all parts. I would like myself to be a rent payer to the Lord; that I should suffer distress, that he would bestow a good blessing upon me. I would like a great lake of beer for the King of Kings. I would like to be watching Heaven's family drinking it through all eternity. - Saint Brigid

Saint Caesarius of Nanzianzen

Memorial

25 February Profile Son of Saint Gregory of Nazianzen the Elder and Saint Nonna. Brother of Saint Gorgonia and Saint Gregory of Nazianzen. Studied in Caesarea, Cappadocia, and Alexandria, Egypt. Noted and skillful physician. He moved to Constantinople c.355 where he became wealthy in his profession. Served in the court of Emperor Julian the Apostate who tried to get Caesarius to renounce his faith. From there he moved to Bithynia where he served Emperor Valens as quaestor. Confirmed bachelor, though he had offers to marry into nobility. Upon his death he donated his entire estate to the poor. Born

c.329 in Arianzus

Died

c.369 of natural causes interred at Nazianzus

Patronage

bachelors

Saint Camillus of Lellis

Also known as

Camillus de Lellis Camillo de Lellis

Memorial

14 July

Profile Son of a military officer who had served both for Naples and France. His mother died when Camillus was very young. He spent his youth as a soldier, fighting for the Venetians against the Turks, and then for Naples. Reported as a large individual, perhaps as tall as 6'6" (2 metres), and powerfully built, but he suffered all his life from abscesses on his feet. A gambling addict, he lost so much he had to take a job working construction on a building belonging to the Capuchins; they converted him.

Camillus entered the Capuchin noviate three times, but a nagging leg injury, received while fighting the Turks, each time forced him to give it up. He went to Rome, Italy for medical treatment where Saint Philip Neri became his priest and confessor. He moved into San Giacomo Hospital for the incurable, and eventually became its administrator. Lacking education, he began to study with children when he was 32 years old. Priest. Founded the Congregation of the Servants of the Sick (the Camellians or Fathers of a Good Death) who, naturally, care for the sick both in hospital and home. The Order expanded with houses in several countries. Camillus honoured the sick as living images of Christ, and hoped that the service he gave them did penance for his wayward youth. Reported to have the gifts of miraculous healing and prophecy. Born

25 May 1550 at Bocchiavico, Abruzzi, kingdom of Naples, Italy

Died

14 July 1614 at Genoa, Italy of natural causes

Beatified

7 April 1742 by Pope Benedict XIV

Canonized

29 June 1746 by Pope Benedict XIV

Patronage

against bodily ills against illness against sickness hospitals hospital workers nurses sick people

Readings Think well. Speak well. Do well. These three things, through the mercy of God, will make a man go to Heaven. - Saint Camillus de Lellis Think well. Speak well. Do well. These three things, through the mercy of God, will make a man go to Heaven. - Saint Camillus de Lellis

Let me begin with holy charity. It is the root of all the virtues and Camillus' most characteristic trait. I can attest that he was on fire with this holy virtue - not only toward God, but also toward his fellow men, and especially toward the sick. The mere sight of the sick was enough to soften and melt his heart and make him utterly forget all the pleasures, enticements, and interests of this world. When he was taking care of his parents, he seemed to spend and exhaust himself completely, so great was his devotion and compassion. He would have loved to take upon himself all their illness, their every affliction, could he but ease their pain and relieve their weakness. In the sick he saw the person of Christ. His reverence in their presence was as a great as if he were really and truly in the presence of his Lord. To enkindle the enthusiasm of his religious brothers for this all-important virtue, he used to impress upon them the consoling words of Jesus Christ: "I was sick and you visited me." He seemed to have these words truly graven on his heart, so often did he say them over and over again. Great and all-embracing was Camillus' charity. Not only the sick and dying, but every other needy or suffering human being found shelter in his deep and kind concern. - from a biography of Saint Camillus by a contemporary

Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Also known as

Katherine of Alexandria Ekaterina of Alexandria Katharina von Alexandrien

Memorial

formerly 25 November removed from the calendar and cultus suppressed in 1969 24 November in Orthodox churches of Russian background

Profile Apocryphal. Born to the nobility. Learned in science and oratory. Converted to Christianity after receiving a vision. When she was 18 years old, during the persecution of Maximinus, she offered to debate the pagan philosophers. Many were converted by her arguments, and immediately martyred. Maximinus had her scourged and imprisoned. The empress and the leader of the army of Maximinus were amazed by the stories, went to see Catherine in prison. They converted and were martyred. Maximinus ordered her broken on the wheel, but she touched it and the wheel was destroyed. She was beheaded, and her body whisked away by angels.

Immensely popular during the Middle Ages, there were many chapels and churches devoted to her throughout western Europe, and she was reported as one of the divine advisors to Saint Joan of Arc. Her reputation for learning and wisdom led to her patronage of libaries, librarians, teachers, archivists, and anyone associated with wisdom or teaching. Her debating skill and persuasive language has led to her patronage of lawyers. And her torture on the wheel led to those who work with them asking for her intercession. One of the Fourteen Holy Helpers.

While there may well have been a noble, educated, virginal lady who swayed pagans with her rhetoric during the persecutions, the accretion of legend, romance and poetry has long since buried the real Catherine. Died

beheaded c.305 in Alexandria, Egypt

Name Meaning

pure one (= Catherine)

Patronage

Aalsum, Netherlands apologists craftsmen who work with a wheel (potters, spinners, etc.) archivists attornies barristers Bertinoro, Italy Camerata Picena, Italy Dumaguete, Philippines, diocese of dying people educators girls Heidesheim am Rhein, Germany jurists knife grinders knife sharpeners Kuldiga, Latvia lawyers librarians librarians libraries Mähring, Germany maidens mechanics millers nurses old maids philosophers potters preachers scholars schoolchildren scribes secretaries spinners spinsters stenographers students tanners teachers theologians turners University of Paris unmarried girls wheelwrights Zejtun, Malta Zurrieq, Malta

Representation

spiked wheel woman strapped to the spiked wheel on which she was martyred woman arguing with pagan philosophers

Saint Catherine of Siena

Also known as

Caterina Benincasa Catharine of Siena Katharine of Siena

Memorial

29 April

Profile Youngest child in a large family. At the age of six she had a vision in which Jesus appeared and blessed her. Her parents wanted her to marry, but she became a Dominican tertiary. Mystic. Stigmatist. Received a vision in which she was in a mystical marriage with Christ, and the Infant Christ presented her with a wedding ring. Counselor to Pope Gregory XI and Pope Urban VI. Proclaimed Doctor of the Church on 4 October 1970. Born

25 March 1347 at Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Died

29 April 1380 of a mysterious and painful illness that came on without notice, and was never properly diagnosed

Canonized

July 1461 by Pope Pius II

Patronage

against bodily ills against fire against illness against miscarriages against miscarriages against sexual temptation against sickness against temptations Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA, diocese of Europe (declared on 1 October 1999 by Pope John Paul II) fire prevention firefighters Italy nurses nursing services people ridiculed for their piety sick people Siena, Italy Theta Phi Alpha sorority Varazze, Italy

Representation

cross crown of thorns heart lily ring stigmata

Readings Charity is the sweet and holy bond which links the soul with its Creator: it binds God with man and man with God. - Saint Catherine of Siena

Eternal Trinity, Godhead, mystery deep as the sea, you could give me no greater gift than the gift of yourself. For you are a fire ever burning and never consumed, which itself consumes all the selfish love that fills my being. Yes, you are a fire that takes away the coldness, illuminates the mind with its light, and causes me to know your truth. And I know that you are beauty and wisdom itself. The food of angels, you gave yourself to man in the fire of your love. - from On Divine Providence by Saint Catherine of Siena

Everything comes from love, all is ordained for the salvation of man, God does nothing without this goal in mind. - Saint Catherine of Siena

Saint Codratus of Corinth

Memorial

10 March

Profile During the persecutions of Decius, Codratus and his mother fled to the forests of Greece. His mother died, and the boy grew up as a forest hermit. He later returned to the cities and studied medicine. During the persecution of Emperor Valerian, Codratus was finally arrested for his faith, tortured, and martyred with a group of fellow Christians. Born

Greek

Died

thrown to wild animals when they would not harm him, he was beheaded c.258

Saints Cosmas and Damian

Also known as

the Moneyless the Silverless Damiano

Memorial

26 September (Roman) 1 July, 17 October, 1 November (Greek) Profile Twin brothers. Physician, trained in Syria; the bothers accepted no payment for their services, and their charity brought many to Christ. Reported to have miraculously replaced the ulcered leg of a man named Justinian with one from a recently deceased man. Arrested during the persecutions of Diocletian, he was tortured, but suffered no injury. Martyr. Many fables grew up about the brothers, connected in part with the ability of their relics to heal. Born

3rd century, of Arabic descent

Died

tortured and beheaded c.303

Patronage

against blindness against hernias against pestilence Alberobello, Italy apothecaries barbers blind people chemical industry chemical manufacturers doctors druggists hairdressers hernia patients midwives Ossimo, Italy physicians pharmacists relief from pestilence surgeons

Representation

box of ointment phial medical emblems

Saint Cyrus the Physician

Also known as

Abba Cyrus Abbacyrus Cher the Physician

Memorial

31 January

Profile Physician in Alexandria, Egypt. His ministry to the sick, and the Christian example he set, brought many others to the faith. He, Saint John, Saint Athanasia, and her three daughters were tortured and martyred for their faith. Their story was told by Saint Sophronius and others. Died

beheaded in Canope, Egypt buried outside Canope relics translated to Manutha, Egypt relics translated to Saint Appassara church in Rome, Italy

Patronage

Portici, Italy

Saint Dorothy of Caesarea Also known as

Dora of Caesarea Dorothea of Caesarea

Memorial

formerly 6 February removed from revised Roman calendar and cultus suppressed in 1969

Profile Apochryphal martyr whose story has been beautifully told, and was popular for many years. Having made a personal vow of virginity, she refused to marry, or to sacrifice to idols. She was tried, tortured, and sentenced to death for her faith by the prefect Sapricius. The pagan lawyer Theophilus said to her in mockery, "Bride of Christ, send me some fruits from your bridegroom's garden." Before she was executed, she sent him, by a six-year-old boy who is thought to have been an angel, her headress which had the fragrance of roses and fruits. Seeing this gift, and the miraculous messenger who brought them, Theophilus converted, and was martyred himself. This story has been variously enlarged through the years. In some places, trees are blessed on her feast day because of her connection with a blooming, fruitful miracle. Died

martyred 6 February 311 at Caesarea, Cappodocia during the persecution of Diocletian

Name Meaning

gift of God (greek)

Patronage

brewers brides florists gardeners midwives newlyweds Pescia, Italy

Representation

crown of flowers crown of roses crowned with flowers and surrounded by stars as she kneels before the executioner crowned with palm and flower basket, surrounded by stars crowned and carrying a flower basket in an orchard with the Christ-child in an apple tree leading the Christ-child by the hand maiden carrying a basket of fruit and flowers, especially roses roses veiled, with flowers in her lap veiled, holding apples from heaven on a branch with a basket of fruit and the Christ-child riding a hobby horse with an angel and wreath of flowers with an angel carrying a basket of flowers

Saint Drogo

Also known as

Dreux Drugo Druon

Memorial

16 April

Profile Born to the Flemish nobility. His mother died giving him birth, a fact that emotionally crushed him when he learned of it at age 10; he imagined himself responsible for her death. Later in life he practiced extreme penances, possibly to expiate this guilt. Orphaned in his teens. At 18, he disposed of all his property and became a penitential pilgrim, making nine trips to Rome, Italy. Shepherd for six years at Sebourg, near Valencienne, France, working for Elizabeth de la Haire. Revered for his holiness. Reportedly able to bilocate, with witnesses seeing him simultaneously working the fields and attending Mass. Stricken with an Haire. Revered for his holiness. Reportedly able to bilocate, with witnesses seeing him simultaneously working the fields and attending Mass. Stricken with an unsightly bodily affliction during a pilgrimage, he became a hermit at Sebourg in Hainault for 40 years surviving on barley, water, and the Eucharist. Born

1105

Died

c.1186 at Seboug, France

Patronage

against bodily ills against broken bones, against deafness against dumbness against gall stones against hernias against illness against insanity, against mental illness, against muteness against ruptures against sickness Baume-les-Messieurs cattle coffee house keepers coffee house owners deaf people Fleury-sur-Loire mentally ill people midwives mute people mutes orphans sheep shepherds sick people unattractive people

Representation

Benedictine with sheep

Saint Dymphna

Also known as

Dympna Dimpna

Memorial

15 May

Profile Daughter of a pagan Irish chieftain named Damon, and a beautiful devoted Christian woman whose name has not come down to us. Her mother died when Dymphna was a teenager. Her father searched the Western world for a woman to replace his wife, but none could. Returning home, he saw that his daughter was as beautiful as her mother, and maddened by grief, he made advances on her. She fought him off, then fled to Belgium with Saint Gerebernus, an elderly priest and family friend.

Dymphna's father searched for them, and his search led to Belgium. There an innkeeper refused to accept his money, knowing it was difficult to exchange. This told Damon that his daughter was close - it would be unusual for a village innkeeper to know a lot about foreign currency, and his knowledge indicated that had recently seen it. The king concentrated his search in the area. When he found them in Gheel, he beheaded Gerebernus, and demanded that Dymphna surrender to him. She refused, and he killed her in a rage.

The site where she died is known for its miraculous healings of the insane and possessed. There is now a well-known institution on the site, and her relics are reported to cure insanity and epilepsy. Patronage Patronage

against sleepwalking against epilepsy against insanity against mental disorders against mental illness epileptics family happiness incest victims loss of parents martyrs mental asylums mental health caregivers mental health professionals mental hospitals mentally ill people nervous disorders neurological disorders possessed people princesses psychiatrists rape victims runaways sleepwalkers therapists

Representation

being beheaded by the king kneeling at Mass while her father murders the priest Gerebernus lamp praying in a cloud surrounded by a group of lunatics bound with golden chains princess holding a lamp and sword princess with a sword holding the devil on a leash young woman with Saint Gerebernus

Readings Lord, our God, you graciously chose Saint Dymphna as patroness of those afflicted with mental and nervous disorders. She is thus an inspiration and a symbol of charity to the thousands who ask her intercession. Please grant, Lord, through the prayers of this pure youthful martyr, relief and consolation to all suffering such trials, and especially those for whom we pray. (Here mention those for whom you wish to pray). We beg you, Lord, to hear the prayers of Saint Dymphna on our behalf. Grant all those for whom we pray patience in their sufferings and resignation to your divine will. Please fill them with hope, and grant them the relief and cure they so much desire. We ask this through Christ our Lord who suffered agony in the garden. Amen.

Saint Eligius

Also known as

Eligius of Noyon Eloi Eloy Loy

Memorial

1 December

Profile Son of Eucherius and Terrigia. Extremely skillful metalsmith. Apprenticed to the master of the mint at Limoges, France. Treasurer at Marseilles, France. Master of the mint under King Clotaire II in Paris, France; a close friend of and advisor to Clotaire. Noted for his piety, hard work and honesty, Eligius was generous to the poor, ransomed slaves (including Saint Tillo of Solignac), built churches, a monastery at Solignac, France, and a major convent in Paris. It was said that you could easily find his house by the number of poor people there that he was caring for. Counselor to and diplomat for King Dagobert I. Friend of Saint Ouen of Rouen with whom he formed a small religious society. Persuaded Breton King Judicael to accept the authority of Dagobert.

Ordained in 640. Bishop of Noyon, France and Tournai, Belgium in 641. Built the basilica of Saint Paul. Preacher in Antwerp, Ghent, and Courtai in Belgium, with many converts, generally brought to the faith by his example of charity and work with the poor and sick. Friend and spiritual teacher of Saint Godeberta. Encouraged devotion to the saints and reverence for their relics; he discovered the relics of Saint Quentin, Saint Piaton, and Saint Lucian of Beauvais, and made many reliquaries himself. Miracle worker with the gifts of clairvoyance and prophecy; he foresaw the date of his own death. Beauvais, and made many reliquaries himself. Miracle worker with the gifts of clairvoyance and prophecy; he foresaw the date of his own death.

He has become the traditional patron of all smiths, metal workers, and craftsmen. His patronage of horses and the people who work with them stems first from his patronage of smiths and craftmen, but also from his having left a horse to a priest at his death. The new bishop liked the horse, and took it from the priest. The horse became sick, but recovered immediately when it was returned to the priest that Eligius had chosen. There is also a legend of Eligius removing a horse's leg in order to easy shoe it, then putting the leg back in place. In some places horses are blessed on his feast day. Through the years, horse-drawn cabs were replaced by motorized ones, and stables were supplanted by garages and gas stations, but the patronage of the people who do those jobs and work in those places has remained. Born

588 at Catelat, near Limoges, France

Died

1 December 660 at Noyon, France of high fever interred in the cathedral of Noyon

Patronage

agricultural workers blacksmiths boilermakers cab drivers cabmen carriage makers cart makers cartwrights clock makers coin collectors craftsmen cutlers farm workers farmers farriers garage workers gas station workers gilders gold workers goldsmiths harness makers horses horseshoe makers jewelers jockeys knife makers laborers locksmiths metal collectors metal workers metalsmiths miners minters minting numismatics numismatists precious metal collectors REME Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers saddle makers saddlers sick horses taxi drivers tool makers veterinarians watch makers wheelwrights

Representation

anvil anvil bishop with a crosier in his right hand, on the open palm of his left a miniature church of chased gold bishop with a hammer, anvil, and horseshoe bishop with a horse courtier goldsmith hammer horseshoe man grasping a devil's nose with pincers man holding a chalice and goldsmith's hammer man holding a horse's leg, which he detached from the horse in order to shoe it more easily man shoeing a horse man with hammer and crown near a smithy man with hammer, anvil, and Saint Anthony pincers with Saint Godebertha giving a ring to Saint Godebertha working as a goldsmith

Saint Elizabeth of Hungary

Also known as

Elizabeth of Thuringia Elisabeth of Thuringia Elisabeth of Hungary

Memorial

17 November

Profile Princess, the daughter of King Andrew of Hungary. Great-aunt of Saint Elizabeth of Portugal. She married Prince Louis of Thuringa at age 13. Built a hospital at the foot of the mountain on which her castle stood; tended to the sick herself. Her family and courtiers opposed this, but she insisted she could only follow Christ's teachings, not theirs. Once when she was taking food to the poor and sick, Prince Louis stopped her and looked under her mantle to see what she was carrying; the food had been miraculously changed to roses. Upon the death of Louis, Elizabeth sold all that she had, and worked to support her four children. Her gifts of bread to the poor, and of a large gift of grain to a famine stricken Germany, led to her patronage of bakers and related fields. Born

1207 at Presburg, Hungary

Died

1231 at Marburg of natural causes her relics, including her skull wearing a gold crown she had worn in life, are preserved at the convent of Saint Elizabeth in Vienna, Austria

Name Meaning

worshipper of God

Canonized

27 May 1235 by Pope Gregory IX at Perugia, Italy

Patronage

against in-law problems against the death of children against toothache bakers beggars brides charitable societies charitable workers charities countesses Erfurt, Germany, diocese of exiles falsely accused people falsely accused people hoboes homeless people hospitals Jaro, Philippines, archdiocese of lacemakers lace workers nursing homes nursing services people in exile people ridiculed for their piety Sisters of Mercy tertiaries Teutonic Knights tramps widows

Representation

woman wearing a crown and tending to beggars woman wearing a crown, carrying a load of roses in her apron or mantle

Readings Elizabeth was a lifelong friend of the poor and gave herself entirely to relieving the hungry. She ordered that one of her castle should be converted into a hospital in which she gathered many of the weak and feeble. She generously gave alms to all who were in need, not only in that place but in all the territories of her husband's empire. She spent all her own revenue from her husband's four principalities, and finally she sold her luxurious possessions and rich clothes for the sake of the poor.

Twice a day, in the morning and in the evening, Elizabeth went to visit the sick. She personally cared for those who were particularly repulsive; to some she gave good, to others clothing; some she carried on her own shoulders, and performed many other kindly services. Her husband, of happy memory, gladly approved of these charitable works. Finally, when her husband died, she sought the highest perfection; filled with tears, she implored me to let her beg for alms from door to door.

On Good Friday of that year, when the altars had been stripped, she laid her hands on the altar in a chapel in her own town, where she had established the Friars Minor, and before witnesses she voluntarily renounced all worldly display and everything that our Savior in the gospel advises us to abandon. Even then she saw that she could still be distracted by the cares and worldly glory which had surrounded her while her husband was alive. Against my will she followed me to Marburg. Here in the town she built a hospice where she gathered together the weak and the feeble. There she attended the most wretched and contemptible at her own table.

Apart from those active good works, I declare before God that I have seldom seen a more contemplative woman.

Before her death I heard her confession. When I asked what should be done about her goods and possessions, she replied that anything which seemed to be hers belonged to the poor. She asked me to distribute everything except one worn-out dress in which she wished to be buried. When all this had been decided, she received the body of our Lord. Afterward, until vespers, she spoke often of the holiest things she had heard in sermons. Then, she devoutly commended to God all who were sitting near her, and as if falling into a gentle sleep, she died. - from a letter by Conrad of Marburg, spiritual director of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary

Saint Erhard of Regensburg

Also known as

Albert of Regensburg Erhart of Regensburg Erhard von Regensburg Erhard of Ratisbon

Memorial

8 January

Profile Missionary bishop. Evangelized in Bavaria, Germany working mainly around modern Regensburg. Assisted the archbishop of Trier, Germany. Bishop of Regensburg. Miracle worker. Baptized Saint Odilia of Alsace, which cured her congenital blindness. After his death a group of women formed a religious group called Erardinonnen (Nuns of Erhard) to pray perpetually at Erhard's tomb; Pope Leo IX gave them his approval, and they continued until the Reformation. Born

7th century Irish

Died c.686 of natural causes interred at Regensburg, Germany his crozier is preserved as a relic in the parish church in Neidemunster

Patronage

against cattle diseases against eye diseases against eye problems against plague bakers cobblers hospitals shoemakers

Representation

bishop baptizing Saint Odilia of Alsace bishop with a book on which sit two eyes

Saint Foilan of Fosses

Also known as

Faelan of Fosses Faillan of Fosses Faolan of Fosses Feuillien of Fosses Foalan of Fosses Foelan of Fosses

Memorial

16 January in Fosses 31 October in Namur 5 November in the dioceses of Mechlin and Tournai

Profile Brother of Saint Fursey of Peronne and Saint Ultan. Travelled with them from Ireland to East Anglia, England c.630 where they worked as missionaries, and established the monastery of Burgh Castle near Yarmouth. Abbot of the community at Cnoberesburg, Suffolk, England in the 640s, a house founded by his brother Fursey. During a war between the Mercians and Anglo-Saxons c.650, the house was destroyed, the brothers killed, captured or dispersed. Foillan ransomed back his brothers, collected the surviving relics, books and liturgical equipage from the house, and travelled to France.

He and his brothers were welcomed and encouraged in their evangelization by King Clovis II. Foillan founded a monastery at Fosses, diocese of Liege, Belgium, c.653 on land donated by Saint Itta of Nivelles and Saint Gertrude of Nivelles. He served as its abbot, and the area around it grew to the modern town of Le Roeulx, Belgium. Chaplain and spiritual director at the house founded by Saint Gertrude. Evangelized the Brabants in the region. Popular preacher and devoted pastor to his people. Murdered with three companions on the road by bandits; as he was travelling on Church business, he is often considered a martyr. His remaining brother, Saint Ultan, then took over as abbot of Fosses. Born

7th century Ireland

Died

murdered 31 October 655 in the forest near Nivelles, Belgium bodies found three months later buried at the abbey of Fosses, Belgium

Patronage

children's nurses dentists Fosses, Belgium surgeons truss makers

Representation Irish bishop with a palm of martyrdom carrying hot coals in his vestment for incense kneeling, pierced by a spear one of a group of travellers beaten with a club praying before the church while the city burns refusing the cup at the table of Pepin to show his refusal of worldly things with a crown at his feet to indicate his disdain for worldly things with a sword and palm of martyrdom

Readings Pagan robbers bestowed upon thee the crown of martyrdom, O righteous Foillan, for thy life was a reproach to the impious and cruel men. Having laboured with thy holy brother, our Father Fursey, in East Anglia and later in the Netherlands, pray to God for us, we beseech thee, that both in word and deed our lives may be a missionary witness, that we may be found worthy of His great mercy. - Orthdox dismissal hymn on the feast of Saint Foillan

Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini

Also known as

Francesca Saverio Cabrini

Memorial

22 December

Profile One of thirteen children raised on a farm. She received a convent education, and training as a teacher. She tried to join the order at age 18, but poor health prevented her taking the veil. A priest asked her to teach at a girl's school, the House of Providence Orphanage in Cadagono, Italy, which she did for six years. She took religious vows in 1877, and acquitted herself so well at her work that when the orphanage closed in 1880, her bishop asked her to found the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart to care for poor children in schools and hospitals. Pope Leo XIII then sent her to the United States to carry on this mission.

She and six Sisters arrived in New York in 1889. They worked among immigrants, especially Italians. Mother Cabrini founded 67 institutions, including schools, hospitals, and orphanages in the United States, Europe and South America. Like many of the people she worked with, Mother became a United States citizen during her life, and after her death she was the first US citizen to be canonized. Born

15 July 1850 at Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, Lombardy, Italy

Died

22 December 1917 at Chicago, Illinois of malaria interred at 701 Fort Washington Avenue, New York, New York

Venerated

21 November 1937 by Pope Pius XI (decree on heroic virtues)

Beatified

13 November 1938 by Pope Pius XI her beatification miracle involved the restoration of sight to a child who had been blinded by excess silver nitrate in the eyes

Canonized

7 July 1946 by Pope Pius XII her canonization miracle involved the healing of a terminally ill nun

Patronage

against malaria emigrants hospital administrators immigrants orphans

Readings We must pray without tiring, for the salvation of mankind does not depend on material success; nor on sciences that cloud the intellect. Neither does it depend on arms and human industries, but on Jesus alone. - Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini

Inspired by the grace of god, we join the saints in honoring the holy virgin Frances Xavier Cabrini. She was a humble woman who became outstanding not Inspired by the grace of god, we join the saints in honoring the holy virgin Frances Xavier Cabrini. She was a humble woman who became outstanding not because she was famous or rich or powerful, but because she lived a virtuous life. From the tender years of her youth, she kept her innocence as white as a lily and preserved it carefully with the thorns of penitence; as the years progressed, she was moved by a certain instinct and supernatural zeal to dedicate her whole life to the service and greater glory of God. She welcomed delinquent youths into safe homes, and taught them to live upright and holy lives. She consoled those who were in prison, and recalled to them the hope of eternal life. She encouraged prisoners to reform themselves, and to live honest lives. She comforted the sick and the infirm in the hospitals, and diligently cared for them. She extended a friendly and helping hand especially to immigrants, and offered them necessary shelter and relief, for having left their homeland behind, they were wandering about in a foreign land with no place to turn for help. Because of their condition, she saw that they were in danger of deserting the practice of Christian virtues and their Catholic faith. Undoubtedly she accomplished all this through the faith which was always so vibrant and alive in her heart; through the divine love which burned within her; and finally, through constant prayer by which she was so closely united with God from whom she humbly asked and obtained whatever her human weakness could not obtain. Although her constitution was very frail, her spirit was endowed with such singular strength that, knowing the will of God in her regard, she permitted nothing to impede her from accomplishing what seemed beyond her strength. - from a homily at the Canonization of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini by Pope Pius XII

Blessed Gabriel of Saint Magdalen

Also known as

Gabriel of the Magdalene Gabriel Tarazona Rodriguez

Memorial

3 September

Profile Franciscan lay brother. Assigned to Manila, Philippines in 1612 where he studied medicine. Beginning in 1622, he spent a decade ministering to the sick in Japan in a time when Christianity was outlawed. He was eventually arrested for his faith and martyred. Born

at Fonseca, New Castile, Spain

Died

burned alive on 3 September 1632 at Nagasaki, Japan

Venerated

26 February 1866 by Pope Blessed Pius IX (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

7 May 1867 by Pope Blessed Pius IX

Saint Gemma Galgani

Also known as

Flower of Lucca Gemma Galani Maria Gemma Umberta Pia Galgani Virgin of Lucca

Memorial

11 April

Profile Eldest daughter of a poor pharmacist; her mother died when Gemma was seven, her father when the girl was eighteen, and she took over the care of her seven brothers and sisters. Her health was always poor, and between that and her home life she never finished school. Cured in her 20's of spinal meningitis by prayers to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, and Saint Marguerite Marie Alacoque. Rejected by the religious orders to which she applied as they were concerned about her health, would not believe her cure, and were suspicious of the claims of a miracle. She became a Passionist tertiary. Stigmatist, receiving the wounds on her hands and feet each Thursday evening through Friday afternoon starting in June 1899 and continuing into 1901. Visionary; she saw her guardian angel daily, and had visits from Jesus, Mary, Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, and the devil who tempted her to spit on the cross and break a rosary. Venerable Germanus Ruoppolo was her spiritual director and wrote her biography. Born

12 March 1878 at Borgo Nuovo di Camigliano, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy

Died Died

Holy Saturday, 11 April 1903 at Borgo Nuovo di Camigliano, Lucca, Italy of tuberculosis relics interred in the Passionist monastery, Lucca

Venerated

29 November 1931 by Pope Pius XI

Beatified

14 May 1933 by Pope Pius XI

Canonized

2 May 1940 by Pope Pius XII her canonization faced stiff opposition by those who either disbelieved or wished to avoid attention to her visions and stigmata recognition celebrated at Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy

Patronage

against temptations against the death of parents against tuberculosis apothecaries druggists pharmacists students

Representation

guardian angel heavenly gaze lillies and roses Passionist robe stigmata

Readings If I saw the gates of Hell open and I stood on the brink of the abyss, I should not despair, I should not lose hope of mercy, because I should trust in You, my God. - Saint Gemma Galgani

O my soul, bless Jesus. Never forget the many graces He has given thee. Love that God who so loves thee. Lift thyself up to Him, who has lowered Himself for thee; show thyself as He shows Himself with thee; be clean of heart, be pure. Love thy Jesus, who has lifted thee out of so much misery. Love thy God, bless thy Lord - Saint Gemma Galgani

Gemma Galgani from Lucca, most pure virgin, being in her twenty-fifth year, died of consumption, but was more consumed by the fire of divine love than by her wasting disease. On the eleventh of April, 1903, the vigil of Easter, her soul took its flight to the bosom of her heavenly Spouse. O beautiful soul, in the company of the Angels!" - inscription on the marble tablet that covers Saint Gemma Galgani's remains in the chapel of the Passionist Sisters in Lucca

Saint Gianna Beretta Molla

Also known as

Gianna Beretta Gianna Molla

Memorial

28 April

Profile Tenth of thirteen children born to Alberto and Maria Beretta, she was a pious girl raised in a pious family; one sister became a nun, and two brothers, including Enrico Beretta became priests. While in college, she worked with the poor and elderly, and joined the Saint Vincent de Paul Society. Physician and surgeon, graduating from the University of Pavia in 1949, she started a clinic in Mero, Italy in 1950. She returned to school and studied pediatrics, and after finishing in 1952 she worked especially with mothers, babies, the elderly, and the poor. Active in Catholic Action, and a avid skier. She considered a call to religious life, but was married to Pietro Molla on 24 September 1955 at Magenta. Mother of three, she continued her medical career, treating it as a mission and gift from God. During her pregnancy with her fourth child, she was diagnosed with a large ovarian cyst. Her surgeon recommended an abortion in order to save Gianna's life; she refused and died a week after childbirth, caring more for doing right by her unborn child than for her own life. Today that child is a physician herself, and involved in the pro-life movement. Born Born

4 October 1922 in Magenta, Milan, Italy

Died

28 April 1962 in Monza Maternity Hospital, Monza, Italy of complications from an ovarian cyst

Venerated

6 July 1991 by Pope John Paul II

Beatified

24 April 1994 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy

Canonized

16 May 2004 by Pope John Paul II

Patronage

against abortion pregnant women

Readings O Jesus, I promise You to submit myself to all that You permit to befall me, make me only know Your Will. My most sweet Jesus, infinitely merciful God, most tender Father of souls, and in a particular way of the most weak, most miserable, most infirm which You carry with special tenderness between Your divine arms, I come to You to ask You, through the love and merits of Your Sacred Heart, the grace to comprehend and to do always Your holy Will, the grace to confide in You, the grace to rest securely through time and eternity in Your loving divine arms. - Saint Gianna

Saint Giuse Hoang Luong Canh

Also known as

Joseph Canh Joseph Canh Luang Hoang

Memorial

5 September 24 November as one of the Martyrs of Vietnam

Profile Lifelong layman in the apostolic vicariate of East Tonkin. Physician. Catechist and Dominican tertiary. One of the Martyrs of Vietnam. Born

c.1763 in Lang Van, Bac Giang, Vietnam

Died

beheaded on 5 September 1838 in Bac Ninh Tai, Vietnam

Venerated

2 July 1899 by Pope Leo XIII (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

27 May 1900 by Pope Leo XIII

Canonized

19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II

Saint Hubert of Liege

Also known as

Apostle of the Ardennes Apostle of the Ardennes Hubertus of Liege

Memorial

3 November

Profile Grandson of Charibert, King of Toulouse. Eldest son of Bertrand, Duke of Aquitaine. Worldly, popular and dissolute layman courtier at Nuestria in northwest France in his youth. For political reasons he emigrated, to Austrasia in the border area between modern France and Germany. Married in 682 to Floribanne, daughter of Dagobert, Count of Louvain. Father of one son.

Hubert was passionately devoted to hunting. While chasing a stag on a Good Friday morning, he received a vision of a crucifix between the animal's antlers. A voice warned him, "Hubert, unless you turn to the Lord, and lead a holy life, you shall quickly go down to hell." It was a conversion experience for Hubert.

Spiritual student of Saint Lambert of Maastricht. When his wife died, Hubert renounced all his worldy positions, titles and wealth, handed his patrimony, and the care of his son, to his brother, and studied for the priesthood. After ordination, he served as assistant to Saint Lambert. Pilgrim to Rome, where he was when Lambert was murdered. Chosen bishop of Maastricht. Known for his excellent preaching and his generosity to the poor, stripping the diocese of all excesses to help them. Following another vision, and to defend of the memory of Lambert, he moved his mentor's body from Maastricht to Liege, and built a church for it on the site of Lambert's martyrdom. First bishop of Liege.

Hubert evangelized the Ardenne region, converting pagans and strengthening Christians. He tracked down some of the old idolatrous places of worship, but generally permitted the new converts to decide for themselves to destroy the old idols. They all, naturally, did so.

Hubert predicted the date of his own death, and died while reciting the Our Father. He became highly revered in the Middle Ages, and there were several military orders named in his honor. His association with the hunt led to his patronage of furriers and trappers, and against rabies and bad behavior in dogs, primarily hunting dogs. The breed commonly known as bloodhounds are also called Saint Hubert's hounds. Born

c.656 at Maastricht, Netherlands

Died

30 May 727 at Fura (modern Tervueren), Brabant, Belgium of natural causes interred at Saint Peter's collegiate church in Liege, Belgium relics translated in 825 to the abbey which has since been renamed Saint Hubert's

Patronage

against dog bite against hydrophobia against mad dogs against rabies archers dogs forest workers furriers hunters hunting huntsmen Liege, Belgium machinists mathematicians metal workers opticians precision instrument makers Saint-Hubert, Belgium smelters trappers

Representation

bishop celebrating Mass as an angel brings him a scroll bishop with a hound and hunting horn bishop with a stag with a crucifix horn horse huntsman adoring a stag with a crucifix in its antlers kneeling before a stag as an angel brings him a stole kneeling in prayer, a hound before him and often with hunting gear nearby knight with a banner showing the stag's head and crucifix knight with a banner showing the stag's head and crucifix stag stag with a crucifix over its head young courtier with two hounds

Saint James the Greater

Also known as

Iago Jacobus de Oudere Jacobus Major Jakobus der Altere James Major James the Elder James the More James the son of Zebedee James, son of Zebedee Santiago Santiago de Espana Son of Thunder

Memorial

25 July

Profile Son of Zebedee and Salome, brother of Saint John the Apostle, and may have been Jesus' cousin. He is called "the Greater" simply because he became an Apostle before Saint James the Lesser. Apparent disciple of Saint John the Baptist. Fisherman. He left everything when Christ called him to be a fisher of men. Was present during most of the recorded miracles of Christ. Preached in Samaria, Judea, and Spain. First Apostle to be martyred.

The pilgrimage to his relics in Compostela became such a popular devotion that the symbols of pilgrims have become his emblems, and he became patron of pilgrims. His work in Spain, and the housing of his relics there, led to his patronage of the country and all things Spanish; for centuries, the Spanish army rode to battle with the cry "Santiago!" ("Saint James!")

Like all men of renown, many stories grew up around James. In one, he brought back to life a boy who had been unjustly hanged, and had been dead for five weeks. The boy's father was notified of the miracle while he sat at supper. The father pronounced the story nonsense, and said his son was no more alive than the roasted fowl on the table; the cooked bird promptly sat up, sprouted feathers, and flew away. Died

stabbed with a sword by King Herod Agrippa I in 44 at Jerusalem legend says his body was taken by angels, and sailed in a rudderless, unattended boat to Spain where a massive rock closed around it relics at Compostela, Spain

Patronage

against arthritis against rheumatism Altopascio, Lucca, Italy Antigua, Guatemala apothecaries arthritis sufferers Bangued, Philippines, diocese of blacksmiths Brentino Belluno, Italy Caltagirone, Italy Chile Cicala, Catanzaro, Italy Comitini, Italy Compostela, Spain druggists equestrians furriers Galicia, Spain Gavi, Italy Guatemala Hettstedt, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Hettstedt, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany horsemen Jemez Indian Pueblo knights laborers Loiza, Puerto Rico Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina Montreal, Canada Nicaragua pharmacists pilgrims Pistoia, Italy rheumatoid sufferers riders Rivarolo Canavese, Italy Sahuayo, Mexico Seattle, Washington, archdiocese of soldiers Spain Spanish conquistadors tanners Tesuque Indian Pueblo veterinarians

Representation

key pilgrim with wallet and staff pilgrim's hat pilgrim's staff sword cloak cockle shell dark-bearded man holding a book dark-bearded man holding a sword dark-bearded man holding a scroll dark-bearded man with a floppy pilgrim's hat, long staff, water bottle, and scallop shell elderly, bearded man wearing a hat with a scallop shell long cape main mounted on horseback, trampling a Moor man holding the long staff of a pilgrim from which a wallet or gourd of water is suspended man with a thin beard, and the hair parted in the middle and flowing down on each side man with shells around him pilgrim of Compostella scallop shell scallop shell on his flapped hat scallop shell on his shoulder

Saint James the Lesser

Also known as

Jacobus Minor James the Just James the Less James the Younger James, son of Alphæus James, the brother of the Lord

Memorial

3 May

Profile Cousin of Jesus. Brother of Saint Jude Thaddeus. Raised is a Jewish home of the time with all the training in Scripture and Law that was part of that life. Convert. One of the Twelve Apostles. One of the first to have visions of the risen Christ. First Bishop of Jerusalem. Met with Saint Paul the Apostle to work out Paul's plans for evangelization. Supported the position that Gentile converts did not have to obey all Jewish religious law, though he continued to observe it himself as part of his heritage, may have been a vegetarian. A just and apostolic man known for his prayer life and devotion to the poor. Martyr. himself as part of his heritage, may have been a vegetarian. A just and apostolic man known for his prayer life and devotion to the poor. Martyr.

Having been beaten to death, a club almost immediately became his symbol. This led to his patronage of fullers and pharmacists, both of whom use clubs in their professions. He is reported to have spent so much time in prayer that his knees thickened, and looked like a camel's. Soon after the Crucifixion, James said he would fast until Christ returned; the resurrected Jesus appeared to him, and fixed a meal for James Himself. Died

martyred c.62 at Jerusalem by being thrown from a pinnacle of the Temple, then stoned and beaten with clubs, including fuller's mallets, while praying for his attackers

Patronage

apothecaries druggists dying people Frascati, Italy fullers hatmakers hatters milliners Monterotondo, Italy Nemi, Italy pharmacists Uruguay Venegono Inferiore, Italy

Representation

fuller's club man holding a book

Saint Januarius of Naples

Also known as

Gennaro of Naples

Memorial

19 September 16 December

Profile Fourth century bishop of Benevento, Italy during Diocletian's persecution. Arrested while visiting imprisoned deacons, and later martyred with them.

His blood was preserved, and dried. Since at least 1389, on his feast day, and on the Satuday before the first Sunday in May, the blood liquefies. Born

Benevento or Naples, Italy (records vary)

Died

martyred c.304 at Naples or Pozzuoli (sources vary) first thrown to wild beasts when the animals would not attack him, he was beheaded

Patronage

against volcanic eruptions blood banks Naples, Italy, archdiocese of Naples, Italy, city of

Saint John of God

Also known as Juan de Dios Juan Ciudad

Memorial

8 March

Profile Juan grew up working as a shepherd in the Castile region of Spain. He led a wild and misspent youth, and travelled over much of Europe and north Africa as a soldier in the army of Charles V, and as a mercenary. Fought through a brief period of insanity. Peddled religious books and pictures in Gibraltar, though without any religious conviction himself. In his 40's he received a vision of the Infant Jesus who called him John of God. To make up for the misery he had caused as a soldier, he left the military, rented a house in Granada, Spain, and began caring for the sick, poor, homeless and unwanted. He gave what he had, begged for those who couldn't, carried those who could not move on their own, and converted both his patients and those who saw him work with them. Friend of Saint John of Avila, on whom he tried to model his life. John founded the Order of Charity and the Order of Hospitallers of Saint John of God. Born

8 March 1495 at Montemoro Novo, Evora, Portugal

Died

8 March 1550 at Granada, Spain while praying before a crucifix from a illness he had contracted while saving a drowning man relics at Granada

Beatified

21 September 1630 by Pope Urban VIII

Canonized

16 October 1690 by Pope Alexander VIII

Patronage

against alcoholism against bodily ills against sickness alcoholics bookbinders booksellers dying people firefighters heart patients hospitals hospital workers nurses publishers printers sick people Tultepec, Mexico

Representation

alms cord crown of thorns heart rope

Readings Labour without stopping; do all the good works you can while you still have the time. - Saint John of God

If we look forward to receiving God's mercy, we can never fail to do good so long as we have the strength. For if we share with the poor, out of love for God, whatever he has given to us, we shall receive according to his promise a hundredfold in eternal happiness. What a fine profit, what a blessed reward! With outstretched arms he begs us to turn toward him, to weep for our sins, and to become the servants of love, first for ourselves, then for our neighbors. Just as water extinguishes a fire, so love wipes away sin.

So many poor people come here that I very often wonder how we can care for them all, but Jesus Christ provides all things and nourishes everyone. Many of them come to the house of God, because the city of Granada is large and very cold, especially now in winter. More than a hundred and ten are now living here, sick and healthy, servants and pilgrims. Since this house is open to everyone, it receives the sick of every type and condition: the crippled, the disabled, lepers, mutes, the insane, paralytics, those suffering from scurvy and those bearing the afflictions of old age, many children, and above all countless pilgrims and travelers, who come here, and for whom we furnish the fire, water, and salt, as well as the utensils to cook their food. And for all of this no payment is and travelers, who come here, and for whom we furnish the fire, water, and salt, as well as the utensils to cook their food. And for all of this no payment is requested, yet Christ provides.

I work here on borrowed money, a prisoner for the sake of Jesus Christ. And often my debts are so pressing that I dare not go out of the house for fear of being seized by my creditors. Whenever I see so many poor brothers and neighbours of mine suffering beyond their strength and overwhelmed with so many physical or mental ills which I cannot alleviate, then I become exceedingly sorrowful; but I trust in Christ, who knows my heart. And so I say, "Woe to the man who trusts in men rather than in Christ." - from a letter written by Saint John of God

Saint John Francis Regis

Also known as

Jean-François Régis John-Francis Regis John Francis Regis Johannes Frans Régis

Memorial

16 June 31 December 2 July (Jesuits)

Profile Son of a wealthy merchant. Educated at the Jesuit college at Beziers, and at Cahors, Le Puy, Auch, and Tournon. Joined the Jesuits at age 18. Preacher. Catechist who was so good that children he taught helped bring their parents back to the Church. Ordained at age 34. Worked with plague victims in Toulouse, France. Taught at Pamiers.

His skill at preaching caused him to be sent as evangelist to provinces that had fallen to the Huguenots following the Edict of Nantes, places where many had abandoned the Church. Not known for a polished style or appearance, his simple method of preaching the Truth, and his willingness to work for the poor, converted crowds of farmers, workers, and country folk. When pressed about his image he replied, "The rich never lack confessors." He lived off apples, black bread, and whatever came to hand, preferring to spend his time preaching, teaching, and hearing confessions.

Established hostels for prostitutes, whom he called "Daughters of Refuge", who wished to leave the business. He was often assaulted for his trouble. Helped a group of country girls stay away from the cities by establishing them in the lacemaking and embroidery trade, an area of which he a patron saint.

Established the Confraternities of the Blessed Sacrament; to the society women he offered the "gift" of a few hungry mouths to feed, while to others he sent notes like, "Sir, you will provide food for the poor people who names are listed below, and you will give them six sous for their lodging. If you are unable to provide them with food, you will give them a further six sous so that they may buy it themselves." They did. Established a granary for the poor which sometimes miraculously refilled, demanded (and received) treatment for them by doctors, nurses, and pharmacists. Known for miraculous healing, but said that "every time God converts a hardened sinner, He is working a far greater miracle."

At one point there was a movement against him by some of his fellow Jesuits who felt his zealous "signs of simplicity and indiscretion" did not best showcase their order nor follow its teachings. Regis' bishop, however, recognized there was more jealousy than theology in the complaint, and ignored it. Regis asked for transfer to Canada where he could preach without worries about the politics of the Order, but he was ordered to continue his good works in the French countryside.

At age 43 Regis had a premonition of his death. He spent three days in retreat, made a general confession, and resumed his mission in mountain villages. Bad weather set in, he spent his days preaching, his nights in poor shelter, developed pleurisy and then pneumonia. His last words were "Jesus, my Savior, I recommend my soul to You." Born

31 January 1597 at Font-Couverte, Narbonne, Languedoc, France

Died

30 December 1640 of pneumonia while preaching a mission at La Louvesc, Dauphine, France

Beatified

24 May 1716 by Pope Clement XI

Canonized

16 June 1737 by Pope Clement XII

Patronage embroiderers lace makers lace workers medical social workers social workers

Representation

Jesuit wearing a leather cape and holding a staff topped with a crucifix

Saint Joseph Moscati

Also known as

Giuseppe Moscati Joseph Mario Charles Alphonse Moscati

Memorial

12 April 16 November (translation of relics)

Profile Seventh of nine children born to a prominent family, the son of Francsco Moscati, a lawyer and magistrate who served as an altar server whenever possible, and Rosa de Luca dei Marchesi di Roseto, whose family was Italian nobility. Giuseppe's family moved to Naples, Italy when the boy was four years old; he made his First Communion at age eight, Confirmation at ten. Friend of Blessed Bartolo Longo and Blessed Caterina Volpicelli. Received his doctorate from the University of Naples in 1903. Worked at and served as administrator of a hospital for the incurable while continuing to study and do medical research. Assisted in the preparation for and recovery from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius on 8 April 1906, but refused any recognition for the work. Led the work to stop cholera in Naples. Member of the Royal Academy of Surgical Medicine in 1911, and received a doctorate in physiological chemistry. Directed several hospitals and medical societies, and was one of the first to experiment with the use of insulin for diabetes. Tried to enlist in the army in World War I, but was refused and instead ran a hospital for the wounded; personally treated almost 3,000 soldiers. He healed (sometimes miraculously), taught at numerous universities and hospitals, and supported the poor and outcast; could sometimes diagnose a patient's illness and prescribe for it without having seen the patient. Knew when and how to use a patient's faith and the sacraments to effect a cure. First modern physician to be canonized. Born

25 July 1880 at Benevento, Italy as Joseph Mario Charles Alphonse Moscati

Died

around 3pm on 12 April 1927 of natural causes in his office in Naples, Italy while taking a break between patients buried in the cemetery of Poggio Reale, Naples in 1920 he was re-intered in the church of Gesù Nuovo, Naples

Venerated

10 May 1973 by Pope Paul VI

Beatified

16 November 1975 by Pope Paul VI

Canonized

25 October 1987 by Pope John Paul II his canonization miracle involved curing a young ironworker who was dying of leukemia; the patient's mother dreamed of a doctor wearing a white coat; she later identified his as Moscati when shown a photograph of him; soon after her son was cured

Patronage

bachelors people rejected by religious orders physicians

Representation

white coat lab coat

Saint Jude Thaddeus Saint Jude Thaddeus

Also known as

Jude of James Judas Thaddaeus Lebbaeus Jude, brother of Jesus Lebai Sleeha

Memorial

28 October (Roman Church) 19 June (Eastern Church)

Profile Son of Cleophas, who died a martyr, and Mary who stood at the foot of the Cross, and who annointed Christ's body after death. Brother of Saint James the Lesser. Nephew of Mary and Joseph; blood relative of Jesus Christ, and reported to look a lot like him. May have been a fisherman. Apostle.

Wrote the canonical Epistle named for him. Preached in Syria, Mesopotamia, and Persia with Saint Simon. Healer. Exorcist. Could exorcise pagan idols, which caused the demons to flee and the statues to crumble.

His patronage of lost or impossible causes traditionally derives from confusion by many early Christians between Jude and the traitor Judas Iscariot; not understanding the difference between the names, they never prayed for Jude's help, and devotion to him became something of a lost cause. Died

beaten to death with a club, then beheaded post-mortem in 1st century Persia relics at Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy, at Rheims, France, and at Toulouse, France

Name Meaning

sweetness or gentleness of character (Thaddeus)

Patronage

desperate situations forgotten causes hospital workers hospitals impossible causes lost causes Saint Petersburg, Florida, diocese of

Representation

axe bearded man holding an oar boat boat hook book carpenter's rule club halberd scroll square rule sword nearly every image depicts him wearing a medallion with a profile of Jesus, and usually with a small flame above his head often carries a pen or sits at a writing location to make reference to the canonical Epistle

Blessed Ladislao Batthyany-Strattmann

Also known as

Ladislaus Batthyány-Strattmann László Batthyány-Strattmann

Memorial Memorial

22 January

Profile Born into an ancient noble Hungarian family, the sixth of ten brothers. His family moved to Austria when he was six years old, and his mother died when he was twelve. When of age he studied agriculture, chemistry, physics, philosophy, literature, music, and medicine at the University of Vienna, graduating with a medical degree in 1900. On 10 November 1898 he married Countess Maria Teresa Coreth, a pious woman, and the couple had thirteen children; the whole family attended Mass and prayed the Rosary every day.

In 1902 Ladislaus opened a private 25-bed hospital in Kittsee, Austria. He worked there as a general practitioner, and when he had sufficient staff, specialized as a surgeon and eye doctor. During World War I the flood of injured soldiers required him to expand the hospital to 120 beds.

In 1915 Ladislaus inherited the castle of Körmend, Hungary, and with it the family name Strattman and the title of Prince. In 1920 he moved his family to the castle, and turned one wing into a hospital specializing in eye diseases. Ladislaus' skills led him to become an internationally known specialist in opthamology.

Dr Ladislaus never turned away a patient because they could not pay, and provided funds to the destitute. He treated all, kept them in hospital as long as necessary, gave away medications, accepted what patients would pay when they would, but never asked a fee from anyone except that they pray an Our Father for him. He prayed over each patient before working on them, knew that his skills were simply God working through his hands, and saw his family fortune as a way to help the poor. He was considered a saint in life by his family, his patients and fellow healers. Born

20 October 1870 in Dunakiliti, Hungary

Died

22 January 1931 at Vienna, Austria of bladder cancer buried in the family tomb in Güssing, Hungary

Venerated

11 July 1992 by Pope John Paul II (decree of heroic virtues)

Beatified

23 March 2003 by Pope John Paul II

Readings When I grow up, I will be a doctor and give free treatment to the sick and the poor. - Blessed Ladislao as a little boy

In fidelity and charity. - Blessed Ladislao's life motto

I am happy. I am suffering atrociously, but I love my sufferings and am consoled in knowing that I support them for Christ. - Blessed Ladislao to his sister, discussing his terminal cancer

Saint Luke the Evangelist

Memorial

18 October

Profile Born to pagan Greek parents, and possibly a slave. One of the earliest converts to Christianity. Physician, studying in Antioch and Tarsus. Probably travelled as a ship's doctor; many charitable societies of physicians are named for him. Legend has that he was also a painter who may have done portraits of Jesus and Mary, but none have ever been correctly or definitively attributed to him; this story, and the inspiration his Gospel has always given artists, led to his patronage of them. He met Saint Paul the Apostle at Troas, and evangelized Greece and Rome with him, being there for the shipwreck and other perils of the voyage to Rome, and stayed in Rome for Paul's two years of in prison. Wrote the Gospel According to Luke, much of which was based on the teachings and writings of Paul, interviews with early Christians, and his own experiences. Wrote a history of the early Church in the Acts of the Apostles. Born

at Antioch

Died

c.74 in Greece some stories say he was martyred, others that he died of natural causes relics at Padua, Italy

Name Meaning

bringer of light (= luke) bringer of light (= luke)

Patronage

artists bachelors bookbinders brewers butchers Capena, Italy doctors glass makers glassworkers gold workers goldsmiths Hermersdorf, Germany lacemakers lace workers notaries painters physicians sculptors stained glass workers surgeons unmarried men

Representation

physicians bishop book brush (refers to the tradition that he was a painter) man accompanied by a winged ox man painting an icon of Blessed Virgin Mary ox palette (refers to the tradition that he was a painters) winged calf winged ox

Saint Margaret of Antioch

Also known as

Marina of Antioch Margaritha of Antioch Marine of Antioch Margaretha of Antioch

Memorial

20 July 13 July in the Eastern Church

Profile Aprocryphal virgin and martyr. Her father was a pagan priest in Pisidian Antioch, Asia Minor (modern Turkey). Her mother died when Margaret was an infant, and the girl was raised by a Christian woman. Margaret's father disowned her, her nurse adopted her, and Margaret converted, consecrating herself and her virginity to God.

One day a Roman prefect saw the beautiful young Margaret as she was tending sheep, and tried to get her into his bed. When she refused, the official denounced her as a outlaw Christian, and she was brought to trial. When she refused to sacrifice to the pagan gods, the authorities tried to burn her, then boil her in a large cauldron; each time her prayers kept her unharmed. She was finally martyred by beheading.

Part of her story involves her meeting the devil in the form of a dragon, being swallowed by the dragon, and then escaping safely when the cross she carried irritated the dragon's innards; this accounts for this virgin's association with pregnancy, labour, and childbirth. She was one of the saints who appeared to Saint Joan of Arc. One of the Fourteen Holy Helpers. Born

Antioch Antioch

Died

beheaded, date unknown relics claimed by several locations

Patronage

against kidney disease against loss of milk by nursing mothers against sterility childbirth dying people escape from devils exiles expectant mothers falsely accused people for safe childbirth Lowestoft, Suffolk, England martyrs nurses peasants people in exile pregnant women Queens College Cambridge Rixtel, Netherlands Sannat, Gozo, Malta women women in labour

Representation

dragon shepherdess woman carrying a small cross in her hand woman carrying a small girdle in her hand woman leading a chained dragon woman standing next to a cauldron or large vessel woman standing with, on, or beside a dead dragon

Saint Margaret of Cortona

Memorial

22 February

Profile Farmer's daughter. Her mother died when Margaret was seven years old, and her stepmother considered the girl a nuisance. Margaret eloped with a young nobleman from Montepulciano, bore him a son, and lived as his mistress for nine years. In 1274 he was murdered by brigands, and his body dumped in a shallow grave.

Margaret saw the incident as a sign from God. She publicly confessed to the affair, and tried to return to her father's house; he would not accept her. She and her son took shelter with the Friars Minor at Cortona. Still young and attractive, Margaret sometimes had trouble resisting temptation, but each incident was followed by periods of deep self-loathing. To make herself unappealing to local young men, she once tried to mutilate herself, but was stopped by a Friar named Giunta.

She earned her keep by tending to sick women. She later began caring for the sick poor, living on alms, asking nothing for her services. She became a Franciscan tertiary in 1277. Margaret developed an deep and intense prayer life, and was given to ecstacies during which she received messages from heaven.

In 1286 Margaret received a charter to work with the sick poor. She gathered others of like mind, and formed them into a community of tertiaries. They were later given the status of a congregation, and called the Poverelle (Poor Ones). With them she founded a hospital at Cortona. Margaret preached against vice of all sorts to any who would listen. She developed a great devotion to the Eucharist and Passion, and prophesied the date of her own death.

Though she worked for those in need, and though the poor sought her help and advice, the calumny of her earlier life followed her the rest of her days, and she was forever the target of local gossips. Born 1247 at Loviano, Tuscany, Italy

Died

22 February 1297 at Cortona, Italy of natural causes

Beatified

1515 by Pope Leo X

Canonized

16 May 1728 by Pope Benedict XIII

Patronage

against insanity against mental illness against sexual temptation against temptations falsely accused people hoboes homeless people loss of parents mentally ill people midwives penitent women people ridiculed for their piety reformed prostitutes single laywomen tertiaries tramps

Readings O Saint Margaret of Cortona, I too come today as a pilgrim and I pause to pray with you at the feet of the image of Christ Crucified and Risen, whom, as a penitent, you contemplated at length. Lord Jesus, crucified for us, in offering yourself on Calvary for all humanity, you have revealed to us the wellsprings of everlasting life. May the mystery of your Passion enlighten our life making us ready to follow you on the way of holiness and love. Rekindle our faith; teach us to recognize and welcome in our everyday life the plans of your mysterious Providence. Give us the courage to confess our sins and open our hearts to sorrow, in order to receive the gift of your mercy. Empower us to forgive our brethren following the example of your love that knows no bounds. Help us to be humbly disposed to repair the harm we have done by actively and generously serving the poor, the sick, and all who are marginalized and without hope. Give everyone the joy of persevering faithfully, in full harmony with the Church, along the way of the particular calling. Above all others, show the young the splendid plan of love that you intend to bring about for them and with them at the threshold of the new millennium. Enable us to be peacemakers, tenacious weavers of daily relationships of fraternal solidarity, artisans of reconciliation, witnesses and apostles of the civilization of love. O glorious Saint Margaret of Cortona, present this request to your Crucified Lord and ours. Guide us with the strength of your example, support us with your constant protection, be our companion we beg you, till we reach our Father's house. Amen. - Pope John Paul II, 1999

Saint Martha

Also known as

Wonder Worker of Southern Gaul

Memorial

29 July

Profile Sister of Saint Lazarus and Saint Mary of Bethany. Friend of Jesus, and hostess to him in her house. May have been part of an early mission to France. Died

c.80 of natural causes

Patronage

butlers cooks dieticians domestic servants homemakers homemakers hotel-keepers housemaids housewives innkeepers laundry workers maids manservants servants servers single laywomen travellers Villajoyosa, Spain (chosen after a flash flood saved the village from Moorish invaders on her feast day in 1538)

Representation

broom keys ladle

Readings Martha and Mary were sisters, related not only by blood but also by religious aspirations. They stayed close to our Lord and both served him harmoniously when he was among them. Martha welcomed him as travelers are welcomed. But in her case, the maidservant received her Lord, the creature her Creator, to serve him bodily food while she was to be fed by the Spirit. No one of you should say, "Blessed are they who have deserved to receive Christ into their homes!" Do not grieve or complain that you were born in a time when you can no longer see God in the flesh. He did not in fact take this privilege from you. As he says, "Whatever you have done to the least of my brothers, you did to me." - from a sermon by Saint Augustine

Saint Martin de Porres

Also known as

Martin de Porres Velazquez Martin of Charity Martin the Charitable Saint of the Broom (for his devotion to his work, no matter how menial)

Memorial

3 November

Profile The illegitimate son of a Spanish nobleman, Juan, and a young freed black slave, Anna Velasquez, Martin grew up in poverty. He spent part of his youth with a surgeon-barber from whom he learned some medicine and care of the sick. At age 11 he became a servant in the Holy Rosary Dominican priory in Lima, Peru. Promoted to almoner, he begged more than $2,000 a week from the rich to support the poor and sick of Lima. Placed in charge of the Dominican's infirmary; known for his tender care of the sick and for his spectacular cures. His superiors dropped the stipulation that "no black person may be received to the holy habit or profession of our Order" and Martin took vows as a Dominican brother in 1603. Established an orphanage and children's hospital for the poor children of the slums. Set up a shelter for the stray cats and dogs and nursed them back to health. Lived in self-imposed austerity, never ate meat, fasted continuously, and spent much time in prayer and meditation with a great devotion to the Holy Eucharist. Friend of Saint John de Massias.

He was venerated from the day of his death. Many miraculous cures, including raising the dead attributed to Brother Martin. First black saint from the Americas. Born

9 December 1579 at Lima, Peru

Died

3 November 1639 in Lima, Peru of fever

Venerated

27 February 1763 by Pope Clement XIII (decree on heroic virtues)

Beatified

29 October 1837 by Pope Gregory XVI

Canonized

6 May 1962 by Pope John XXIII 6 May 1962 by Pope John XXIII

Patronage

African-Americans against rats barbers bi-racial people Biloxi, Mississippi, diocese of black people for inter-racial justice for social justice hair stylists hairdressers hotel-keepers innkeepers mixed-race people mulattoes Negroes paupers Peru poor people public education public health public schools race relations racial harmony state schools television

Representation

broom crucifix dog, cat, bird, and mouse eating together from a same dish rosary

Readings The example of Martin's life is ample evidence that we can strive for holiness and salvation as Christ Jesus has shown us: first, by loving God "with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind; and second, by loving your neighbor as yourself." When Martin had come to realize that Christ Jesus "suffered for us and that he carried our sins on his body to the cross, he would meditate with remarkable ardor and affection about Christ on the cross. He had an exceptional love for the great sacrament of the Eucharist and often spent long hours in prayer before the blessed sacrament. His desire was to receive the sacrament in Communion as often as he could. Saint Martin, always obedient and inspired by his divine teacher, dealt with his brothers and with that profound love which comes from pure faith and humility of spirit. He loved men and because he honestly looked on them as God's children and as his own brothers and sisters. Such was his humility that he loved them even more than himself, and considered them to be better and more righteous than he was. He did not blame others for their shortcomings. Certain that he deserved more severe punishment for his sins than others did, he would overlook their worst offenses. He was tireless in his efforts to reform the criminal, and he would sit up with the sick to bring them comfort. For the poor he would provide food, clothing and medicine. He did all he could to care for poor farmhands, blacks, and mulattoes who were looked down upon as slaves, the dregs of society in their time. Common people responded by calling him, "Martin the charitable." He excused the faults of others. He forgave the bitterest injuries, convinced that he deserved much severer punishments on account of his own sins. He tried with all his might to redeem the guilty; lovingly he comforted the sick; he provided food, clothing and medicine for the poor; he helped, as best he could, farm laborers and Negroes, as well as mulattoes, who were looked upon at that time as akin to slaves: thus he deserved to be called by the name the people gave him: 'Martin of Charity.' It is remarkable how even today his influence can still move us toward the things of heaven. Sad to say, not all of us understand these spiritual values as well as we should, not do we give them a proper place in our lives. Many of us, in fact, strongly attracted by sin, may look upon these values as of little moment, even something of a nuisance, or we ignore them altogether. It is deeply rewarding for men striving for salvation to follow in Christ's footsteps and to obey God's commandments. If only everyone could learn this lesson from the example that Martin gave us. - from a homily by Blessed Pope John XXIII given at the canonization of Saint Martin de Porres

Saint Mary Magdalen

Also known as

Maria Maddalena Maria Magdalena Mary Magdalene the Sinner

Memorial

22 July 22 July

Profile We have very little solid information about Saint Mary, and both scholars and traditions differ on the interpretation of what we do know.

She was a friend and follower of Jesus. Filled with sorrow over her sin, she anointed Christ, washed his feet with her hair. He exorcised seven demons from her. She was visited by the Risen Christ.

There are also arguments about her life after the Crucifixion.

The Greek Church maintains that she retired to Ephesus with the Blessed Virgin Mary and lived there the rest of her life. A French tradition says that Mary, Lazarus, and some companions came to Marseilles, France, evangelized and converted the whole Provence region, and then retired to live 30 years as a penitent hermitess at La Sainte-Baume.

Oh, some things we do know for certain - Mary wasn't Jesus' wife or mistress, she wasn't the mother of His child, she didn't found a royal dynasty or separate branch of Christianity, et cetera, et cetera, ad nauseam. Died

the Greek Church says she died in Ephesus of natural causes her relics were transferred to Constantinople in 886 where they remain today

a French tradition says as she lay on her death bed, nine angels carried Mary to the oratory of Saint Maximinus in Aix where she received Communion and then died of natural causes she was interred in an oratory constructed by Saint Maximinus at Villa Lata (Saint Maximin) in 745 her relics were moved to Vézelay to save them from Saracen invaders at some point they were moved to a shrine at her hemitage on La Sainte-Baume; they were there in 1279 when King Charles II of Naples funded a Dominican convent on the hill in 1600 the relics were placed in a sarcophagus sent by Pope Clement VIII in 1814 the church on La Sainte-Baume, wrecked during the anti-Christian excesses of the French Revolution, was restored in 1822 the grotto was re-consecrated, still has the head of the saint, and is a pilgrimage centre

Patronage

against sexual temptation Anguiano, Spain apothecaries Atrani, Salerno, Italy Casamicciola, Italy contemplative life contemplatives converts druggists Elantxobe, Spain Foglizzo, Italy glove makers hairdressers hairstylists La Magdeleine, Italy penitent sinners penitent women people ridiculed for their piety perfumeries perfumers pharmacists reformed prostitutes tanners women

Representation

alabaster box of ointment

Readings When Mary Magdalen came to the tomb and did not find the Lord's body, she thought it had been taken away and so informed the disciples. After they came and saw the tomb, they too believed what Mary had told them. The text then says: "The disciples went back home," and it adds: "but Mary wept and remained standing outside the tomb." We should reflect on Mary's attitude and the great love she felt for Christ; for though the disciples had left the tomb, she remained. She was still seeking the one she had not found, and while she sought she wept; burning with the fire of love, she longed for him who she thought had been taken away. And so it happened that the woman who stayed behind to seek Christ was the only one to see him. For perseverance is essential to any good deed, taken away. And so it happened that the woman who stayed behind to seek Christ was the only one to see him. For perseverance is essential to any good deed, as the voice of truth tell us: "Whoever perseveres to the end will be saved." - from a homily by Pope Saint Gregory the Great

Michael the Archangel

Memorial

29 September 8 May - Apparition of Saint Michael and Protector of Cornwall

Profile Archangel. Leader of the army of God during the Lucifer uprising. Devotion is common to Muslims, Christians and Jews, and there are writings about him in all three cultures. Considered the guardian angel of Israel, and the guardian and protector of the Church. In the Book of Daniel (12:1), Michael is described as rising up to defend the Church against the Anti-Christ.

The feast of the Apparition of Saint Michael commemorates appearance of the archangel to a man named Gargan in 492 on Mount Gargano near Manfredonia in southern Italy. Gargan and others were pasturing cattle on the mountain; a bull wandered off and hid in a cave. An arrow was shot into the cave, but it came flying back out and wounded the archer. The cowherds went to their bishop who ordered three days of fasting and prayer to seek an explanation for the mystery. At the end of the three days Michael appeared to the bishop and requested a church built in the honour of the Holy Angels in the cave. If you find medals or holy cards with 'relics' of Michael, they are probably rock chips from the cave, or pieces of cloth that have touched it. Born

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Patronage

against danger at sea against temptations Albenga, Italy ambulance drivers Argao, Cebu, Philippines artists bakers bankers banking barrel makers Basey, Samar, Philippines battle boatmen Brecht, Belgium Brussels, Belgium Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico Caltanissett, Sicily, Italy Castel Madama, Italy Cerveteri, Italy Coimbatore, India, diocese of Congregation of Saint Michael the Archangel coopers Cornwall, England Cuneo, Italy Dormagen, Germany Dunakeszi, Hungary dying people emergency medical technicians EMTs England fencing Gaby, Italy Germany Gravina, Italy Greek Air Force greengrocers grocers haberdashers hatmakers hatters holy death Iklin, Malta Iligan, Philippines, diocese of knights London, England Marcianise, Italy mariners milleners Mobile, Alabama, archdiocese of Naranjito, Puerto Rico Papua, New Guinea paramedics paratroopers Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, diocese of police officers Puebla, Mexico radiologists radiotherapists sailors Salgareda, Italy San Angelo, Texas, diocese of San Miguel, Iloilo, Philippines San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Sant'Angelo Romano, Italy Saracinesco, Italy Seattle, Washington, archdiocese of security guards Sibenik, Croatia sick people Siegburg Abbey soldiers Spanish police officers Springfield, Massachusetts, diocese of storms at sea swordsmiths Toronto, Ontario, archdiocese of Toronto, Ontario, city of Umbria, Italy Vallinfreda, Italy watermen Zeitz, Germany

Representation

balance (helping to judge at the Last Judgment) banner (as the leader of the army of God) dragon (representing the defeated devil) scales (helping to judge at the Last Judgment) sword (as a soldier of God)

Readings You should be aware that the word "angel" denotes a function rather than a nature. Those holy spirits of heaven have indeed always been spirits. They can only be called angels when they deliver some message. Moreover, those who deliver messages of lesser importance are called angels; and those who proclaim messages of supreme importance are called archangels.

Whenever some act of wondrous power must be performed, Michael is sent, so that his action and his name may make it clear that no one can do what God does by his superior power. - from a homily by Pope Saint Gregory the Great

Saint Nicholas of Myra

Also known as

Klaus Mikulas Nicholas of Bari Nicholas of Bari Nicolaas Nicolas Niklas Santa Claus

Memorial

6 December

Profile Priest. Abbot. Bishop of Myra, Lycia (modern Turkey). Generous to the poor, and special protector of the innocent and wronged. Many stories grew up around him prior to his becoming associated with Santa Claus. Some examples

Upon hearing that a local man had fallen on such hard times that he was planning to sell his daughters into prostitution, Nicholas went by night to the house and threw three bags of gold in through the window, saving the girls from an evil life. These three bags, gold generously given in time of trouble, became the three golden balls that indicate a pawn broker's shop. He raised to life three young boys who had been murdered and pickled in a barrel of brine to hide the crime. These stories led to his patronage of children in general, and of barrel-makers besides. Induced some thieves to return their plunder. This explains his protection against theft and robbery, and his patronage of them - he's not helping them steal, but to repent and change. In the past, thieves have been known as Saint Nicholas' clerks or Knights of Saint Nicholas. During a voyage to the Holy Lands, a fierce storm blew up, threatening the ship. He prayed about it, and the storm calmed - hence the patronage of sailors and those like dockworkers who work on the sea.

Died

c.346 at Myra, Lycia (in modern Turkey) of natural causes relics believed to be at Bari, Italy

Patronage

against imprisonment against robberies against robbers Amsterdam, Netherlands apothecaries Apulia, Italy archers Avolasca, Italy bakers Bardolino, Italy Bari, Italy Barranquilla, Colombia barrel makers Beit Jala, Palestinian Territory boatmen boot blacks boys brewers brides Cammarata, Sicily, Italy captives Cardinale, Italy Cas Concos, Spain children coopers Creazzo, Italy dock workers druggists Duronia, Italy fishermen Fossalto, Italy Gagliato, Italy Genazzano, Italy Greece Greek Catholic Church in America Greek Catholic Union grooms judges La Thuile, Italy lawsuits lost unjustly lawsuits lost unjustly Lecco, Italy Limerick, Ireland Liptovský Mikulás, Slovakia Liverpool, England longshoremen Lorraine, France maidens mariners Mazzano Romano, Italy Mentana, Italy Meran, Italy merchants Miklavž na Dravskem polju, Slovenia penitent murderers Naples, Italy newlyweds old maids parish clerks paupers pawnbrokers perfumeries perfumers pharmacists pilgrims poor people Portsmouth, England prisoners Russia sailors Sassari, Italy scholars schoolchildren shoe shiners Sicily Is-Siggiewi, Malta spinsters students penitent thieves travellers University of Paris unmarried girls Varangian Guard watermen

Representation

anchor bishop calming a storm bishop holding three bags of gold bishop holding three balls bishop with three children bishop with three children in a tub at his feet purse ship three bags of gold three balls three golden balls on a book

Saint Pantaleon

Also known as

Panteleimon Pantaleon

Memorial Memorial

27 July

Profile Christian physician to emperor Maximian. Life-long layman and bachelor. At one point he abandoned his faith, and fell in with a worldly and idolatrous crowd. However, he was eventually overcome with grief, and with the help of the priest Hermolaus, he returned to the Church. Brought his father to the faith. Gave his fortune to the poor, treated them medically, and never charged. Some of his cures were miraculous, being accomplished by prayer.

Denounced to the anti-Christian authorities by other doctors. At trial he offered a contest to see whose prayers would cure the incurable - his or ther pagan priests'. The pagans failed to help the man, a palsied paralytic, but Pantaleon cured the man by mentioning the name Jesus. Many of the witnesses converted.

The authorities tried to bribe him into denouncing the faith, but failed. They then threatened him; that failed. They followed up the threats with torture. When that failed, he was martyred. One of the Fourteen Holy Helpers. Died

nailed to a tree and beheaded c.305 under Diocletian

Name Meaning

the All-compassionate (= Pantaleon)

Patronage

against consumption against tuberculosis bachelors doctors physicians torture victims

Saint Paul the Apostle

Also known as

Apostle Paul Apostle to the Gentiles Paul of Tarsus Saul of Tarsus

Memorial

25 January (celebration of his conversion) 16 February (Saint Paul Shipwrecked) 29 June (celebration of Saint Peter and Saint Paul as co-founders of the Church) 18 November (feast of the dedication of the Basilicas of Peter and Paul)

Profile Jewish Talmudic student. Pharisee. Tent-maker by trade. Saul the Jew hated and persecuted Christians as heretical, even assisting at the stoning of Saint Stephen the Martyr. On his way to Damascus, Syria, to arrest another group of faithful, he was knocked to the ground, struck blind by a heavenly light, and given the message that in persecuting Christians, he was persecuting Christ. The experience had a profound spiritual effect on him, causing his conversion to Christianity. He was baptized, changed his name to Paul to reflect his new persona, and began travelling, preaching and teaching. His letters to the churches he help found form a large percentage of the New Testament. Knew and worked with many of the earliest saints and fathers of the Church. Martyr. Born

c.3 at Tarsus, Cilicia (modern Turkey) as Saul

Died

beheaded c.65 at Rome, Italy

Patronage

against hailstorms against poisonous snakes against snake bites against snakes authors Bath Abbey Bath, England Catholic Action Chatillon, Aosta, Italy Cluny, France Cursillo movement Birmingham, Alabama, diocese of Calbayog, Philippines, diocese of Covington, Kentucky, diocese of evangelists Force, Italy hospital public relations Imer, Italy Introd, Italy journalists Kavala, Greece Las Vegas, Nevada, diocese of lay people London, England Malta Maralal, Kenya, diocese of Mdina, Malta missionary bishops Montpellier, France Morbegno, Italy Münster, Germany, diocese of Munxar, Gozo, Malta musicians Nadur, Gozo, Malta Naumburg, Germany newspaper editorial staff Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, archdiocese of Poznan, Poland Providence, Rhode Island, diocese of public relations personnel public relations work publishers Rabat, Malta reporters Rome, Italy rope braiders rope makers saddle makers saddlers Safi, Malta Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, archdiocese of tent makers Umbria, Italy Valletta, Malta Worcester, Massachusetts, diocese of writers

Representation

thin-faced elderly man with a high forehead, receding hairline and long pointed beard man holding a sword and a book man with 3 springs of water nearby sword book

Readings I assure you, brothers, the gospel I proclaimed to you is no mere human invention. I did not receive it from any man, not was I schooled in it. It came by revelation from Jesus Christ. You have heard, I know, the story of my former way of life in Judaism. You know that I went to extremes in persecuting the Church of God, and tried to destroy it. But the time came when he who had set me apart before I was born and called me by his favour chose to reveal his Son to me, that I might spread among the Gentiles the good tidings concerning him. Immediately, without seeking human advisers or even going to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before me, I went off to Arabia; later I returned to Damascus. Three years after that I went up to Jerusalem to get to know Cephas, with whom I stayed fifteen days. I did not meet any other apostles except James, the brother of the Lord. The communities of Christ in Judea had no idea what I looked like; they had only heard that "he who was formerly persecuting us is now preaching the faith he tried to destroy," and they gave glory to God on my account. - from a letter from Saint Paul the Apostle to the Christians in Galatia I remind you to stir into flame the gift of God that you have through the imposition of my hands. For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather of power and love and self-control. So do not be ashamed of your testimony to our Lord, nor of me, a prisoner for his sake; but bear your share of the hardship for the gospel with the strength that comes from God. - Saint Paul in his second letter to Saint Timothy

Saint Peter Verona

Also known as

Peter Martyr Peter of Verona Peter the Martyr

Memorial

29 April

Profile Son of Catharist heretics. Educated in a Catholic school and at the University of Bologna. Embraced orthodox Catholicism upon hearing the teaching of Saint Dominic. Became a Dominican at age 16, received into the order by Saint Dominic. Priest. Noted and inspiring preacher in the Lombard region, he spoke often against the Catharists. Called a "Second Paul" because he turned from heresy and tried to convert his former confreres. Inquisitor for northern Italy c.1234, appointed by Pope Gregory IX. Assigned to preach against Manichaeanism, he evangelized throughout Italy. Murdered by Catharists on the road. Miracle worker. Born

1205 at Verona, Italy

Died

martyred on 6 April 1252 on the road near Milan, Italy initially struck on the head with an axe, then stabbed through the heart interred in the mausoleum of the church of Saint Eustorgio, Milan miracles reported at his tomb

Canonized

25 March 1253 by Pope Innocent IV

Patronage

Castelleone di Suasa, Italy Guaynabo, Puerto Rico inquisitors midwives Verona, Italy, diocese of

Representation

Dominican holding a knife Dominican in a forest being stabbed Dominican with a gash across his head Dominican with a knife in his shoulder Dominican with a knife splitting his head Dominican with a large knife in his head Dominican with his finger on his lips Dominican with the Virgin and four female saints appearing to him Dominican writing credo in unum deum in the dust as he dies man with a knife in his head and a sword in his breast

Readings Here silent is Christ's Herald; Here quenched, the People's Light; Here lies the martyred Champion Who fought Faith's holy fight.

The Voice the sheep heard gladly, The light they loved to see He fell beneath the weapons Of graceless Cathari. The Saviour crowns His Soldier; His praise the people psalm. The Faith he kept adorns him With martyr's fadeless palm.

His praise new marvels utter, New light he spreads abroad And now the whole wide city Knows well the path to God. - Saint Thomas Aquinas in eulogy of Saint Peter

Raphael the Archangel

Also known as

Azariah Angel of Love Angel of Joy

Memorial

29 September

Profile Archangel. One of the three angels mentioned by name in Scripture, and one of the seven that stand before God's throne. Lead character in the deutero- canonical book of Tobit in which he travelled with (and guarded) Tobiah, and cured a man's blindness; hence his connection with travellers, young people, blindness, healing and healers. Traditionally considered the force behind the healing power of the sheep pool mentioned in John 5:1-4. Born

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Name Meaning

God has healed Healer from God God's remedy It is God who heals God Heals God, Please Heal

Patronage

against bodily ills against eye disease against eye problems against insanity against mental illness against nightmares against sickness apothecaries blind people doctors druggists Dubuque, Iowa, archdiocese of guardian angels happy meetings love lovers mentally ill people nurses pharmacists physicians Seattle, Washington, archdiocese of shepherdesses shepherdesses shepherds sick people travellers young people

Representation

angel holding a bottle or flask angel walking with Tobias archangel young man carrying a fish young man carrying a traveller's staff

Readings You should be aware that the word "angel" denotes a function rather than a nature. Those holy spirits of heaven have indeed always been spirits. They can only be called angels when they deliver some message. Moreover, those who deliver messages of lesser importance are called angels; and those who proclaim messages of supreme importance are called archangels.

Raphael means...God's remedy, for when he touched Tobit's eyes in order to cure him, he banished the darkness of his blindness. Thus, since he is to heal, he is rightly caused God's remedy.

- from a homily by Pope Saint Gregory the Great

Saint Raymond of Penyafort

Also known as

Raimund av Peñafort Raymond of Peñafort Raymund of Penafort

Memorial

7 January

Profile Born to the Aragonian nobility. Educated at the cathedral school in Barcelona, Spain. Philosophy teacher around age 20. Priest. Graduated law school in Bologna, Italy. Joined the Dominicans in 1218. Summoned to Rome, Italy in 1230 by Pope Gregory IX. Assigned to collect all official letters of the popes since 1150. Raymond gathered and published five volumes, and helped write Church law.

Chosen master general of the Dominicans in 1238. Reviewed the Order's Rule, made sure everything was legally correct, then resigned his position in 1240 to dedicate himself to parish work. He was offered and archbishopric, but he declined, instead returning to Spain and the parish work he loved. His compassion helped many people return to God through Reconciliation.

During his years in Rome, Raymond heard of the difficulties missionaries faced trying to reach non-Christians of Northern Africa and Spain. Raymond started a school to teach the language and culture of the people to be evangelized. With Saint Thomas Aquinas, he wrote a booklet to explain the truths of faith in a way that non-believers could understand. His great influence on Church law led to his patronage of lawyers. Born

1175 at Peñafort, Catalonia, Spain

Died

6 January 1275 at Barcelona, Spain of natural causes

Canonized

29 April 1601 by Pope Clement VIII

Patronage

attornies barristers canonists lawyers medical record librarians

Writings Summa Cassuam

Representation

book cloak key

Readings Look then on Jesus, the author and preserver of faith: in complete sinlessness he suffered, and at the hands of those who were his own, and was numbered among the wicked. As you drink the cup of the Lord Jesus (how glorious it is!), give thanks to the Lord, the giver of all blessings. May the God of love and peace set your hearts at rest and speed you on your journey; may he meanwhile shelter you from disturbance by others in the hidden recesses of his love, until he brings you at last into that place of complete plenitude where you will repose for ever in the vision of peace, in the security of trust, and in the restful enjoyment of his riches. from a letter by Saint Raymond

Saint Raymund Nonnatus

Also known as

Raymund Nonnatus Raimundo Nonato

Memorial

31 August

Profile Born to the Spanish nobility. Well educated, his father planned a career for Raymond in the royal court in Aragon (part of modern Spain). When Raymond felt drawn to religious life, his father ordered him to manage one of the family farms. However, Raymond spent his time with the shepherds and workers, studying and praying until his father gave up the idea of making his son a wordly success.

Mercedarian priest, receiving the habit from Saint Peter Nolasco, the order's founder. Master-general of Mercedarian Order. Spent his entire estate ransoming Christians, then surrended as a hostage to free another. Sentenced to death by impalement, he was spared because of his large ransom value. Imprisoned and tortured, he still managed to convert some of his guards. To keep him from preaching the faith, his captors bored a hole through his lips with a hot iron, and attached padlock. Eventually ransomed, returning to Barcelona in 1239.

Created cardinal by Pope Gregory IX, Raymond continued to live as a mendicant monk. He died while en route to Rome to answer a papal summons. Born

1204 at Portella, diocese of Urgel, Catalonia, Spain

Died

31 August 1240 at Cardona, Spain of a fever buried at the chapel of Saint Nicholas near his family farm he was supposed to manage

Canonized

5 November 1625 by Pope Urban VIII (cultus confirmed) 1657 by Pope Alexander VII (canonized)

Patronage

against fever babies Baltoa, Dominican Republic childbirth children expectant mothers falsely accused people infants midwives newborn babies obstetricians pregnant women

Representation

Mercedarian surrounded by Moors and prisoners Mercedarian surrounded by Moors and prisoners Mercedarian surrounded by ransomed slaves Mercedarian with a cardinal's red hat Mercedarian with a padlock on his lips

Saint Rene Goupil

Also known as

Renatus Goupil

Memorial

19 October

Profile Entered the Jesuit noviate in Paris, France, but his deafness prevented his joining the order. He studied medicine, and in 1639 offered to work as a medic for the Jesuit missionaries in America. Missionary to the Hurons, working as a donné, a layman who worked without pay. Worked in a hospital in Quebec, Canada in 1640. Assistant to Saint Isaac Jogues on his missionary travels. Captured and tortured by Iroquois, enemies of the Huron, for making the sign of the cross over a child's head, which was mistaken for some type of curse. While they were in captivity, Father Isaac received Rene into the Jesuits as a religious brother. First martyr in North America. His death by tomahawk in the head led to his patronage of people who work with or receive anasthesia. Born

1606 at Anjou, France

Died

tomahawked in the head following two months of torture in 1642

Beatified

21 June 1925 by Pope Pius XI

Canonized

29 June 1930 by Pope Pius XI

Patronage

anesthetists anesthesiologists

Saint Richard Pampuri

Also known as

Erminio Filippo Pampuri Riccardo Pampuri Ricardo Pampuri

Memorial

1 May

Profile Tenth of the eleven children born to Innocenzo and Angela Pampuri. His mother died of tuberculosis when Erminio was three, and he was raised by his maternal grandparents and an aunt. His father died in a traffic accident when Erminio was ten.

Though he wanted to become a missionary priest, one of the great influences on the boy was his uncle Carlo, a village doctor. When Erminio's health proved to be too weak for the rigors of missionary work, he studied medicine at Pavia University. Franciscan tertiary, member of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, and involved in Catholic Action, he attended Mass daily while in school.

Drafted into the Italian army medical corps in World War I in 1917, Erminio was a sergeant; he spent his duty in field hospitals, sickened by the misery of war. He resumed his studies in 1920, and graduated at the top of his medical school class on 6 July 1921. Rural health officer in Morimondo in the Po Vally, a poor area near Milan, Italy. Secretary for his parish missionary society; he organized retreats for local laymen, and worked area youth. He treated the poor for free, coordinated charity drives for them, and founded the Band of Pius X, a group dedicated to medical care for the poor. Feeling a call to religious life, Erminio joined the Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God on 22 June 1927, taking the name Riccardo, and making his formal profession on 24 October 1928. He ran a free dental clinic for the Order in Brescia, treating those in need, and giving them money and food in the bargain if they needed it. Born

2 August 1897 at Trivolzio, Pavia, Italy as Erminio Filippo Pampuri

Died

1 May 1930 in Milan, Italy of pleurisy, tuberculosis and pneumonia

Venerated

12 June 1978 by Pope Paul VI

Beatified

4 October 1981 by Pope John Paul II

Canonized

1 November 1989 by Pope John Paul II

Readings The short but intense life of Brother Richard is an incentive for all the People of God, but especially for the young, for doctors and for religious. He is an extraordinary figure, close to us in time but even closer still to us in the midst of our problems and our needs. - Pope John Paul II in the canonization homily for Saint Richard

Pray that neither self indulgence nor pride, nor any other evil passion, prevent me from seeing in my patients Jesus who suffers, and from healing and comforting Him. - Saint Richard in a letter to his sister, a missionary nun

Saint Roch

Also known as

Roc Rocco Rochus Rock Rocke Rollox Roque

Memorial

16 August

Profile French noble who early developed a sympathy for the poor and sick; reported to have been born with the image of a red cross on his breast. Orphaned at age 20, he gave his fortune to the poor, and became a mendicant pilgrim; may have been a Franciscan tertiary. While on pilgrimage Roch encountered an area afflicted with plague. He stayed to minister to the sick, and affected several miraculous cures, usually by making the sign of the cross over them, but contracted the plague himself. He walked into a forest to die, but was befriended by a dog. The dog fed him with food stolen from his master's table, and Roch eventually recovered.

When Roch returned to Montpellier, France, he was arrested for being a spy. He languished in jail for five years, never mentioning his noble connections, cared for by an angel until his death. Born

1295 at Montpelier, France

Died

1327 at Montpelier or Angleria, France of natural causes relics in Venice and Rome, Italy, and at Arles, France

Patronage

against cholera against diseased cattle against epidemics against epidemics against knee problems against plague against skin diseases against skin rashes Albaredo d'Adige, Italy Asturias, Cebu, Philippines bachelors Balzola, Italy Barano, Italy Carbonara Scrivia, Italy Casalnoceto, Italy Castelnuovo Don Bosco, Italy Castropignano, Italy Cereseto, Alessandria, Italy Constantinople diseased cattle dogs Dusino San Michele, Italy falsely accused people invalids Istanbul, Turkey Labico, Italy Lillianes, Italy Orsogna, Italy Patricia, Italy Potenza, Italy Pozzi, Italy relief from pestilence Rocca Priora, Italy Subic Bay Freeport, Philippines Tagbilaran, Philippines, diocese of surgeons tile makers

Representation

angel bread dog pilgrim with staff, often displaying a plague sore on his leg pilgrim with a dog pilgrim with a dog licking the plague spot pilgrim with a dog carrying a loaf of bread in its mouth

Saint Ursicinus of Ravenna

Memorial

19 June

Profile Physician in Ravenna, Italy. Sentenced to death for being a Christian. He wavered toward the end, but after he spoke to Saint Vitalis, he refused to renounce his faith, and was martyred. Died

martyred c.67

Saint Valentine of Rome

Memorial

14 February

Profile Priest in Rome, possibly a bishop. Physician. Imprisoned for giving aid to martyrs in prison, and while there converted the jailer by restoring sight to the jailer's daughter. While Valentine of Terni and Valentine of Rome sometimes have separate entries in martyrologies and biographies, most scholars believe they are daughter. While Valentine of Terni and Valentine of Rome sometimes have separate entries in martyrologies and biographies, most scholars believe they are the same person.

There are several theories about the origin of Valentine's Day celebrations that relate to love and sentiment. Some believe the Romans had a mid-February custom where boys drew the names of girls in honour of the sex and fertility goddess, Februata Juno; pastors "baptised" this holiday, like some others, by substituting the names of saints such as Valentine to suppress the practice. Others maintain that the custom of sending Valentines on 14 February stems from the belief that birds begin to pair on that date; by 1477 the English associated lovers with the feast of Valentine because on that day "every bird chooses him a mate." The custom of men and women writing love letters to their Valentine started on this day. Other "romance" traditions have become attached to this feast, including pinning bay leaves to your pillow on Valentine's Eve so that you will see your future mate that night in your dreams. Died

beaten and beheaded c.269 at Rome buried on the Flaminian Way relics later translated to the Church of Saint Praxedes

Patronage

affianced couples against epilepsy against fainting against plague apiarists bee keepers betrothed couples Bussolengo, Italy engaged couples greeting card manufacturers greetings happy marriages love lovers travellers young people

Representation

birds roses bishop with a crippled or epileptic child at his feet bishop with a rooster nearby bishop performing a wedding bishop refusing to adore an idol bishop being beheaded priest bearing a sword priest holding a sun priest giving sight to a blind girl

Saint Vincent de Paul

Memorial

27 September

Profile Born to a peasant family. A highly intelligent youth, Vincent spent four years with the Franciscan friars at Acq, France getting an education. Tutor to children of a gentlemen in Acq. He began divinity studies in 1596 at the University of Toulouse. Ordained at age 20.

Taken captive by Turkish pirates to Tunis, and sold into slavery. Freed in 1607 when he converted one of his owners to Christianity.

Returning to France, he served as parish priest near Paris where he started organizations to help the poor, nursed the sick, found jobs for the unemployed, etc. Chaplain at the court of Henry IV of France. With Louise de Marillac, founded the Congregation of the Daughters of Charity. Instituted the Congregation of Priests of the Mission (Lazarists). Worked always for the poor, the enslaved, the abandoned, the ignored, the pariahs. Born

24 April 1581 near Ranquine, Gascony near Dax, southwest France the town is now known as Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Landes, France

Died Died

27 September 1660 at Paris, France of natural causes body found incorrupt when exhumed in 1712 body defleshed by a flood; skeleton encased in a wax effigy in the house of the Vincentian fathers in Paris heart incorrupt; displayed in a reliquary in the chapel of the motherhouse of the Sisters of Charity in Paris

Beatified

13 August 1729 by Pope Benedict XIII

Canonized

16 June 1737 by Pope Clement XII

Patronage

against leprosy Brothers of Charity charitable societies charitable workers charities horses hospital workers hospitals lepers lost articles Madagascar prisoners Richmond, Virginia, diocese of spiritual help Saint Vincent de Paul Societies Sisters of Charity Vincentian Service Corps volunteers

Representation

16th century cleric performing some act of charity cleric carrying an infant priest surrounded by the Sisters of Charity cannon-ball and swords

Readings However great the work that God may achieve by an individual, he must not indulge in self-satisfaction. He ought rather to be all the more humbled, seeing himself merely as a tool which God has made use of. - Saint Vincent de Paul

We must love our neighbor as being made in the image of God and as an object of His love. - Saint Vincent de Paul

The Church teaches us that mercy belongs to God. Let us implore Him to bestow on us the spirit of mercy and compassion, so that we are filled with it and may never lose it. Only consider how much we ourselves are in need of mercy. - Saint Vincent de Paul

Extend your mercy towards others, so that there can be no one in need whom you meet without helping. For what hope is there for us if God should withdraw His Mercy from us? - Saint Vincent de Paul

The most powerful weapon to conquer the devil is humility. For, as he does not know at all how to employ it, neither does he know how to defend himself from it. - Saint Vincent de Paul

Free your mind from all that troubles you; God will take care of things. You will be unable to make haste in this (choice) without, so to speak, grieving the heart of God, because he sees that you do not honor him sufficiently with holy trust. Trust in him, I beg you, and you will have the fulfillment of what your heart desires. - Saint Vincent de Paul

He who allows himself to be ruled or guided by the lower and animal part of his nature, deserves to be called a beast rather than a man. - Saint Vincent de Paul

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