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Patron Saints

What is a patron saint?
Patron saints are chosen as special protectors or guardians over areas of life. These areas can include occupations, illnesses, churches, countries, causes -- anything that is important to us. The earliest records show that people and churches were named after apostles and martyrs as early as the fourth century.

Recently, the popes have named patron saints but patrons can be chosen by other individuals or groups as well. Patron saints are often chosen today because an interest, talent, or event in their lives overlaps with the special area. Angels can also be named as patron saints. A patron saint can help us when we follow the example of that saint's life and when we ask for that saint's intercessory prayers to God.

For example, Francis of Assisi loved nature and so he is patron of ecologists. Francis de Sales was a writer and so he is patron of journalists and writers. Clare of Assisi was named patron of television because one Christmas when she was too ill to leave her bed she saw and heard Christmas Mass -- even though it was taking place miles away.

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Cab drivers	Joseph, Fiacre
Cagliari, Italy	Saturninus of Cagliari
Cake makers	Honoratus
California	Our Lady of the Wayside
Caltanissett, Sicily	Michael the Archangel
Cambridge University	Etheldreda
Canada	Anne (Mother of Mary), Joseph, The martyrs of North America
Cancer Patients	Michael Argemir
Cancer victims	Peregrine Laziosi
Candelada	Bernard of Valdeiglesias
Candle-makers	Ambrose
Canonists, canon lawyers	Raymond of Peñafort, Robert Bellarmine, Ivo of Kermartin
Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross; Crosier Fathers; Crosier Order	Odilia
Capuchin-Franciscan Province of Mid-America	Conrad of Parzham
Carmelite schools	Albert of Sicily
Carpenters	Joseph, Thomas, Apostle
Cartagena, Spain	Modestus
Cashel, Ireland	Albert of Cashel
Castelabbate Italy	Constabilis of Cava
Catalonia	George
Catania	Agatha
Catechists	Viator, Charles Borromeo, Robert Bellarmine
Catechumens	Charles Borromeo, Robert Bellarmine
Catholic Action	Francis of Assisi, Paul, Apostle
Catholic Action (in Italy)	Paul, Apostle, Gabriel Possenti
Catholic Charities	Vincent de Paul, Elizabeth of Hungary
Catholic Writters	Francis de Sales
Catholic Youth	Aloysius Gonzaga
Catholic press	Anthony Mary Claret, Francis de Sales
Catholic schools, Catholic academies	Thomas Aquinas, Ursula
Cattaro, Dalmatia	Trifone
Cattle breeders	Mark
Cavalry	Martin of Tours
Cavalry, Italian	George
Cebu, Philippines	El Niño
Cemetery keepers, or caretakers	Joseph of Arimathea
Central Africa	Therese of Lisieux
Central America	Our Lady of Loreto, Rose of Lima
Central and South America	Our Lady of Guadalupe, Rose of Lima
Chaplains, military	John of Capistrano
Chaplains, military, Argentinian	Our Lady of Lujan
Chaplains, military, Australian	Our Lady Help of Christians
Chaplains, military, Belgian	Mary, Mediatrix of All Graces
Chaplains, military, Philippine	Immaculate Conception of Mary
Chaplains, military, Spanish	Immaculate Conception of Mary
Charcoal-burners	Alexander the charcoal-burner
Charitable societies	Vincent de Paul
Chemists (pharmacists)	Cosmas and Damian
Chilblain	Basilissa
Childbirth	Gerard Majella, Margaret (or Marina) of Antioch, Raymond Nonnatus, Leonard of Noblac, Erasmus (Elmo)
Childless women	Anne (Mother of Mary)
Children	Nicholas of Myra, Raymond Nonnatus, Nicholas of Tolentino
Children of Mary	Agnes, Maria Goretti
Children, desire for	Rita of Cascia
Children, illegitimate	John Francis Regis
Chile	Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, James the Greater
Chilean army	Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Chilean navy	Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
China	Mary, Queen of China
Choirboys, choirs	Dominic Savio

Cholera	Roch
Christian Mothers	Anne (Mother of Mary)
Church	Joseph
Church in North Africa	Ignatius of Antioch
Church in the eastern Mediterranean	Ignatius of Antioch
Cingoli, Italy	Sperandea
Cistercian Order	Our Lady of the Assumption
Civil Servants	Thomas More
Clergy	Gabriel Possenti
Clergy, Diocesan	John of Avila
Clergy, Parochial	John Vianney
Clerics	Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows
Clermont (formerly Averna), France	Illidius
Clothworkers	Homobonus
Cloyne, Ireland	Colman of Cloyne
Cobblers	Crispin and Crispinian
Coffin-bearers	Joseph of Arimathea
Coin collectors	Eligius (Eloi)
Colegio Capranica Seminary of Rome	Agnes of Rome
Colic	Erasmus (Elmo)
Colleges	Thomas Aquinas
Colombia	Peter Claver, Louis Betrand, Our Lady of Chiquinquira
Colorado	Immaculate Mary, Francis of Assisi
Comedians	Vitus
Commissariat, French Army	Ambrose
Commissariat, Spanish military	Teresa of Avila
Communication Workers	Gabriel the Archangel
Communism, opposition to	Joseph
Condemned criminals	Dismas
Confessors	Alphonsus de Liguori, John Nepomucene
Congo; Zaire; Belgian Congo	Immaculate Conception of Mary, Our Lady, Queen of Nations
Connecticut	Notre Dame of Easton
Construction workers	Thomas, Apostle
Contagious diseases	Robert Bellarmine, Sebastian
Conze (Conza), Italy	Herbert Hoscam
Cooks	Martha
Coopers	Abdon and Sennen
Cordoba, Spain	Acisclus, Victoria
Corfu (Kerkira) Island, Greece	Arsenius of Corfu, Spyridon
Cork, Ireland	Finbar
Corleone, Sicily	Leolucas
Cornwall, England	Michael the Archangel, Petroc, Piran
Corsica	Alexander Sauli, Devota, Julia of Corsica, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
Costa Rica	Our Lady of the Angels, Our Lady of the Assumption
Council of Vatican II	Joseph
Court Clerks	Thomas More
Craftsmen and women	Dymphna
Craftworkers	Luke
Cremona, Italy	Himerius
Crete	Titus
Croatia	Joseph
Crops, protection of	Magnus of Fussen
Crusaders	Charles the Good, Louis IX
Cuba	La Virgen de la Caridad (Our Lady of Charity), Virgin de Regla
Cuby, Cornwall	Cybi
Cursillo movement	Paul, Apostle
Customs officers	Matthew
Cutlers	Lucy
Cyprus	Barnabas, Apostle
Czechoslovakia	Wenceslaus, Adalbert, John Nepomucene, Ludmila, Cyril and Methodius
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