St. Peregrine Laziosi
Patron of Cancer Victims
1260 - 1345
Peregrine Laziosi was born of a wealthy family at Forli, Italy, in 1260. As a youth he was active in politics as a member of the anti-papal party. During one uprising, which the Pope sent St. Philip Benizi to mediate, Philip was struck in the face by Peregrine. When Philip offered the other cheek, Peregrine was so overcome that he repented and converted to Catholicism. Following the instructions of the Virgin Mary received in a vision, Peregrine went to Siena and joined the Servites. It is believed that he never allowed himself to sit down for thirty years, while as far as possible, observing silence and solitude. Sometime later, Peregrine was sent to Forli to found a new house of the Servite Order. An ideal priest, he had a reputation for fervent preaching and being a good confessor. When he was afflicted with cancer of the foot and amputation had been decided upon, he spent the night before the operation, in prayer. The following morning he was completely cured. This miracle caused his reputation to become widespread. He died in 1345 at the age of eighty-five, and he was canonized by Pope Benedict XIII in 1726. St. Peregrine, like St. Paul, was in open defiance of the Church as a youth. Once given the grace of conversion he became one of the great saints of his time. His great fervor and qualities as a confessor brought many back to the true Faith. Afflicted with cancer, Peregrine turned to God and was richly rewarded for his Faith, enabling him over many years to lead others to the truth. He is the patron of cancer patients.
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Please help my brother who has fought so hard and has been so faithful on this journey and also all of those who love him so, please let him have peace and comfort. Amen
St. Peregrine,
Please intercede and provide heavenly aid to mother as she goes into surgery tomorrow to remove colon cancer. Please grant my mother with your graces and restore her to full health in a safe and quick manner.
St Peregrine, please pray for the healing of my body suffering from pancreatic cancer. Please pray that I can raise enough funds/money for me to undergo treatment at Guangzhou Modern Cancer Hospital as they said that they can still treat me despite the advance stage of my cancer.
happy feast day St. Peregrine Laziosi. please help my uncle vic and my whole family with their cancer. thank you
Please pray for my mom who is following up with bone scan after completing chemo please keep the Cancer from returning.
St Pergrine
Please pray for my niece who has cancer in his leg. He has undergone various operations and one bone in his leg has been taken out. Through your intercession please pray that the cancer is healed fully and that the use of his leg may be restored. I pray that the good Lord may will to give him his health back. Please, St Peregrine also intercede for the healing of his wife who has a problem in her lungs and pain in the back. I pray this in the name of my Savior.
Saint Peregrine,
Please pray for the curing of my wife Rosalinda and her multiple Myloma and Amliodosys. She has already had 0ne stem cell treatment, a major removal of her large intestine. Please pray that if God so wills it, that she be returned to me in full health and strength, so that we may both sing eternal praises to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, who with the Holy Spirit, and the Father reigns forever, Amen
Saint Peregrine,
Thank you for helping the doctors diagnose and remove my colon cancer.
Now I'm asking you to please bless and bring some peace to my mother, who has recently been diagnosed with brain tumors. I know that she is very scared and is feeling that the situation is hopeless, but I think that a positive attitude would help her in many ways.
LORD,JESUS i pray for the healing of my sister,Cynthia Bauyon ,a susupected ovarian cancer patient..may all the results be negative..tru the powerful intercession of St.Peregrine,your loving saint..and by the loving hands and protection of Mama Mary..amen and amen...
St. Peregrine, please intercede for me before Our Lord Jesus for spiritual and physical help in coping with a malignant lung tumor and spreading cancer cells. I ask in Jesus' name for the physicans and cancer treatments to eradicate this disease from my body. Please also intercede for all cancer patients who call upon you. In Jesus name I pray.
St. Peregrine I have been diagnosed with rectal cancer and start chemotherapy tomorrow. Please give me the faith and strength to deal with this and please heal my sickness St. Peregrine.
St. Peregrine, please pray for me. I have just been diagnosed with rectal cancer. The doctor says that it's treatable and curable, but I am going to have to go through several tests, radiation, chemo, and surgery. Please pray for my complete recovery. I am only 54 years old, I want to see my granddaughters grow up and I have an elderly father to take care of and my wonderful husband also needs me. Please pray for me dear sweet St. Peregrine.
Please pray for my sister. October 2012 she had brain surgery. She has stage 4 gioblastoma brain cancer. My sister, Tracy, has three kids and a wonderful husband. She is only 42. I ask that The Lord be with her and all of her family and friends. Please pray to let us have more time with her and that the cancer will disappear!
St. Peregrine, please pray for our mom/wife who has just been diagnosed with colon cancer. Please bless her, keep her safe through this fearful time, and cure her of this disease. We put our full faith in you.
Tomorrow, November 27, 2012 at 10:30 (EST), we are scheduled to meet mom's surgeon for the colon cancer surgery she is awaiting. It has been a rough 2 months so far dealing with her heart issue (beginning of October) and learning about the colon cancer diagnosis, at the same time.
Please, pray that my mother does not have any abdominal pain (especially throughout the nights), that the surgeon has a good treatment plan for her in mind, that she (it is a woman) is compassionate towards an elderly patient(my mom is 79) and that the treatment plan is no longer delayed. Please, let us receive some encouraging news, after what my mom has been through in such a short period of time.
Thank you and God bless !
my class is doing a st. progect so this was useful :) natasha is awesome
St. Peregrine, a friend of mine who is 30 years old was diagnosis with Stage 4 lung cancer and had spread to her brain the beginning of this year. She has been battling it since and now was told that it had gotten worst and was given a timeline. I'm asking for your help in watching over and giving her the strength to overcome this battle. Thank you and we love you!
my anutie just dyed from cancer not to long ago so sad so sad :(
Please help my family realize that God is suffering from our sins...Amen
Please help and protect my sister who was diagnosed today with bone and lung cancer. She is so weak from the MS that I am afraid for her. I need your intercession for her and our family.