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Patronage | Saints Patronage / Saints |
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Iceland | Iceland St. Thorlac Thorhallsson |
Iceland | Iceland Anskar, Thorlac |
Idaho | Idaho Our Lady of Limerick |
Illinois | Illinois Our Lady of the Universe |
Illness (mental) | Illness (mental) Dymphna |
Immigrants | Immigrants Frances Xavier Cabrini |
Impenitence, protection against | Impenitence, protection against Barbara, Mark the Evangelist |
Imperia Italy | Imperia Italy Leonard of Port Maurice |
Impossible Cases | Impossible Cases Rita of Cascia |
India | India Mary, Patron of India, Frances Xavier Cabrini, Rose of Lima, Thomas, Apostle |
Indian missions in Ecuador | Indian missions in Ecuador Our Lady of Agua Santa de Baños |
Indiana | Indiana Our Lady of Providence |
Indiscretions, protection against | Indiscretions, protection against John Nepomucene |
Infantry | Infantry Martin of Tours |
Infantry, Spanish | Infantry, Spanish Immaculate Conception of Mary |
Infertility | Infertility Rita of Cascia |
Inflammatory Diseases, protection against | Inflammatory Diseases, protection against Benedict |
Information Workers | Information Workers Archangel Gabriel |
Innkeepers | Innkeepers Gentian |
Innocent people (falsely accused) | Innocent people (falsely accused) Raymond Nonnatus |
Insanity | Insanity Dymphna |
Insects, protection against | Insects, protection against Dominic of Silos |
Invalids | Invalids Roch |
Iowa | Iowa Mary of Nazareth |
Ireland | Ireland Patrick, Columba, Bridgid of Ireland |
Isle of Man | Isle of Man Maughold |
Istanbul (Constantinople) | Istanbul (Constantinople) John Chrysostom, George, Roch |
Istanbul, Turkey; Constantinople | Istanbul, Turkey; Constantinople George, John de Britto, Roch |
Italy | Italy Bernardine of Siena, Catherine of Siena, Francis of Assisi, Our Lady of Loreto, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Our Lady of the Snows |
in-law problems | in-law problems Adelaide, Elizabeth of Hungary, Elizabeth Ann Seton, Godelieve, Jeanne de Chantal, Jeanne Marie de Maille, Ludmila, Pulcheria |
incest victims | incest victims Dymphna, Laurent (Lawrence) |
infantrymen | infantrymen Maurice |
innocence | innocence Hallvard |
inquisitors | inquisitors Peter of Verona |
insect bites | insect bites Mark the Apostle, Narcissus |
inter-racial justice, race relations, racial harmony | inter-racial justice, race relations, racial harmony Martin de Porres, Peter Claver |
interior souls | interior souls Joseph |
invoked in time of war | invoked in time of war Elizabeth of Portugal |
ions, Chinese | ions, Chinese Joseph |
iron mongers, hardware, hardware stores | iron mongers, hardware, hardware stores Sebastian |
More on Patron Saints
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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