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Those seeking lost items or people - Anthony of Padua [27] Those who work at great heights - Erasmus of Formiae; Tile makers - Fiacre, Roch; Town criers - Blaise; Toymakers - Claude La Colombière, Nicholas of Myra; Translators - Jerome, [18] Gottschalk; Trappers - Bartholomew the Apostle, Eustachius
Vincent is the patron of all works of charity. A number of organizations specifically inspired by his work and teaching and which claim Vincent as their founder or patron saint are grouped in a loose federation known as the Vincentian Family .
He is the patron saint of mixed-race people, barbers, innkeepers, public health workers, all those seeking racial harmony, and animals. He was noted for his work on behalf of the poor, establishing an orphanage and a children's hospital. He maintained an austere lifestyle, which included fasting and abstaining from meat.
Louise de Marillac was born out of wedlock on August 12, 1592 [1] at Ferrières-en-Brie near Le Meux, [2] now in the department of Oise, in Picardy.She never knew her mother. Louis de Marillac, Lord of Ferrires (1556–1604), [3] claimed her as his natural daughter yet not his legal h
The family wealth gave her the opportunity for charitable work, and while still a young woman she had gained the respect and love of the community. When her parents died in 1549, Philothei found herself the owner of extensive holdings. She took up the monastic life and around 1551, establishing a women's monastery under the patronage of Saint ...
In 1950, Pius XII named Cabrini as the patron saint of immigrants, recognizing her efforts worldwide to build schools, orphanages and hospitals. [32] [33] Pope Francis has stated that Cabrini's charitable works in Argentina inspired him to become a priest. [29] In the Roman Martyrology, Cabrini's feast day is December 22, the anniversary of her ...
Chile, poor people, street children, social workers, and is also known as a class patron in Xavier School Alberto Hurtado , SJ ( Latin American Spanish: [alˈβeɾto wɾˈtaðo] ; born Luis Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga ; January 22, 1901 – August 18, 1952), popularly known as Padre Hurtado , was a Chilean Jesuit priest, lawyer, social worker, and ...
Honoratus of Amiens is the patron saint of bakers and confectioners. A patron saint, patroness saint, patron hallow or heavenly protector is a saint who in Catholicism, Lutheranism, Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy or Oriental Orthodoxy is regarded as the heavenly advocate of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, family, or person. [1] [2]