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  2. Vincent de Paul - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  3. Our Lady of Charity - Wikipedia

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    The statue stands on a pedestal behind glass above the altar in the El Cobre basilica. The color yellow is associated with the Virgin of Charity, and her shrines are often filled with yellow flowers. [3] A chapel of Our Lady of Charity exists within the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. [2] [4]

  4. Saints Faith, Hope and Charity - Wikipedia

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    Although earlier editions of the Roman Martyrology commemorated Saints Faith, Hope and Charity on 1 August and their mother Sophia on 30 September, [4] the present text of this official but professedly incomplete catalogue of saints of the Roman Catholic Church has no feast dedicated to the three saints or their mother: the only Sophia included ...

  5. Patron saints of ethnic groups - Wikipedia

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    Cubans: Our Lady of Charity. [63] [64] [59] Dominicans: Virgin of Altagracia, [65] Saint Dominic. Ecuadorians: Mariana de Jesús de Paredes. ... Patron saints of places

  6. Louise de Marillac - Wikipedia

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    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

  7. Martin de Porres - Wikipedia

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    Martin of Charity Saint of the Broom; Born: 9 December 1579 Lima, Viceroyalty of Peru, ... He is the patron saint of mixed-race people, barbers, innkeepers, ...

  8. Maximilian Kolbe - Wikipedia

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    On 10 October 1982, Pope John Paul II canonized Kolbe and declared him a martyr of charity. [2] The Catholic Church venerates him as the patron saint of amateur radio operators, drug addicts, political prisoners, families, journalists, and prisoners. [3] John Paul II declared him "the patron of our difficult century".

  9. List of patron saints by occupation and activity - Wikipedia

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    Servers the sick - Saint Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur [26] Shepherds - Bernadette of Lourdes, [5] Cuthbert, Cuthman, Dominic of Silos, Drogo of Sebourg, George, Germaine Cousin, Julian the Hospitaller, Raphael the Archangel, Regina, Solange; Shoemakers - Crispin, Gangulphus, Peter the Apostle, Theobald of Provins; Shorthand writers ...