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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. 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".

  4. 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 ...

  5. Patron saint - Wikipedia

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    Saints often become the patrons of places where they were born or had been active. However, there were cases in medieval Europe where a city which grew to prominence obtained for its cathedral the remains or some relics of a famous saint who had lived and was buried elsewhere, thus making them the city's patron saint – such a practice conferred considerable prestige on the city concerned.

  6. 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]

  7. Dorcas - Wikipedia

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    As evidence of her charity, they showed him some of the clothes she had sewn, and according to the biblical account he raised her from the dead. [5] She is celebrated as a saint by the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, the Anglican Communion, and some Protestant denominations. [6] [7]

  8. 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

  9. Patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Wikipedia

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    Missionary Sisters of Saint Peter Claver Our Lady of Good Counsel [36] Order of Preachers (Dominicans) [37] Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy - Our Lady of Ransom; Servite Order - Our Lady of Sorrows; Jesuits - Madonna Della Strada [38] Schoenstatt Apostolic Movement - Mother Thrice Admirable; Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of ...