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Cabinet makers - Andrew the Apostle [10], Joseph; Canon lawyers - Raymond of Penyafort; Carpenters - Joseph, Matthias, Peter the Apostle; Casket makers - Stephen; Cattlemen - Andrew the Apostle; Catechists - Charles Borromeo, Robert Bellarmine [5] Catholic students - Aloysius Gonzaga [12] Cavalry - George [10] Chandlers - Ambrose of Milan, [10 ...
Patron saint Notes Asia: Francis Xavier [1] John the Evangelist is the patron saint of Asia Minor, but not the entire continent. [2] [3] Africa: Moses the Black Our Lady of Africa: Cyprian is patron saint of Africa, the Roman province (Tunisia), not the entire continent. [4] The Americas: The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Guadalupe) [5] [6]
They are the patron saints of Zürich. Felix and Regula were brother and sister, beheaded in the third century, along with Exuperantius, for converting to Christianity. [ 1 ] Their feast day is 11 September in the Gregorian calendar, [ 2 ] celebrated on the same day using the Julian calendar (which is the 24th of September Gregorian), the 14th ...
The Armenian Apostolic Church honours Saint Bartholomew and Saint Thaddeus as its patron saints. The Eastern Orthodox Church venerates Bartholomew on June 11. [27] Bartholomew is also venerated on August 25 in commemoration of the transfer of Bartholomew's relics. [28] He is also venerated as one of the twelve apostles on June 30. [29]
They are the patron saints of, respectively, England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Spain, Portugal, [1] and Wales. The champions were depicted in Christian art and folklore in Great Britain as heroic warriors, most notably in a 1596 book by Richard Johnson titled Famous Historie of the Seaven Champions of Christendom. Richard Johnson was entirely ...
On Oct. 10, 2020, Carlo Acutis, a computer enthusiast, was beatified and given the title of “Blessed,” in the town of Assisi in Italy. Already, Catholics are calling this 15-year-old video ...
In art, she is commonly represented holding a book to signify the library she saved, and an axe, which signifies the manner of her martyrdom. [6] The axe with which she is commonly depicted is in fact anachronistic , being a halberd , which did not come into existence until the 15th century.
Saints have often been prevailed upon in requests for intercessory prayers to protect against or help combatting a variety of dangers, illnesses, and ailments. This is a list of saints and such ills traditionally associated with them. In shorthand, they are called the patron saints of (people guarding against or grappling with) these various ...