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  2. Saint Christopher - Wikipedia

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    In French a widespread phrase for such medals is Regarde St Christophe et va-t-en rassuré ("Look at St Christopher and go on reassured", sometimes translated as "Behold St Christopher and go your way in safety"); Saint Christopher medals and holy cards in Spanish have the phrase Si en San Cristóbal confías, de accidente no morirás ("If you ...

  3. Saint Christopher in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    Saint Christopher is the patron saint of the Saltee Islands in Airman, a 2008 book by Eoin Colfer. [4] In James McKenzie's novel Janis and Saint Christopher, Saint Christopher safely guides French explorers to the Australian mainland and becomes the patron saint of the city of Saint Christopher. [5]

  4. Fourteen Holy Helpers - Wikipedia

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    Saint Pantaleon was the patron of physicians, Saint Cyriacus invoked against temptation on the deathbed, and Saints Christopher, Barbara, and Catherine of Alexandria for protection against a sudden and unprovided-for death. Saint Giles was prayed to for a good confession, and Saint Eustace as healer of family troubles.

  5. 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 ...

  6. Patron saints of ailments, illness, and dangers - Wikipedia

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    For protection against the dangers of the sea - Wulfram of Sens; Against sepsis - John Henry Newman; The sick, asthma sufferers, nurses and carers - Bernadette; Those who serve the sick - Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur [25] Skin disease, Saint Anthony's fire - Anthony; Skin diseases, victims of child abuse - Germaine Cousin

  7. List of saints in the Russian Orthodox Church - Wikipedia

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  8. Madonna dell'Orto - Wikipedia

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    It was initially dedicated to St. Christopher, patron saint of those who travel by ferry, [1] but its popular name suggesting consecration to Holy Virgin comes from the following century, when an allegedly miraculous statue of the Madonna, commissioned for the Church of S. Maria Formosa but rejected, was brought to the Church from the nearby ...

  9. Military saint - Wikipedia

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    The military saints, warrior saints and soldier saints are patron saints, martyrs and other saints associated with the military.They were originally composed of the early Christians who were soldiers in the Roman army during the persecution of Christians, especially the Diocletianic Persecution of AD 303–313.