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• St. Alphonsus Liguori
  ...nhappy death. For myself, I will quit this career, which does not suit me; for I wish to secure the salvation of my soul."[3] At the age of twenty-seven, ...osition (and reluctant consent), began his seminary studies in preparation for the priesthood in the Oratory of St. Philip Neri. He was ordained a priest
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• St. Dymphna
  ...cy, and proposed his offer once again. At this, Gerebran rebuked the king for his proposition and urged Dymphna to remain in opposition. At this, Damon ...32. The church remains to the present day, and has been joined by a house for the mentally ill that often houses as many as fifteen hundred patients.
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• St. Peregrine
  ...f the Servite Order (Friar Order Servants of Mary). He is the patron saint for persons suffering from cancer, AIDS, or other illness. ...om the city with insults and violence. Peregrine repented and asked Philip for forgiveness. St. Philip received him with kindness. The moment had a profou
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• St. Juliana Falconieri
  ...to the noble Florentine family of Falconieri in 1270. Her parents had paid for the construction of the Church of L’Annunziata in Florence. Her father d ...orence had become tertiaries and formed a community. Juliana found a place for them at the Grifoni Palace in Florence.
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• St. Maximillian Kolbe
  Maximilian Kolbe was a Polish Conventual Franciscan friar most famous for volunteering to die in place of a stranger at the Auschwitz concentration c ...oners and the pro-life movement. Pope John Paul II declared him the “The Patron Saint of Our Difficult Century”.
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• St. Anne
  * women who long for children but have a hard time becoming pregnant. .... Joachim is said to have fasted in the desert, in order to plead with God for a child. After a time of fasting, an angel appeared, assuring him that he a
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• St. Agatha
  ...nsul Quintian (governor of Sicily), who had long harbored lustful feelings for Agatha, tried to force his attentions on her and desired to obtain her inhe Quintian tried to break Agatha's vow of purity by having her live for a month in a brothel. All efforts to dissuade Agatha failed. Despite the p
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• St. Aloysius Gonzaga
  *The Patron Saint of AIDS Patients and Caregivers .... Aloysius went out every day to collect the sick and dying. He found beds for them, washed them, fed them, comforted them, and prayed with them. Sadly, h
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• St. James the Greater
  ...ard about later: the raising from the dead of Jairus's young daughter, the healing of St. Peter's mother-in-law, and Christ's display of his heavenly glory at ...anks to God. That's the type of cure people who suffer arthritis pain pray for.
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• Margaret of Castello
  ...ness. She has been beatified by the Catholic Church, and is considered the patron saint of the poor, disabled and the unwanted. ...ter nearly being discovered, her parents Parisio and Emilia imprisoned her for 13 years in a room attached to the family chapel so no one would see her, t
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• St. Andrew Avellino
  ...f Potenza Basilicata, his baptismal name was Lancelotto, which out of love for the cross he changed into Andrew when he entered the Order of Theatines. ...by Pope Urban VIII, and in 1712 was canonized by Pope Clement XI. He is a patron of Sicily and is invoked against sudden death. He is buried in Naples.
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• St. Anthony the Abbot
  Anthony "the Great", the "Father of Monks", ranks with those saints whose life exercised a profound influence upon succeeding generations. He w ...hould have imitated you, but, since you have come to me, become what I am, for I am a Christian."
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• St. Charles Borromeo
  ...ith the Vatican and later appointed secretary of state with responsibility for the papal states. The untimely death of his elder brother brought Charles t ...d for 10 years. Working behind the scenes, St. Charles deserves the credit for keeping the Council in session when at several points it was on the verge o
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• St. Benedict
  ...ther of Western Monasticism” and is “Co-patron of Europe” along with Saints Cyril and Methodius. ...t from a monk named Romanus. Benedict’s time as a hermit was interrupted for a short period when he became the superior of a group of unruly monks. Ulti
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• St. Raphael
  ...h, Tobiah's future wife, from the demon Asmodeus. It is then that his true healing powers are revealed and he makes himself known as "the angel Raphael, one o ...and restoring Tobit's vision, allowing him to see the light of Heaven and for receiving all good things through his intercession.
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• St. Willibrord
  ...his return he laboured among the people assigned to him; to raise recruits for future apostolic work he founded a monastery at Utrecht, where also he buil ...frequently retired to the Abbey of Echternach to provide more particularly for his own soul; he was buried in the oratory of this abbey, and after death w
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• St. Martin of Tours
  ...planned to put him in the front of the battle. However, the invaders sued for peace, the battle never occurred, and Martin was released from military ser ...came a hermit for ten years in the area now known as Ligugé. A reputation for holiness attracted other monks, and they formed what would become the Bened
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• St. Martin de Porres
  ...abit and live within the religious community. When Martin was 15, he asked for admission into the Dominican Convent of the Rosary in Lima and was received ...ng his time in the Convent, Martin took on his old trades of barbering and healing. He also worked in the kitchen, did laundry and cleaned. After eight more y
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• St. Medard of Noyon
  ...ion in art, and led to his patronage of good weather, against bad weather, for people who work the fields, etc. Legend has it that if it rains on his feas [[Category:Patron Saints for Healing]]
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• St. Guy of Anderlecht
  ...he altars, taking care of the vestments and altar linens, ringing the bell for mass and vespers, and providing flowers and other decorations which were us ...ch he had invested sank in the harbour, Guy believed he was being punished for being greedy and went on a pilgrimage, first to Rome as penance, and then t
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• St. Fiacre
  ...ho attempted to transgress, were punished by visible judgements, and that, for example, in 1620 a lady of Paris, who claimed to be above this rule, going ...e. Many miracles were claimed through his working the land and interceding for others.
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• St. Denis
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• St. Hildegard
  ...lexander III, Hildegard practised a fruitful apostolate, something unusual for a woman at that time, making several journeys, not without hardship and dif ...ing. She was interested in the important questions of mankind, what causes healing and how to maintain health.
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• St. George
  ...s a talented ruler, but a fanatical adherent of the Roman gods. Having set for himself the goal of reviving dying paganism in the Roman Empire, he went do ...fore Diocletian and, having revealed himself as a Christian, denounced him for cruelty and injustice. George's speech was full of powerful and convincing
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• St. Eligius
  ...rkers and his feast day is December 1. The use of one's talents and wealth for the welfare of humanity is a very true reflection of the image of God. In t [[Category:Patron Saints for Healing]]
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• St. Gerard
  He was known especially for caring for the poor and for many miracles that seemed to be impossible. He is said to have increased a ...aby. The handkerchief was passed on from generation to generation. It is for this reason that he is invoked by so many expectant parents.
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