List of patron saints by occupation and activity
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This is a list of patron saints of occupations and activities or of groups of people with a common occupation or activity.
A
- Agabus – fortune tellers[1]
- Adrian of Nicomedia – arms dealers, butchers, guards, soldiers[2]
- Agatha – bakers, bellmaking, nurses[3]
- Albertus Magnus – natural scientists[4]
- Alexander of Comana – charcoal-burners[5]
- Alexius – belt makers and nurses[6]
- Aloysius Gonzaga – Catholic students, Jesuit scholastics[7]
- Amand – bartenders, brewers, innkeepers, merchants, vine growers, vintners,[5]
- Ambrose of Milan – bee keepers, beggars,[8] candle-makers,[9] chandlers,[10] wax-melters and refiners
- Anastasius the Fuller – fullers[11]
- Anastasia of Sirmium – weavers[12]
- Andrew the Apostle – fishmongers, fishermen[5]
- Andrew Kim – clergy of Korea
- Ann – miners,[5] mothers,[10] equestrians,[13] cabinet makers,[10] homemakers,[12] stablemen, French-Canadian voyageurs, and sailors
- Ansovinus – gardeners
- Anthony Mary Claret – weavers[8]
- Anthony the Abbot – basket-makers,[5] gravediggers, butchers,[8] swineherds and motorists
- Anthony of Padua – those seeking lost items or people,[5] nomadic travelers, brush makers, women seeking a husband,
- Antipas – dentists
- Apollonia – dentists [5]
- Arnold of Soissons – brewers
- Arnulph – millers
- Augustine of Hippo – printers,[8] brewers and theologians[12]
B
- Barbara – miners, artillerymen, military engineers and firemen, Italian marines,[5] architects, builders,[12] foundry workers, fireworks makers,[11] servicemen of the Russian Strategic Rocket Forces,[14] mathematicians,[15] geoscientist, stonemasons
- Bartholomew the Apostle – leatherworkers, plasterers,[12] tanners, trappers,[16] curriers
- Basil the Great – hospital administrators[17]
- Basilides - Italian prison officers[5]
- Basilissa - nursing mothers [5]
- Benedict of Nursia – farmers, farmhands, engineers, architects, Italian speleologists,[5] students,[12] husbandry, heraldry and officers of arms
- Bénézet – bridge-builders[12]
- Benno – fishermen
- Bernadette of Lourdes – shepherds[8]
- Bernardine of Feltre - pawnbrokers, bankers[5]
- Bernardine of Siena – advertisers[5]
- Bernard of Clairvaux – bee keepers, chandlers, advertisers,[10] wax melters and refiners[18]
- Bernard of Menthon – mountaineers, skiers[5]
- Bernard of Vienne – farmers, farmhands, husbandry
- Bernward of Hildesheim – architects
- Blaise – veterinarians,[12] wool combers and weavers,[18] town criers
- Boethius – philosophy
- Bona of Pisa – flight attendants,[5] travelers, specifically couriers, guides, pilgrims
- Botulph – farmers, farmhands, husbandry
- Brendan the Navigator – sailors,[8] navigators,[13] mariners, seafarers, those traveling by sea
- Brigid of Ireland – dairy workers, scholars, nuns,[8] medicine/healers
C
- Cajetan – unemployed, gamblers, odd lot dealers, and of job seekers
- Camillus of Lellis – nurses,[5] hospital workers[19]
- Cassian of Imola – shorthand writers, stenographers,[5] school teachers, parish clerks
- Catherine of Alexandria – tanners, librarians,[20] students, philosophers,[8] secretaries, scribes, stenographers, preachers,[12] nurses
- Catherine of Siena – jurors,[13] Italian nurses[21]
- Cecilia – musicians[8]
- Charles Borromeo – Catechists, seminarians[8]
- Christina the Astonishing – millers, psychiatrists[13]
- Christopher – travelers, bookbinders, gardeners, mariners,[12] drivers,[13] surfers, athletes, pilots
- Clare of Assisi – theatre performers,[8] embroiderers,[12] gilders,[22] laundry workers, goldsmiths
- Claude – sculptors, secretaries[8]
- Clement – marble-workers,[12] tanners, mariners,[13] stonecutters
- Columbanus – motorcyclists
- Cosmas – doctors, pharmacists, surgeons, barbers[8]
- Crispin – tanners, shoemakers, cobblers, leatherworkers, curriers, saddle-makers
- Cuthbert – shepherds
- Cuthman – shepherds
D
- Damian – doctors, pharmacists, surgeons, barbers[12]
- Dismas – undertakers[23]
- Dominic – astronomers, astronomy,[13] scientists
- Dominic de la Calzada – civil engineers
- Dominic of Silos – shepherds
- Dorothea of Caesarea – florists,[8] horticulture, brewers
- Drogo – coffee house keepers, coffee house owners,[24] sheperds
- Dunstan – blacksmiths,[8] goldsmiths, musicians,[12] locksmiths[13]
- Dymphna – mental health professionals, psychiatrists, therapists[15]
E
- Edward the Confessor – kings
- Eligius – metal-workers, jewelers,[12] mechanics, taxi drivers,[13] farriers,[11] harness makers,[17] numismatists,[21] Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers soldiers, veterinarians, farmers, farmhands, husbandry
- Elisabeth of Hungary – bakers,[8] beggars,[10] nursing services[21]
- Elizabeth Seton - sailors
- Erasmus of Formiae or Elmo – sailors,[8] pyrotechnicians,[12] steeplejacks, chimney sweeps and anyone who works at great heights
- Ephrem the Syrian – spiritual directors and spiritual leaders
- Eustachius – hunters,[8] trappers,[16] firefighters
F
- Ferdinand III – engineers[25]
- Fiacre – taxi-drivers, veterinarians, drivers, gardeners,[8] horticulturists[17]
- Florian – firefighters,[8] chimney sweeps[13]
- Foillan – dentists, surgeons, truss-makers, children's nurses
- Frances of Rome – automobile drivers[8]
- Francis de Sales – writers/authors,[8] journalists[12]
- Francis of Assisi – ecologists,[12] merchants,[10] animal welfare, and rights workers[26]
- Francis Caracciolo – chefs
G
- Archangel Gabriel – communications workers, postal workers, broadcasters, messengers, radio/television workers, radiologists,[8] diplomats, ambassadors, emergency dispatchers, police dispatchers
- Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows – students, seminarians, clerics, a society exists whose goal is to have Gabriel declared the patron saint of handgunners
- Gangulphus – tanners, shoemakers
- Gemma Galgani – students, pharmacists
- Genesius – actors, comedians, clowns, dancers, theatrical performers of all kinds, also attorneys, barristers, lawyers
- George – agricultural workers,[10] archers, armourers,[25] boy scouts,[12] butchers, cavalry,[10] soldiers,[12] Crusaders, equestrians, horsemen, husbandry, knights, saddle makers, shepherds, Teutonic Knights (policemen and firefighters in Brazil).
- Germaine Cousin – shepherdesses[27]
- Giles – beggars, spur makers[28]
- Gregory the Great – teachers
- Gottschalk – linguists, princes, translators
- Gummarus – lumberjacks
- René Goupil – anesthesiologists
H
- Hervé – bards, musicians
- Homobonus – businessmen, tailors, and clothworkers
- Honorius of Amiens (Honoratus) – bakers, confectioners, bakers of holy wafers, candle-makers, florists, flour merchants, oil refiners, and pastry chefs
- Hubertus – hunters, furriers
- Hunna – laundresses, laundry workers, washerwomen
I
- Isidore the Farmer – farmers, farmhands, husbandry, manual laborers
- Isidore of Seville – computer scientists, software engineers, computer programmers, computer technicians, computer users, schoolchildren, students
- Ignatius of Loyola – Military Ordinariate of the Philippines, Society of Jesus,soldiers, Educators and Education.
J
- Jadwiga of Poland – queens
- James, son of Zebedee – veterinarians, equestrians, furriers, tanners, pharmacists
- James, son of Alphaeus – pharmacists
- Jerome – librarians,[20] translators, spectacle makers
- Joan of Arc – Soldiers
- John the Almoner – Knights Hospitaller
- John the Apostle – tanners
- John the Baptist – farriers, bird dealers, Knights Hospitaller.
- John of Damascus – makers of images of the crucifix
- John the Evangelist – editors, authors, art dealers, tanners, and theologians
- John of God – hospital workers, nurses, booksellers
- John Baptist de la Salle – teachers of youth
- John Berchmans – altar servers
- John Bosco – apprentices, editors, printers/publishers
- John Gualbert – foresters
- John Vianney – priests
- Joseph – cabinetmakers, carpenters, craftsmen, laborers, workers, and working people[29]
- Joseph of Arimathea – funeral directors,[30] tinsmiths
- Joseph of Cupertino – air travelers, aviators, astronauts, test takers, poor students
- John of Capistrano – jurists
- Jude (also known as Jude Thaddeus) – police officers, hospital workers, lost (or impossible) causes[31]
- Julian the Hospitaller – shepherds, boatmen
- Justa and Rufina – potters
K
- Kateri – ecologists, environmentalists, thomasites
L
- Lawrence – librarians,[20] students, tanners, cooks (having been martyred by roasting alive on a gridiron), Comedians.[citation needed]
- Leodegar – millers[32]
- Lidwina – ice skaters
- Luke the Evangelist – doctors, surgeons, artists, painters, notaries
M
- Madeleine Sophie Barat - school girls
- Marcellin Champagnat – education and teachers
- Margaret of Antioch – nurses
- Martha – dieticians, cooks
- Mary Magdalene – tanners, hairdressers, pharmacists
- Magnus of Avignon – fish dealers, fishmongers
- Albertus Magnus – chemists, medical technicians
- Macarius of Unzha, Venerable – craftsmen, merchants, travelers[33]
- Malo – pig-keepers
- Martin of Tours – soldiers
- Matthew – accountants, tax collectors, bankers, bookkeepers, joiners, custom agents, security guards, perfumers,
- Maturinus – comic actors, jesters, clowns, sailors (in Brittany), tinmen (in Paris)[34] and of plumbers.[35]
- Maurice and Lydia – dyers
- Maurice – infantrymen
- Michael the Archangel – soldiers, paramedics, paratroopers, police officers, security officers
N
- Nicholas of Myra – sailors, fishermen, merchants, pharmacists, archers, pawnbrokers, lawyers in Paris bar
- Nicholas of Tolentine – Mariners
- Notburga – farmers, farmhands, husbandry
O
- Our Lady of Salambao – fishermen
- Our Lady of Loreto – aviators
P
- Pantaleon – doctors, midwives, physicians
- Patrick – engineers
- Paul the Apostle – hospital public relations
- Peter the Apostle – popes, fishermen, fishmongers, sailors, bakers, harvesters, butchers, glass makers, carpenters, shoemakers, clockmakers, blacksmiths, potters, bridge builders, cloth makers
- Peter of Alcantara – guards
- Peter Damian – traceurs/freerunners
- Phocas the Gardener – farmers, farmhands, husbandry
- Pope John XXIII – Papal delegates
- Pope Celestine V – bookbinders
- Piran – tinners, tin miners
- Philip – Special Forces
Q
- Quentin – bombardiers, chaplains, locksmiths, porters, tailors, and surgeons
R
- Raphael the Archangel – doctors, pharmacists, nurses, shepherds, matchmakers, travelers[36]
- Raymond Nonnatus – midwives, obstetricians
- Raymond of Penyafort – medical record librarians, Canon lawyers
- Rebekah – physicists
- Regina – shepherdesses
- John Regis – medical social workers
- Reinold – Stonemasons
- Robert Bellarmine – Cathechists[8]
- Roch – surgeons, tile-makers, second-hand dealers, gravediggers
- Rose of Lima – embroiderers, gardeners
S
- Sebastian – soldiers, athletes
- Severus of Avranches – silk and wool makers, drapers; milliners and hatters
- Simon – tanners
- Solange – shepherdesses
- Stephen – bricklayers, casketmakers, deacons, altar servers
T
- Tatiana of Rome – students
- Theobald of Provins – Farmers, winegrowers, shoemakers, beltmakers, charcoal-burners
- Thérèse of Lisieux – florists, aviators, missionaries
- Thomas – architects, politicians
- Thomas Aquinas – students, teachers, academics
- Thomas Becket – diocesan priests
- Thomas More – politicians, statesmen, lawyers, civil servants, court clerks
U
- Urban of Langres – vine-growers, vine-dressers, gardeners, vintners, and coopers
- Ursula – archers, orphans, students
V
- Valentine – beekeeping
- Venerius the Hermit – lighthouse keepers[37]
- Veronica – laundry workers; photographers[38]
- Vincent of Saragossa – winemakers
- Vincent de Paul – hospital workers
- Vincent Ferrer – builders
- Vitus – comedians, dancers
W
- Walstan – farmers, farmhands, husbandry
- Winnoc – millers
- Wolbodo – students
- Wolfgang of Regensburg – woodworkers, woodcarvers
X
- Frances Xavier Cabrini – hospital administrators
Y
- Yves – lawyers
Z
- Zeno of Verona – fishermen
- Zita – domestic servants, waiters
See also
- Patron saints of ailments, illness, and dangers
- Patron saints of places
- Patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- Saint symbolism
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