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 troubles.
A Against abortion, miscarriage – Catherine of Vadstena Alcoholism – Martin of Tours Angina – Suitbert of Kaiserwerdt Arthritis – Alphonsus Liguori Auditory conditions and diseases – Ovidius
B Victims of betrayal and of torture – Epipodius Against motorcycle/bicycle accidents – Denise Invoked against blight, frost, storms, alcoholism, and faintness – Urban of Langres Blind and the lame – Abel of Reims The blind – Aloysius Gonzaga Blindness, eye disease, eye problems, sore eyes – Leodegar Protectress of blind people – Paraskevi of Rome Protector of sufferers from broken bones and hernias – Mammes Bodybuilders - Hyacinth, Sebastian Against bullies and verbal abuse – Kentigern, Therese of Lisieux, Galileo Nicolini
C Cancer – Peregrine Laziosi Breast cancer – Agatha Stomach cancer, youth, people who suffer from shyness – Alfie Lambe Invoked against cattle diseases – Berlinda of Meerbeke Chest problems, lung problems, gambling addictions – Bernardino of Siena Invoked during childbirth and against diseases of the eye – Hemma of Gurk Childbirth, sickness – Juliana of Nicomedia Women in difficult labor – John of Bridlington Difficult pregnancy and safe child birth – Peter and Fevronia of Murom Invoked by pregnant women for safe delivery of children – Silvia Childhood illnesses – Deicolus Childhood diseases; difficult marriages; victims of abuse – Pharaildis Convulsive children; invoked against storms and rain – Scholastica Invoked against cholera, epidemics, knee problems, plague, skin diseases – Roch Choreas (Sydenham's chorea, Huntington's disease), epilepsy, seizures, oversleeping – Vitus Invoked against cirrhosis and other liver diseases – Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo Riot, civil disorder – Andrew Corsini Against cold and cold weather – Sebaldus Against colic – Agapitus of Palestrina Invoked against colic in children, intestinal ailments and diseases, cramps and the pain of women in labour – Erasmus of Formiae (St Elmo) Saint Bonaventure Convulsions, epilepsy, epileptics – Willibrord Coughs, sneezes, and dropsy – Quentin Invoked against cramps, afflictions associated with the nerves and ears – Cornelius Cramp, headache, bearing false witness, perjury – Pancras Involved against criminals – Saint Peter Crohns disease and IBS – Carlos Manuel Rodríguez Santiago
D Deafness – Audoin (Ouen) Dying people, expectant mothers, hesitation, happy death, holy death, interior souls, people in doubt, pioneers, pregnant women, travellers, and fetuses – Joseph Demons, fever – Patroclus of Troyes Diabetics – Pauline of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus Invoked against dropsy, childhood sicknesses, hailstones, the pain of childbirth, and gout – Gotthard of Hildesheim Invoked against drought – Reverianus Against drought – Trophimus of Arles Those in danger of drowning – Hyacinth Drug addiction – Maximilian Kolbe
E Earache, dysentery – Polycarp Invoked against earthquakes – Emygdius of Ascoli Epidemics, diseases – Four Holy Marshals Invoked against epilepsy and headaches – Gerard of Lunel Epilepsy, against rabies, against infantile convulsions – Guy of Anderlecht Invoked against erysipelas, lightning, horse theft, wildfires, and drowning – Castulus Invoked against evil spirits, leprosy, thunderstorms, bacterial diseases, and bacterial infections – Agrippina of Mineo Sore eyes – Augustine of Hippo Eye disease – Cyriacus Eye and skin conditions; knee pains; invoked against adultery and marital difficulties – Gangulphus Eye problems, eye disease – Harvey
F Fainting, plague, epilepsy – Valentine Against diseases in the feet – Saint Alphonsa Invoked against foot troubles, lameness, rheumatism, rats, and mice – Servatius Invoked against fever, rats, and mice, particularly field-mice – Gertrude of Nivelles Fever – Hugh of Cluny Invoked against fever; afflictions associated with the eyes; Dry cough; infertility; panic attacks – Theobald of Provins Invoked against fire, floods and drowning – Florian Invoked against flooding, and for the good success of Caesarean section – Caesarius of Terracina
G Against gallstones, colic – Liborius of Le Mans Invoked against illegal gambling – Cajetan Diseases and sicknesses affecting the genitals – Vitalis of Assisi Gout, sore throat, fever, whooping cough – Andrew the Apostle Gout – Apollinaris
H Pathologies of the hands and the feet – Julia of Corsica Against hanging – Coloman Hangovers – Bibiana Against headache – Agathius, Teresa of Ávila, Bibiana, Crescentinus, Denis of Paris, William Firmatus, Heart disease – John of God Haemorrhage, eye complaints – Lucy of Syracuse Against hernias – Conrad of Piacenza The homeless – Benedict Joseph Labre, Nicholas of Trani, Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur Sick horses – Hippolytus of Rome
I Patron of immigrants, migrant workers, separated families – Lorenzo Ruiz Invoked against infertility – Maturinus Female infertility (in Syria) – Abd-al-Masih Against infestations of bedbugs, rodents and locusts – Tryphon Against insanity, mental disorders – Bibiana, Christina the Astonishing Against insomnia and other sleep disorders and difficulties – Peter Damian
K Against kidnapping, illness – Arthelais Kidney disease, and rheumatism – Ursus of Aosta Diseases of the kidneys, invoked against physical defects, back pains, and school-related students' crises – Nonnosus
L Leprosy, HIV and AIDS – Damien of Molokai, Evmenios Saridakis Against lightning; fear of insects – Gratus of Aosta Invoked against lightning – Victor of Marseilles Lost causes, desperate situations – Jude Thaddaeus Lost causes or impossible cases, marital problems, abuse – Rita of Cascia Missing people and lost things – Anthony of Padua
M Difficult marriage – Olaf, Godelieve Mental illness – Bibiana, Fillan, Hermes, Dymphna Migraine – Aspren, Gereon
N Invoked as a protector from natural disasters, plague, invasion – Leoluca Invoked against stiff neck – Ursicinus of Saint-Ursanne Neuralgia, sick children, obsessive compulsive disorder – Ubald Nyctophobia – Cannera
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