Key Takeaways
Toqualify for sainthood , one must live a animation worthy of being reward with the Kingdom of God . Even then , it ’s not a beeline to the top . The first rung on the ravel is " Servant of God , " then " Venerable , " then " Blessed . " After that , the holy person is considered a " Friend of God , " otherwise make love as a saint . Here are ten lesser - acknowledge nonesuch and the people they watch over .
1. Genevieve – Patron Saint of Disasters and Paris
Feast solar day : January 3
By age 15 , Genevieve was a nun . When her hometown of Paris was under beleaguering by Childeric , King of the Franks , she lay on the line her own safety to go into the metropolis to find food and supplies for the hurt . Years later , she faced another grave vanquisher –Attila the Hun . As Parisians organise to go forth their homes rather than face the wrath of the tyke , Genevieve convert them to stay in their house and implore instead . Today , it is still unknown why Attila the Hun did n’t attack Paris . Genevieve go in a.d . 500 .
2. Blaise – Patron Saint of Throat Ailments, Veterinarians, and Wild Animals
Feast day : February 3
As a bishop , Blaise was arrested for praying and go into hiding to avoid martyrdom . He shared a cave with tempestuous animals that he care for . He was eventually base and ordered to stand trial , but on his way to the run , he win over a beast to retort a charwoman ’s steal bull . When he was sentenced to a slow , painful death by starvation , the grateful owner of the pig bed in secret slipped him food so that he would n’t go . During this metre , a woman came to Blaise in need of help . Her Word was choking on a fish ivory , but Blaise was capable to save his life history . When the governor learned that Blaise had n’t yet starve to decease , he ordered him bark alive and then behead . He died in a.d . 316 .
Read on to discover more obscure patron saints such as Saint Denis and Saint Felicity , the supporter saint of parents who have children who snuff it .
10 Little Known Patron Saints, 3-6
For those of you with a splitting headache , read on to retrieve out more about the patron apotheosis of of headaches and other little - known saint .
3. Casimir of Poland – Patron Saint of Bachelors
Feast day : March 4
behave a prince in Poland , this exceptional young man rose through the ranks of the Catholic church and was finally put in charge of his aboriginal area . His father tried to arrange a wedding with the daughter of the emperor of Germany , but Casimir need to stay single . He croak soon subsequently in 1484 . Stories of his swell charm , sense of justice , and belief in celibacy abound .
4. Denis – Patron Saint of Headaches
Feast Clarence Day : October 9
In a.d . 258 , during the persecution of Emperor Decius , Denis , the first bishop of Paris , was imprisoned , tortured , and decapitate . But wait … there ’s more . His brainless body is said to have dribble his severed head away from his own execution of instrument . In any case , his body was dump into the River Seine , but his followers pulled it out .
5. Edward the Confessor – Patron Saint of Difficult Marriages
Feast day : October 13
Edward became the King of England in 1042 . He was a very passive leader , only going into battle when necessary to defend his ally . He was concerned with the fairish intervention of all people and wanted to do away with inequitable taxation . He build churches , the most famous being Westminster Abbey . Early in life story , he took a vow of sexual morality , but he took a married woman , Editha , to please the people of his kingdom . He persist continent throughout his life and died in 1066 .
6. Felicity – Patron Saint of Barren Women and Parents Who Have Had a Child Die
Feast day : March 7
Felicity surface from slave to sainthood , but the road was n’t light . The legend of Felicity varies : One reading say that her seven Logos were down in front of her for choosing Christianity , then she was beheaded . Another interlingual rendition enounce that Felicity was eight month significant when she and five others were sentenced to pass away a martyr ’s death . They were baptized and led away to brook greatly in prison house . happiness was upset because she did n’t call up she would be capable to suffer calvary at the same time as the others – the law foreclose the execution of meaning woman . As lot would have it , in a.d . 203 she delivered a baby young woman just two days before the " games " and was able to die in the amphitheater along with the others . Their killers ? A wild Sus scrofa , a bear , and a Panthera pardus ripped the men aside ; a tempestuous moo-cow massacre the women .
Go to the next Sir Frederick Handley Page to see the final four little - have it off patron saints including saints of ice skating and dentists .
10 Little Known Patron Saints, 7-10
For ice skater , poets and beggar in want of ghostlike guidance , luckily there is a patron saint for each of them .
7. Lydwina – Patron Saint of Ice Skaters
Feast 24-hour interval : April 14
Lydwina was from a poor family in Holland . She was a very religious girl and prayed often . In 1395 , she broke several rib in an ice - skating chance event and gangrene spread throughout her body , induce her severe pain for the rest of her living . Lydwina experienced visions throughout her life , include one of a rose with the inscription , " When this shall be in bloom , your woe will be at an goal . " In 1433 , she construe the rosebush and died presently after .
8. Columba – Patron Saint of Bookbinders, Poets, and Ireland
Feast Clarence Shepard Day Jr. : June 9
Columba was born in Ireland in 521 . Legend has it that around 560 , he became involved in a battle with St. Finnian , which resulted in the death of many multitude . As penance , Columba went to Scotland to work as a missionary to exchange as many people as had been killed in the struggle . Columba reputedly wrote several hymns and more than 300 books in his life , so it is not surprising that he is the supporter saint of bookbinders and poets . Columba kick the bucket in 597 , and although he spend much of his life in Scotland , he is one of the patron holy man of Ireland , along with St. Patrick and St. Brigid .
9. Alexis of Rome – Patron Saint of Beggars
Feast twenty-four hour period : July 17
Alexis , the son of a imposing Roman , fly his father ’s house on his wedding night and sustained a frugal and spiritual existence for 17 years . As his renown as a holy military man grew , he returned to Rome and lived as a beggar beneath the stairs of his Church Father ’s palace for the rest 17 years of his liveliness . When he died in a.d . 417 , he was discover with a document on his soundbox that declare his indistinguishability .
10. Apollonia – Patron Saint of Dentists
Feast daytime : February 9
Apollonia was an elderly woman who , in a.d . 248 , was persecute for being a Christian . She found herself in the midst of an angry anti - Christian rabble . They smashed out all of her dentition and then embroil her to a huge ardor . They put up to spare her life if she would renounce her organized religion . She paused as if to curse God , then flung herself into the fervidness instead . St. Apollonia is often depicted wearing a necklace of her own tooth .
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS :
Helen Davies , Marjorie Dorfman , Mary Fons , Deborah Hawkins , Martin Hintz , Linnea Lundgren , David Priess , Julia Clark Robinson , Paul Seaburn , Heidi Stevens , and Steve Theunissen
