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St. Matthew

Actors
St. Genesius

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St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe
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African-Americans
St. Peter Claver
St. Martin de Porres
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AIDS patients
St. Peregrine Laziosi

Air travelers
St. Joseph of Cupertino

Alcoholics
St. Monica
Venerable Matt Talbot

Altar servers
St. John Berchmans

Americas
St. Rose of Lima
Our Lady of Guadalupe

Anesthetists
St. Rene Goupil

Animals
St. Francis of Assisi

Archaeologists
St. Helen

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Architects
St. Thomas the Apostle

Argentina
Our Lady of Lujan

Art
St. Catharine of Bologna

Artists
St. Luke
St. Catharine of Bologna
Blessed Fra Angelico

Astronauts
St. Joseph of Cupertino

Astronomers

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St. Dominic

Athletes
St. Sebastian

Attorneys
St. Raymond of Peafort
St. Thomas More

Australia
Our Lady Help of Christians

Authors
St. Francis de Sales

Babies
Holy Innocents

Bakers
St. Elizabeth of Hungary
St. Nicholas

Bankers
St. Matthew

Baptism
St. John the Baptist

Barbers
St. Louis of France
Sts. Cosmas and Damian
St. Martin de Porres

Bee keepers
St. Ambrose

Beggars
St. Alexis
St. Giles

Belgium
St. Joseph, Husband of Mary

Blacksmiths
St. Dunstan

Blind
St. Lucy
Raphael (Michael, Gabriel and Raphael)

Bodily ills
Our Lady of Lourdes

Bohemia
St. Wenceslaus

Bookkeepers
St. Matthew

Booksellers
St. John of God

Boy Scouts
St. George

Boys
St. John Bosco

Brazil
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception

Breast disease, against

St. Agatha

Brewers
St. Luke
St. Nicholas
St. Augustine of Hippo

Bricklayers
St. Stephen

Brides
St. Nicholas

Broadcasters
Gabriel (Michael, Gabriel and Raphael)

Builders
St. Vincent Ferrer

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St. Barbara

Businessmen
St. Homobonus

Businesswomen
St. Margaret Clitherow

Butchers
St. Luke
St. Anthony the Abbot

Cab drivers
St. Fiacre

Canada
St. Joseph, Husband of Mary

Cancer patients
St. Peregrine Laziosi

Carpenters
St. Joseph, Husband of Mary

Catechists
St. Robert Bellarmine
St. Charles Borromeo
St. Viator

Catechumens
St. Robert Bellarmine
St. Charles Borromeo

Catholic schools
St. Thomas Aquinas

Catholic youth
St. Aloysius Gonzaga
St. Maria Goretti

Charities
St. Vincent de Paul

Childbirth
St. Gerard Majella
St. Raymond Nonnatus

Children
St. Nicholas

Chile
St. James
Our Lady of Mount Carmel

China
St. Joseph, Husband of Mary

Choirboys
St. Dominic Savio

Church
St. Joseph, Husband of Mary

Civil servants
St. Thomas More

Clergy
St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows

Colleges
St. Thomas Aquinas

Colombia
St. Peter Claver
St. Louis Bertrand

Comedians
St. Vitus

Communication workers
Gabriel (Michael, Gabriel and Raphael)

Computers
St. Isidore of Seville

Construction workers
St. Thomas the Apostle

Cooks
St. Lawrence

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St. Thomas the Apostle

Court clerks
St. Thomas More

Dairy workers
St. Brigid of Kildare

Dancers
St. Vitus

Deacons
St. Stephen

Deafness
St. Francis de Sales

Death
Sts. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael
St. Joseph, Husband of Mary

Denmark
St. Ansgar
St. Canute

Dentists
St. Apollonia

Desperate causes
St. Jude (Simon and Jude)

Difficult marriages
St. Rita of Cascia

Disabled
St. Giles

Disasters
St. Genevieve

Doctors
St. Luke

Dogs
St. Roch

Dominican Republic
St. Dominic

Drivers
St. Fiacre

Drug addiction
St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe

Earaches
St. Polycarp

Earthquakes
St. Francis Borgia

Ecology
St. Francis of Assisi

Editors
St. John Bosco

Engineers
St. Patrick
St. Ferdinand III

England
St. Gregory the Great
St. George
St. Augustine of Canterbury

Epilepsy
St. Vitus
St. Dymphna
St. Willibrord

Europe
St. Bridget
St. Catherine of Siena
St. Benedict

Eye disorders
St. Clare
St. Lucy

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Falsely accused
St. Raymond Nonnatus

Farmers
St. Isidore the Farmer

Fathers
St. Joseph, Husband of Mary

Firefighters
St. John of God
St. Florian

Fishermen
St. Andrew
St. Peter (Peter and Paul)

Florists
St. Rose of Lima
St. Thrse of Lisieux
St. Dorothy

Foundry workers
St. Agatha

France
Our Lady of the Assumption
St. Joan of Arc
St. Denis

Funeral directors
Our Lady of the Assumption
St. Joan of Arc
St. Denis

Gambling, compulsive behavior

St. Bernardine of Siena

Gardeners
St. Fiacre
St. Adelard

Germany
Sts. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael
St. Peter Canisius
St. George
St. Boniface

Girls
St. Agnes
St. Maria Goretti

Grandparents
Sts. Ann and Joachim

Gravediggers
St. Anthony the Abbot

Greece
St. Andrew
St. Nicholas

Greetings
St. Valentine

Grocers
Sts. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael

Grooms
St. Louis of France
St. Nicholas

Gypsies
Blessed Ceferino Gimnez Malla

Hairdressers
St. Martin de Porres

Happy death
St. Joseph, Husband of Mary

Headaches
St. Teresa of Avila

Heart patients
St. John of God

Homeless
St. Benedict Joseph Labre

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Horses
St. Martin of Tours

Hospital administrators
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

Hospitals
St. John of God
St. Camillus de Lellis

Hotel keepers
St. Amand

Housewives
St. Martha
Sts. Ann and Joachim

Hungary
St. Stephen
St. Paul of the Cross

Hunters
St. Hubert
St. Eustachius

Immigrants
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

Impossible causes
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
St. Rita of Cascia

India
Our Lady of the Assumption

Infertility
St. Rita of Cascia
St. Philomena

Insanity
St. Dymphna

Internet
St. Isidore of Seville

Invalids
St. Roch

Ireland
St. Patrick
St. Brigid of Kildare
St. Columba

Italy
St. Francis of Assisi
St. Catherine of Siena
St. Bernardine of Siena

Japan
St. Francis Xavier
St. Peter Baptist and Companions

Jewelers
St. Eligius

Jordan
St. John the Baptist

Journalists
St. Francis de Sales

Judges
St. John of Capistrano

Juvenile delinquents
St. Dominic Savio

Kidney disease
St. Benedict

Knee problems
St. Roch

Laborers
St. James
St. Isidore the Farmer

Latin America
St. Rose of Lima

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Lawyers
St. Raymond of Peafort
St. Thomas More

Learning
St. Ambrose

Librarians
St. Jerome

Lithuania
St. Casimir

Longevity
St. Peter (Peter and Paul)

Loss of parents
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

Lost items
St. Anthony of Padua

Lovers
St. Valentine

Maids, domestic workers

St. Zita of Lucca

Married women
St. Monica

Medical technicians
St. Albert the Great

Mentally ill
St. Dymphna

Merchants
St. Francis of Assisi
St. Nicholas

Messengers
Gabriel (Michael, Gabriel and Raphael)

Metal workers
St. Eligius

Mexico
Our Lady of Guadalupe

Midwives
St. Raymond Nonnatus

Military members
St. Joan of Arc

Miscarriage, prevention of
St. Catherine of Sweden

Missionaries
St. Thrse of Lisieux
St. Francis Xavier

Monks
St. John the Baptist

Mothers
St. Monica

Motorists
St. Frances of Rome

Musicians
St. Cecilia

Mystics
St. John of the Cross

Netherlands
St. Willibrord

Neurological diseases
St. Dymphna

New Zealand
Our Lady Help of Christians

Nicaragua
St. James

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Nigeria
St. Patrick

North Africa
St. Cyprian

North America
St. Isaac Jogues, Jean de Brbeuf and Companions

Norway
St. Olaf

Notaries
St. Luke
St. Mark

Nuns
St. Scholastica
St. Brigid of Kildare

Nurses
St. Agatha
St. John of God
St. Camillus de Lellis

Obstetricians
St. Raymond Nonnatus

Oceania
St. Peter Chanel

Orators
St. John Chrysostom

Orphans, abandoned children

St. Jerome Emiliani

Painters
St. Luke

Paraguay
Our Lady of the Assumption

Paralysis
St. Osmund

Parenthood
St. Rita of Cascia

Parish priests
St. John Vianney

Pawnbrokers
St. Nicholas

Penitents
St. Mary Magdalene

Perfumers
St. Mary Magdalene

Peru
St. Rose of Lima
St. Joseph, Husband of Mary

Pharmacists
Sts. Cosmas and Damian

Philippines
St. Rose of Lima

Philosophers
St. Albert the Great
St. Catherine of Alexandria

Physicians
Sts. Cosmas and Damian
St. Luke

Pilots
St. Joseph of Cupertino
St. Thrse of Lisieux

Poets
St. David of Wales
St. Columba

Poisoning
St. Benedict

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Poland
St. Casimir
St. Stanislaus
St. Florian

Police officers
Sts. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael

Politicians, public servants

St. Thomas More

Poor
St. Lawrence
St. Anthony of Padua

Popes
St. Peter (Peter and Paul)

Portugal
St. George

Postal workers
Gabriel (Michael, Gabriel and Raphael)

Preachers
St. John Chrysostom

Pregnant women
St. Gerard Majella
St. Raymond Nonnatus
Sts. Ann and Joachim
St. Margaret

Priests
St. John Vianney

Printers
St. Augustine of Hippo
St. John of God

Prisoners
St. Joseph Cafasso
St. Dismas

Prussia
St. Joseph Cafasso

Public relations
St. Bernardine of Siena

Race relations
St. Martin de Porres

Radio
Gabriel (Michael, Gabriel and Raphael)

Radiologists
Sts. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael

Reconciliation
St. Vincent Ferrer

Retreats
St. Ignatius of Loyola

Rheumatism
St. James

Robbers, danger from

St. Leonard of Noblac

Rome
St. Peter (Peter and Paul)

Russia
St. Andrew
St. Nicholas
St. Basil the Great
St. Casimir
St. Joseph, Husband of Mary

Sailors
St. Francis of Paola
St. Elmo
St. Brendan

Savings
St. Anthony Claret

Scholars

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St. Bede the Venerable
St. Brigid of Kildare

Schoolchildren
St. Benedict

Schools
St. Thomas Aquinas

Scientists
St. Albert the Great

Scotland
St. Andrew
St. Margaret

Sculptors
St. Claude

Secretaries
St. Genesius

Seminarians
St. Charles Borromeo

Serbia
St. Sava

Servants
St. Zita of Lucca

Shepherds
St. Paschal Baylon
St. Bernadette Soubirous

Sick
St. John of God

Skin diseases
St. John of God
St. Anthony the Abbot

Slavic peoples
Sts. Cyril and Methodius

Sobriety
Venerable Matt Talbot

Social justice
St. Martin de Porres
St. Joseph, Husband of Mary

Social workers
St. Louise de Marillac

Soldiers
St. Martin of Tours
St. George

South Africa
Our Lady of the Assumption

South America
St. Rose of Lima

Spain
St. James

Speakers
St. John Chrysostom

Stomach disorders
Sts. Timothy and Titus

Students
St. Thomas Aquinas
St. Catherine of Alexandria

Surgeons
Sts. Cosmas and Damian
St. Luke

Sweden
St. Bridget of Sweden

Switzerland
St. Nicholas von Flue

Tailors
St. Homobonus

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Tax collectors
St. Matthew

Taxi drivers
St. Fiacre

Teachers
St. Gregory the Great
St. John Baptist de la Salle

Teenagers
St. Aloysius Gonzaga
St. Maria Goretti

Telecommunications
Gabriel (Michael, Gabriel and Raphael)

Television
St. Clare

Theatrical performers
St. Genesius

Theologians
St. Alphonsus Liguori
St. Augustine of Hippo

Throat ailments
St. Blaise

Toothache
St. Apollonia

Travelers
St. Nicholas
St. Joseph, Husband of Mary
St. Anthony of Padua
Raphael (Michael, Gabriel and Raphael)

Turkey
St. John the Apostle

Undertakers
Sts. Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus

United States
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception

Universal Church
St. Joseph, Husband of Mary

Universities
Blessed Contardo Ferrini

Uruguay
Sts. Philip and James

Venereal disease
St. Fiacre

Venezuela
Our Lady of Coromoto

Veterinarians
St. Eligius

Vietnam
St. Joseph, Husband of Mary

Vintners
St. Amand

Vocations
St. Alphonsus Liguori

Waiters, waitresses
St. Martha

Wales
St. David of Wales

Weavers
St. Anthony Claret

West Indies
St. Gertrude

Widows

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St. Frances of Rome
St. Paula

Wine trade
St. Amand
St. Vincent of Zaragossa

Women in labor
Sts. Ann and Joachim
St. Elmo

Workers
St. Joseph, Husband of Mary

Writers
St. Francis de Sales

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