Patron saints of ailments, illness and dangers

thumb|250px|right|Saint Roch is invoked against the bubonic plague.
A list of patron saints of ailments, illness and dangers:
==A==
*Abd-al-Masih - sterile women (in Syria)
*Saint Abel - patron of the blind and the lame
*Abhai - poisonous reptiles
*Agapitus of Palestrina -invoked against colicPatron Saints Index: Saint Agapitus 
*Agatha - breast cancerSaints.SQPN.com: Saint Agatha
*Agathius - headache
*Agricola of Avignon - bubonic plague, misfortunes
*Agrippina of Mineo -invoked against evil spirits, leprosy, thunderstorms, bacterial diseases, and bacterial infections
*Albinus of Angers -against pirate attack
*Amabilis of Riom - invoked against fire, snakes, and snake bitesSt. Amabilis - Catholic Online; also invoked against demonic possession, mental illness, poison, wild beastsPatron Saints Index: Saint Amabilis 
*Andrew Avellino - sudden death
*Andrew Corsini - riot, civil disorder
*Anthony - skin disease, Saint Anthony's firehttp://saints.sqpn.com/sainta06.htm
*Anthony of Padua - Missing people and lost things
*Apollinare - epilepsy, gout
*Apollonia - toothache
*Arthelais - kidnapping, illness
*Aspren - invoked against migrainehttp://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/90841 
*Audoin (Ouen) -deafnesshttp://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/sainto09.htm
*Augustine of Hippo - sore eyes
*Adrian of Nicomedia - plague, epilepsy
==B==
*Balbina - scrofulahttp://saints.sqpn.com/saintb54.htm
*Berlinda of Meerbeke- invoked against cattle diseasesSaint Patrick's Church: Saints of February 3
*Bernardino of Siena - chest problems, lung problems, gambling addictions
*Bessus - protector of soldiers against the dangers of war; also invoked for fertility. 
*Blaise - ailments of the throat
==C==
*Castulus -invoked against erysipelas, lightning, horse theft, wildfires, and drowning.Castulus (Kastulus) - Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon 
*Christina the Astonishing -against insanity, mental disorders
*Coloman - plague, sick horses, against hanging 
*Conrad of Piacenza -against hernias
*Cornelius - invoked against epilepsy, cramps, afflictions associated with the nerves and ears.Cornelius - Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon
*Crescentinus - headache
*Cyriacus - eye disease
==D==
*Damien of Molokai - leprosy
*Defendens - invoked against wolves and firesSan Defendente di Tebe 
*Deicolus - childhood illnesses
*Denise -against headaches and motorcycle/bicycle accidents 
*Deodatus of Nevers - against thunderstorm, evil spirits, and plagueSaints of June 19
*Domninus of Fidenza - rabiesSan Donnino di Fidenza
*Dymphna - sleepwalking, epilepsy, insanity, mental illness
==E==
*Emygdius of Ascoli - invoked against earthquakeshttp://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/sainte16.htm.
*Engelmund of Velsen -invoked against toothacheSaints of June 21 
*Epipodius - victims of betrayal and of torturePatron Saints Index: Saint Epipodius
*Eurosia - invoked against storms, hailstorms, lightningantropologia/santa orosia
*Expeditus - invoked against procrastinationPatron Saints Index: Saint Expeditus
==F==
*Fiacre - Venereal disease sufferers, hemorrhoids
*Florian -invoked against fire, floods and drowningS. D. Paramedics: The Patron Saint of the Fire Service: Saint Florian
*Four Holy Marshals - epidemics, diseasesVier Marschälle - Kathpedia 
*Fourteen Holy Helpers - epidemics, bubonic plague or the Black Death
==G==
*Gangulphus - eye and skin conditions; knee pains; invoked against adultery and marital difficulties 
*Gerard of Lunel -invoked against epilepsyPatron Saints for Chronic and Incurable Illness and headachesPatron Saints Index: Blessed Gerard of Lunel
*Gereon -headaches, migraine
*Gertrude of Nivelles -invoked against fever, rats, and mice, particularly field-mice.
*Godelina -throat troubleGodeleva (Godelina) von Gistel - Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon
*Gotthard of Hildesheim -invoked against fever, dropsy, childhood sicknesses, hailstones, the pain of childbirth, and gout.San Gottardo di Hildesheim
*Gratus of Aosta -against lightning; fear of insectsPatron Saints Index: Saint Gratus of Aosta
*Guy of Anderlecht - invoked against epilepsy, against rabies, against infantile convulsionsPatron Saints Index: Saint Guy of Anderlecht
==H==
*Hemma of Gurk -invoked during childbirth and against diseases of the eye
*Hermes - mental illnesses 
*Harvey -eye problems, eye disease
*Hippolytus of Rome - sick horses
*Hugh of Cluny - fever
*Hyacinth - those in danger of drowning
==J==
*James the Great - rheumatism
*John of Bridlington - women in difficult labor
*Joseph - against doubt, against hesitation, dying people, expectant mothers, happy death, holy death, interior souls, people in doubt, people who fight Communism, pioneers, pregnant women, travellers, and unborn childrenSaint Joseph
*Jude Thaddaeus - lost causes, desperate situations
*Julia of Corsica - pathologies of the hands and the feet
*Juliana of Nicomedia - childbirth, sickness
==K==
*Kentigern -against bullies 
==L==
*Leodegar - blindness, eye disease, eye problems, sore eyes
*Liborius of Le Mans - against gallstones, colicSaints of July 23
*Lucy of Syracuse - haemorrhage, eye complaints
==M==
*Macrina - poverty
*Mammes -protector of sufferers from broken bones and hernias 
*Marciana of Mauretania -invoked to cure woundshttp://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0109.htm
*Marculf - scrofula, diseases of the skin
*Maturinus - invoked against mental illness and infertilitySaint Mathurin
*Saint Maurus - rheumatism, gout, epilepsy
*Maximilian Kolbe - drug addiction
*Maximin of Trier - invoked as protection against perjury, loss at sea and destructive rainshttp://www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienM/Maximin.html
*Saint Medard - toothache
*Miliau -against rheumatism
==N==
*Natalia of Nicomedia - plague, epilepsy
*Nonnosus -diseases of the kidneys, invoked against physical defects, back pains, and school-related students' crisesAlban Butler, David Hugh Farmer, Paul Burns, Butler's Lives of the Saints (Liturgical Press, 1995), 10.
==O==
*Saint Olaf - difficult marriage
*Saint Ovidius - auditory conditions and diseasesSant' Audito (Ovidio) di Braga
==P==
*Patroclus of Troyes- demons, feverhttp://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0121.htm#patr
*Peregrine of Auxerre- against snake bitesLa cathédrale Saint-Etienne d’Auxerre - 2. Saint Pèlerin 
*Saint Peregrine Laziosi - cancer, AIDS
*Saint Paulina - Diabetics
*Pancras - cramp, headache, bearing false witness, perjury
*Pharaildis - childhood diseases; difficult marriages; victims of abuse
*Saint Pio of Pietrelcina - Stress relief and New year blues
*Polycarp - earache, dysenteryPatron Saints Index: Saint Polycarp of Smyrna
*Potamiana - protectoress of rape victimsPatron Saints Index: Saint Potamiaena
==Q==
*Saint Quentin - coughs, sneezes, and dropsy.http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/1031.htm#quen
*Quirinus of Neuss -invoked against the bubonic plague, smallpox, and goutSan Quirino 
*Quiteria - against rabiesACI Prensa - Santos
==R==
*Rasso - invoked against stomach pains, especially in childrenRasso (Ratho) von Andechs - Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon 
*Regina -against poverty, impoverishment, shepherdesses, torture victimsArchdiocese of Regina - Ask a Sister
*Reinildis -to cure open wounds, against eye diseases
*Roch - Invoked against cholera, epidemics, knee problems, plague, skin diseasesPatron Saints Index: Saint Roch 
*Rita of Cascia - lost causes or impossible cases, marital problems, abusePatron Saints Index: Saint Rita of Cascia
==S==
*Sebaldus -against cold and cold weatherPatron Saints Index: Saint Sebaldus 
*Scholastica - convulsive children; invoked against storms and rainPatron Saints Index: Saint Scholastica 
*Servatius - invoked against foot troubles, lameness, rheumatism, rats, and miceSaint Patrick's Church: Saints of May 13
*Silvia - invoked by pregnant women for safe delivery of childrenCatholic Encyclopedia: St. Silvia 
*Simon of Trent - torture and kidnap victims (no longer venerated)Patron Saints Index: Saint Simon of Trent
*Sithney -invoked against rabiessaintpatrickdc.org) 
*Suitbert of Kaiserwerdt - angina
*Symphorian - syphilis, eye troubleshttp://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0822.htm
==T==
*Teresa of Avila - headaches
*Theobald of Provins - invoked against fever; afflictions associated with the eyes; dry cough; infertility; panic attacks 
*Trophimus of Arles- against droughtPatron Saints Index: Saint Trophimus of Arles
*Tryphon -against infestations of rodents and locusts
==U==
*Ubald - migraine, neuralgia, sick children, autism, obsessive compulsive disorder
*Urban of Langres -invoked against blight, frost, storms, alcoholism, and faintnessSaint Patrick's Church: Saints of April 2
*Ursicinus of Saint-Ursanne - invoked against stiff neckPrayers to St. Ursicinus of Saint Ursanne 
*Ursus of Aosta -faintness, kidney disease, and rheumatismSaint Patrick's Church: Saints of February 1
==V==
*Victor of Marseilles - invoked against lightningSaints of July 21 
*Vitalis of Assisi - diseases and sicknesses affecting the genitalsSan Vitale di Assisi
*Vitus - chorea/Saint Vitus' Dance, epilepsy, seizures, oversleeping
==W==
*Walter of Pontoise -invoked against stressAnnette Sandoval, The Directory of Saints: A Concise Guide to Patron Saints (Signet, 1997), 226. 
*Wilgefortis -people seeking relief from tribulations, in particular by women who wished to be liberated from abusive husbands.Ilse E. Friesen (2001). The Female Crucifix: Images of St. Wilgefortis Since the Middle Ages, p47-8. ISBN 0-88920-365-2 
*William Firmatus - against headache 
*Willibrord - convulsions, epilepsy, epileptics 
*Winnoc - fever, whooping coughPatron Saints Index: Saint Winnoc
*Wulfram of Sens is called upon for protection against the dangers of the sea.
== See also ==
* Patron saints of occupations and activities
* Patron saints of places
* Patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary
==Notes==
==External links==
*Patron Saints for Chronic and Incurable Illnesses
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