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In several forms of Christianity, a patron saint has special affinity for a trade or group. St Florian is the patron saint of firefighters, and Saint Christopher is the patron saint of travellers, for example. Eastern Orthodoxy generally doesn't associate saints with occupations and activities, or does so to a much lesser degree.Patron saints can also be associated with geographical areas: Saint Joseph is the patron saint of Belgium, and Saint Patrick is patron saint of Ireland, for example.
1 Saints associated with occupations and activities
- Agatha - nurses, bellmaking
- Alexius - nurses
- Amand- bartenders, Boy Scouts, brewers, innkeepers, merchants, vine growers, vintners
- Ambrose of MilanSaint Ambrose Latin Sanctus Ambrosius Italian Sant'Ambrogio (circa 340 April 4, 397), bishop of Milan, was one of the most eminent fathers of the Christian church in the 4th century. A man of vigorous mind, trained as a lawyer, of unwearying zeal and unco - bee keepersSurvival skills Beekeeping (or apiculture is the maintenance of one or more hives of honeybees. A beekeeper is a someone who keeps bees in order to collect honey or for the purpose of pollinating crops. A location where bees are kept is called an apiary., waxWax has traditionally referred to a substance that is secreted by bees ( beeswax) and used by them in constructing their honeycombs. In modern terms, wax is an imprecisely defined term generally understood to be a substance with properties similar to bees melters and refiners
- Andrew the Apostle - fishAtlantic herring, Clupea harengus one of the most abundant species in the world Photo A fish is a poikilothermic (cold-blooded) water-dwelling vertebrate with gills. There are over 27,000 species of fish, making them the most diverse group of vertebrates. dealers, fishermenFishing is both the recreation and sport of catching fish (for food or as a trophy), and the commercial fishing industry of catching or harvesting seafood (either fish or other aquatic life-forms, such as shellfish). Fishing is done in a river, canal, lak
- AnneAnna also known as Saint Anne is known by tradition as mother of The Virgin Mary. According to the Gospel of James, Anna and her husband Joachim, after years of childlessness, were visited by an angel who told them that they would conceive a child. Anna p - equestrianEquestrianism relates to the riding of horses. This broad description includes both riding horses for practical purposes such as in police work or for controlling herd animals on a ranch, as well as recreational and sporting aspects such as horse riding ss, stablemen
- Anthony the Great - swineherds, motorists
- Anthony of Padua - fishermen, swineherds
- Apollonia - dentists
- Augustine of Hippo - brewers, printers, and theologians
- Barbara - architects and builder s, artillerymen and arsenals, prisoners
- Bartholomew the Apostle - tanners, leatherworkers and curriers
- Basil the Great - hospital administrators
- Benedict - farms, farmers, farmhands, ranches, husbandry
- Benno - fishermen
- Bernadette of Lourdes - shepherds, shepherdesses
- Bernard of Clairvaux - bee keepers, wax melters and refiners
- Bernard of Venice - farms, farmers, farmhands, ranches, husbandry
- Blaise - veterinarians, wool combers and weavers
- Botulph - farms, farmers, farmhands, ranches, husbandry
- Brigid of Ireland - dairy farms and workers, healers
- Camillus of Lellis - hospitals and hospital workers, nurses
- Catherine of Alexandria - tanners, nurses
- Catherine of Siena - nursing services, nurses
- Cecilia - musicians
- Clare of Assisi - television
- Cosmas - doctors, pharmacists, surgeons
- Germaine Cousin - shepherdesses
- Christopher - travellers
- Crispian - tanners, leatherworkers and curriers
- Crispin - tanners, leatherworkers and curriers
- Cuthbert - shepherds
- Cuthman - shepherds
- Damian - doctors, pharmacists, surgeons
- Dominic of Silos - shepherds
- Drogo - shepherds
- Dymphna - mental health professionals, therapists
- Eligius - veterinarians, farriers, farms, farmers, farmhands, ranches, husbandry, harness makers
- Elisabeth of Hungary - hospitals, nursing services
- Erasmus of Formiae ( Saint Elmo) - sailors
- Erhard of Regensburg - hospitals
- Eustachius - hunters
- Fiacre - Taxi-drivers, venereal disease sufferers, horticulturists, hemorrhoid sufferers
- Foillan - dentists, surgeons
- Francis of Assisi - animal welfare and rights organizations and workers; environment
- Gemma Galgani - pharmacists
- George - soldiers, farms, farmers, farmhands, ranches, husbandry, equestrians, scouts
- Rocco Gonzalez - Native American traditions
- Rene Goupil - anethesiologists
- Hubert of Liege - hunters, furrier s
- Isidore the Farmer - farms, farmers, farmhands, ranches, husbandry
- Isidore of Sevilla - computer scientists, programmers, programming
- James the Greater - veterinarians, equestrians, furrier s, tanners, pharmacists
- James the Lesser - pharmacists
- Januarius - blood banks
- Jeanne de Chantal - forgotten people , loss of parents , parents separated from children , widows, girls
- Jerome - librarians, translators
- Joan of Arc - Girl Guides
- John the Almoner - Knights Hospitaller
- John the Apostle - tanners
- John the Baptist - farriers, bird dealers, Knights Hospitaller, Wroclaw
- John of God - hospitals and hospital workers, nurses
- John Bosco - apprentices, editors, printers/ publishers
- Joseph the Betrothed - fighting Communism
- Joseph of Cupertino - air travelers and aviators
- Juan de Castillo - Native American traditions
- Jude - hopeless cases
- Jude Thaddeus - hospitals and hospital workers
- Julian the Hospitaller - shepherds
- Saint Lawrence - librarians, tanners
- Luke the Apostle - doctors, surgeons, artists
- Margaret of Antioch - nurses, pregnancy
- Martha - dieticians
- Mary Magdalen - tanners
- Magnus - fish dealers
- Albertus Magnus - chemists, medical technicians
- Martin of Tours - equestrians
- Michael the Archangel - radiologists, soldiers, paramedics, police officers
- Nicholas of Myra - fishermen, pharmacists
- Notburga - farms, farmers, farmhands, ranches, husbandry
- Our Lady of Salambao - fishermen
- Pantaleon - doctors
- Paul the Apostle - hospital public relations
- Peter the Apostle - popes, fishermen, fishmongers, sailors, bakers, harvesters, butchers, glass makers, carpenters, shoemakers, clockmakers, blacksmiths, potters, masons, bridge builders, cloth makers, penitents, virgins; helps against: snake bites, rabies, demonic possession, ill legs, thefts
- Phocas the Gardener - farms, farmers, farmhands, ranches, husbandry
- Saint Raphael - shepherds, shepherdesses
- Raphael the Archangel - doctors, pharmacists, nurses
- Raymond of Penyafort - medical record librarians
- Saint Regina - shepherdesses
- John Regis - medical social workers
- Roch - surgeons
- Alonso Rodriguez - Native American traditions
- Severus of Avranches - silk workers, wool weavers and manufacturers
- Simon - tanners
- Solange - shepherdesses
- Turibius of Mogroveio - Native American rights
- Valentine - bee keepers
- Vincent de Paul - hospitals and hospital workers
- Walston - farms, farmers, farmhands, ranches, husbandry
- Wolbodo - students
- Francis Xavier Cabrini - hospital administrators
- Zeno of Verona - fishermen