A list of Patron saints of occupations and activities: - Adrian of Nicomedia - arms dealers, butchers, guards, soldiers
- Agatha - nurses, bellmaking
- Albertus Magnus - natural scientists
- Alexander of Comana - charcoal-burners[1]
- Alexius - nurses
- Amand - bartenders, boy scouts, brewers, innkeepers, merchants, vine growers, vintners
- Ambrose of Milan - bee keepers, wax-melters and refiners
- Anastasius the Fuller - fullers, weavers
- Andrew the Apostle - fish dealers, fishermen
- Andrew Kim - clergy of Korea
- Anne - equestrians, stablemen, French-Canadian voyageurs, Cabinet makers, homemakers
- Ansovinus - gardeners
- Anthony the Abbot - basket-makers, gravediggers
- Anthony the Great - swineherds, motorists
- Anthony of Padua - travelers, brush makers
- Antipas - dentists
- Apollonia - dentists
- Arnold of Soissons - brewers
- Arnulph - millers
- Augustine of Hippo - brewers, printers, and theologians
- Barbara - architects, builders and miners, artillerymen, foundry workers, firework makers, geoscientist, stonemasons, servicemen of the Russian Strategic Rocket Forces[2]
- Bartholomew the Apostle - tanners, leatherworkers, curriers, plasterers
- Basil the Great - hospital administrators
- Benedict of Nursia - farmers, farmhands, husbandry
- Bénézet - bridge-builders
- Benno - fishermen
- Bernadette of Lourdes - shepherds, shepherdesses
- Bernardine of Siena - Advertisers
- Bernard of Clairvaux - bee keepers, wax melters and refiners
- Bernard of Menthon - mountaineers, skiers
- Bernard of Vienne - farmers, farmhands, husbandry
- Bernward of Hildesheim - architects
- Blaise - veterinarians, wool combers, town criers and weavers
- Bona of Pisa- travellers, specifically couriers, guides, pilgrims, flight attendants
- Botulph - farmers, farmhands, husbandry
- Brendan the Navigator - mariners, seafarers, sailors, those traveling by sea
- Brigid of Ireland - dairy workers, healers
- Cajetan - unemployed, gamblers, odd lot dealers, and of job seekers.
- Camillus of Lellis - hospital workers, nurses
- Cassian of Imola - schoolteachers, shorthand-writers, parish clerks
- Catherine - philosophers, preachers
- Catherine of Alexandria - tanners, librarians[3], nurses
- Catherine of Siena - nurses
- Cecilia - musicians
- Charles Borromeo and Robert Bellarmine - Catechists
- Christopher - travelers, surfers, athletes, drivers
- Clare of Assisi - goldsmiths, gilders, laundry workers, needleworkers
- Claude - sculptors
- Clement - stonecutters
- Columbanus - motorcyclists
- Cosmas - doctors, pharmacists, surgeons, barbers
- Germaine Cousin - shepherdesses
- Crispin - tanners, shoemakers, cobblers, leatherworkers, curriers, saddle-makers
- Cuthbert - shepherds
- Cuthman - shepherds
- Damian - doctors, pharmacists, surgeons
- Dismas - undertakers, thieves
- Dominic - astronomers, astronomy, scientists
- Dominic de la Calzada - civil engineers
- Dominic of Silos - shepherds
- Dorothea of Caesarea - horticulture, florists, brewers
- Drogo - shepherds, coffee house keepers, coffee house owners
- Dunstan - blacksmiths, goldsmiths
- Dunstan and Venerius the Hermit - lighthouse keepers
- Dymphna - mental health professionals, therapists
- Edward the Confessor -kings
- Eligius - veterinarians, coin collectors, farriers, farmers, farmhands, husbandry, harness makers, goldsmiths, jewelers, Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers Soldiers, numismatists
- Elisabeth of Hungary - nursing services, bakers
- Erasmus of Formiae or Elmo - pyrotechnicians, steeplejacks, chimney sweeps, sailors and anyone who works at great heights
- Ephrem the Syrian - spiritual directors and spiritual leaders
- Eustachius - hunters, firefighters, trappers
- Gabriel - emergency dispatchers, Police Dispatchers, broadcasters, messengers, paratroopers and radio workers
- Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows - students, seminarians, clerics
- Gang Bing - eunuchs[4][5]
- Gangulphus - tanners, shoemakers
- Gemma Galgani - students, pharmacists
- Genesius - actors, comedians, clowns, dancers, theatrical performers of all kinds, also attorneys, barristers, lawyers
- George - agricultural workers, archers, armourers, boy scouts, butchers, cavalry, Crusaders, equestrians, farmhands, farmers, field hands, field workers, horsemen, husbandry, husbandmen, knights, riders, Rover Scouts, saddle makers, saddlers, scouts, shepherds, soldiers, Teutonic Knights, (Policemen and firefighters in Brazil).
- Giles - beggars
- Gregory the Great - teachers
- Gottschalk – linguists, princes, translators
- Gummarus - lumberjacks
- Rene Goupil - anesthesiologists
- Hervé - bards, musicians
- Homobonus - businessmen, tailors, and clothworkers
- Honorius of Amiens (Honoratus) - bakers, confectioners, bakers of holy wafers, candle-makers, florists, flour merchants, oil refiners, and pastry chefs
- Hubertus - hunters, furriers
- Hunna - laundresses, laundry workers, washerwomen
- Jadwiga of Poland - queens
- James, son of Zebedee - veterinarians, equestrians, furriers, tanners, pharmacists
- James, son of Alphaeus - pharmacists
- Jerome - librarians[6], translators, spectacle makers
- Joan of Arc - Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, soldiers
- John the Almoner - Knights Hospitaller
- John the Apostle - tanners
- John the Baptist - farriers, bird dealers, Knights Hospitaller
- John of Damascus - makers of images of the crucifix
- John of God - hospital workers, nurses, booksellers
- John Baptist de la Salle - teachers of youth
- John Bosco - apprentices, editors, printers/publishers
- John Gualbert - foresters
- John Vianney - priests
- Joseph - cabinetmakers, carpenters, craftsmen, laborers, workers, and working people[7]
- Joseph of Arimathea - funeral directors, tinsmiths
- Joseph of Cupertino - air travelers, aviators, astronauts, test takers
- John of Capistrano - jurists
- Jude (also known as Jude Thaddeus) - police officers, hospital workers
- Julian the Hospitaller - shepherds, boatmen
- Justa and Rufina - potters
- Margaret of Antioch - nurses
- Martha - dieticians, cooks
- Mary Magdalene - tanners
- Magnus of Avignon - fish dealers, fishmongers
- Albertus Magnus - chemists, medical technicians
- Macarius of Unzha, Venerable - craftsmen, merchants, travelers (in Russian Orthodox Church[9])
- Malo - pig-keepers
- Martin de Porres - Hairdressers
- Martin of Tours - soldiers
- Matthew - accountants, tax collectors, bankers, bookkeepers, custom agents, security guards,
- Maturinus - comic actors, jesters, and clowns, as well as the patron saint of sailors (in Brittany) of tinmen (in Paris)[10] and of plumbers.[11]
- Maurice and Lydia - dyers
- Maurice - infantrymen
- Michael the Archangel - radiologists, soldiers, paramedics, paratroopers, police officers, communications workers, postal workers, grocers, supermarket workers, stevedores, longshoremen
- Pantaleon - doctors
- Patrick - engineers
- 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
- Peter of Alcantara - guards
- Peter Celestine - bookbinders
- Phocas the Gardener - farmers, farmhands, husbandry
- Tatiana of Rome - students
- Theobald of Provins - Farmers, winegrowers, shoemakers, beltmakers, charcoal-burners
- Thérèse of Lisieux - florists, aviators, missionaries
- Thomas - architects
- Thomas Aquinas - students, teachers, academics
- Thomas Becket - secular clergy
- Thomas More - politicians, statesmen, lawyers, civil servants, court clerks
[edit] See also [edit] References - ^ Patron Saints Index: Saint Alexander the Charcoal Burner
- ^ Church of Russian Missile Forces protector built in the Arctic shore
- ^ http://saints.sqpn.com/pst00431.htm
- ^ "View from the Eunuch's Temple". Powerhouse Museum. http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/heddamorrison/object.php?objirn=121430&subnarirn=233. Retrieved 2006-11-27.
- ^ Pattanaik, Devdutt (2001). The Man Who Was a Woman and Other Queer Tales of Hindu Lore. Haworth Press. p. 13. ISBN 1-56023-181-5.
- ^ http://saints.sqpn.com/pst00431.htm
- ^ Saint Joseph
- ^ http://saints.sqpn.com/pst00431.htm
- ^ Macarius of Unzha (Introduction by Metropolitan Bishop Nicholas of Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas) (Russian)
- ^ Saint Mathurin
- ^ San Maturino
- ^ Patron Saints Index: Saint Veronica
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