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Blessed Albert of Bergamo

Memorial

11 May

7 May (Dominicans)

Profile

Born to a modest but pious farm family. Married layman.Farmer in Villa dOgna, Italy. Dominican tertiary. Known forhis ministry and devotion to the poor. Pilgrim to Rome, Italy,to Jerusalem and to Compostela, Spain. Settled finally inCremona, Italy. Known as a miracle worker.

Born

Villa d'Ogna, Italy

Died

7 May 1279 in Cremona, Italy of natural causes

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Beatified

9 May 1748 by Pope Benedict XIV (cultus confirmed)

Patronage

bakers day labourers

Representation

farm worker cutting through a stone with a scythe

farm worker being brought the Eucharist in the field by a dove

Prayers

Almighty and ever-loving God, you led Blessed Albert toshine forth in humility of life, in zeal for the truth and inapostolic charity. May we follow in his footsteps and so obtainthe same reward. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ,your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,one God, for ever and ever. - General Calendar of the Orderof Preachers

Saint Andre Bessette

Also known as

Alfred Bessette

Andreas Bessette

Memorial

6 January

Profile

Son of a woodcutter, and eighth of twelvechildren. His father died in a work-relatedaccident, his mother of tuberculosis, and he

was adopted at age twelve by a farmer unclewho insisted he work for his keep. Over the years Andreworked as a farmhand, shoemaker, baker, blacksmith, andfactory worker. At 25 he applied to join the Congregation of theHoly Cross; Andre was initially refused due to poor health, but

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he gained the backing of Bishop Bourget, and was accepted.

Doorkeeper at Notre Dame College, Montreal, Quebec,Canada. Sacristan, laundry worker and messenger. He spentmuch of each night in prayer, and on his window sill, facingMount Royal, was a small statue of Saint Joseph, to whomAndre was especially devoted. Some day, Andre believed,Saint Joseph will be honored on Mount Royal.

Andre had a special ministry to the sick. He would rub thesick person with oil from a lamp in the college chapel, andmany were healed. Word of his power spread, and when an

epidemic broke out at a nearby college, Andre volunteered tohelp; no one died. The trickle of sick people to his doorbecame a flood. His superiors were uneasy; diocesanauthorities were suspicious; doctors called him a quack. I donot cure, he always said; Saint Joseph cures. By his death,he was receiving 80,000 letters each year from the sick whosought his prayers and healing.

For many years the Holy Cross authorities had tried to buyland on Mount Royal. Brother Andre and others climbed thesteep hill and planted medals of Saint Joseph on it, and soonafter, the owners yielded, which incident helped the currentdevotion to Saint Joseph by those looking to buy or sell ahome. Andre collected money to build a small chapel andreceived visitors there, listening to their problems, praying,rubbing them with Saint Josephs oil, and curing many. The

chapel is still in use.

Born

9 August 1845 near Montreal, Quebec, Canada asAlfred Bessette

Died

6 January 1937 of 'gastric catarrh' in the infirmary of Our Lady ofHope convent, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

more than a million people paid their respects at his funeral

his tombstone reads: Pauper, servis a humilis (a poor and humbleservant)

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Venerated

12 June 1978 by Pope Paul VI

Beatified

23 May 1982 by Pope John Paul IICanonized

17 October 2010 Pope Benedict XVI

Saint Clement Mary Hofbauer

Also known as

Apostle of Vienna

Clemens Mary Hofbauer

Johannes Hofbauer

John Dvork

Klemens Maria

Second Founder of theRedemptorists

Memorial

15 March

Profile

Ninth child of a butcher who changed the family name from

the Moravian Dvork to the Germanic Hofbauer. His fatherdied when Clement was six years old. The young man felt acall to the priesthood, but his family was too poor to affordhis education. Apprentice and journeyman baker atPremonstratensian monastery at Bruck, Germany. Hermit.

When hermitages were abolished by Emperor Joseph II,Clement worked as a baker in Vienna, Austria. Hermit in Italy

with Peter Kunzmann, taking the name Clement. Made threepilgrimages to Rome. During the third, he joined theRedemptorists at San Giuliano, adding the name Marie. Hemet some sponsors following a Mass, and they agreed to payfor his education. Studied at the University of Vienna, and at

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Rome. Ordained in 1785, and assigned to Vienna.

Missionary to Warsaw, Poland with several companions from1786 to 1808, working with the poor, building schools andorphanages; the brothers preached five sermons a day.Spiritual teacher of Venerable Joseph Passerat. With FatherThaddeus Hubl, he introduced the Congregation of the MostHoly Redeemer to Poland. From there he sent Redemptoristmissionaries to Germany and Switzerland. Clement and hiscompanions were imprisoned in 1808 when Napoleonsuppressed religious orders, then expelled to Austria.

Noted preacher and spiritual director in Vienna. Chaplain andspiritual director of an Ursuline convent. Founded a Catholiccollege in Vienna. Worked with young men, and helpedrevitalize German religious life. Worked against theestablishment of a German national Church. Worked againstJosephinism which sought secular control of the Church andclergy.

Born 26 December 1751 at Tasswitz, Moravia (in the modern Czech

Republic) asJohn Dvork

Died

15 March 1820 at Vienna, Austria of natural causes

Venerated

14 May 1876 by Pope Blessed Pius IX (decree of heroic virtues)

Beatified

29 January 1888 by Pope Leo XIII

Canonized

20 May 1909 by Pope Pius X

Patronage

Vienna, Austria (named by Pope Saint Pius X in 1914)

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Readings

Religion in Austria has lost its chief support. - Pope Pius VII onhearing of Saint Clements death

Saint Elizabeth of Hungary

Also known as

Elizabeth of Thuringia

Elisabeth of Thuringia

Elisabeth of Hungary

Memorial

17 November

Profile

Princess, the daughter of King Andrew ofHungary. Great-aunt of Saint Elizabeth of

Portugal. She married Prince Louis ofThuringa at age 13. Built a hospital at the foot of themountain on which her castle stood; tended to the sickherself. Her family and courtiers opposed this, but she insistedshe could only follow Christs teachings, not theirs. Oncewhen she was taking food to the poor and sick, Prince Louisstopped her and looked under her mantle to see what she wascarrying; the food had been miraculously changed to roses.

Upon the death of Louis, Elizabeth sold all that she had, andworked to support her four children. Her gifts of bread to thepoor, and of a large gift of grain to a famine strickenGermany, led to her patronage of bakers and related fields.

Born

1207 at Presburg, Hungary

Died

1231 at Marburg of natural causes

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her relics, including her skull wearing a gold crown she had worn inlife, are preserved at the convent of Saint Elizabeth in Vienna,Austria

Name Meaning

worshipper of God

Canonized

27 May 1235 by Pope Gregory IX at Perugia, Italy

Patronage

against in-law problems

against the death of children against toothache

bakers

beggars

brides

charitable societies

charitable workers

charities countesses

Erfurt, Germany, diocese of

exiles

falsely accused people

hoboes

homeless people

hospitals

Jaro, Philippines, archdiocese of

lacemakers

lace workers

nursing homes

nursing services

people in exile

people ridiculed for their piety Sisters of Mercy

tertiaries

Teutonic Knights

tramps

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widows

Representation

woman wearing a crown and tending to beggars

woman wearing a crown, carrying a load of roses in her apron ormantle

Readings

Elizabeth was a lifelong friend of the poor and gave herselfentirely to relieving the hungry. She ordered that one of hercastle should be converted into a hospital in which shegathered many of the weak and feeble. She generously gave

alms to all who were in need, not only in that place but in allthe territories of her husbands empire. She spent all her ownrevenue from her husbands four principalities, and finally shesold her luxurious possessions and rich clothes for the sake ofthe poor.

Twice a day, in the morning and in the evening, Elizabethwent to visit the sick. She personally cared for those who were

particularly repulsive; to some she gave good, to othersclothing; some she carried on her own shoulders, andperformed many other kindly services. Her husband, of happymemory, gladly approved of these charitable works. Finally,when her husband died, she sought the highest perfection;filled with tears, she implored me to let her beg for alms fromdoor to door.

On Good Friday of that year, when the altars had beenstripped, she laid her hands on the altar in a chapel in her owntown, where she had established the Friars Minor, and beforewitnesses she voluntarily renounced all worldly display andeverything that our Savior in the gospel advises us to abandon.Even then she saw that she could still be distracted by thecares and worldly glory which had surrounded her while herhusband was alive. Against my will she followed me to

Marburg. Here in the town she built a hospice where shegathered together the weak and the feeble. There she attendedthe most wretched and contemptible at her own table.

Apart from those active good works, I declare before Godthat I have seldom seen a more contemplative woman.

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Before her death I heard her confession. When I asked whatshould be done about her goods and possessions, she repliedthat anything which seemed to be hers belonged to the poor.She asked me to distribute everything except one worn-outdress in which she wished to be buried. When all this hadbeen decided, she received the body of our Lord. Afterward,until vespers, she spoke often of the holiest things she hadheard in sermons. Then, she devoutly commended to God allwho were sitting near her, and as if falling into a gentle sleep,she died. - from a letter by Conrad of Marburg, spiritual director ofSaint Elizabeth of Hungary

Saint Erhard of Regensburg

Also known as

Albert of Regensburg

Erhart of Regensburg

Erhard von Regensburg

Erhard of Ratisbon

Memorial

8 January

Profile

Missionary bishop. Evangelized in Bavaria, Germany workingmainly around modern Regensburg. Assisted the archbishopof Trier, Germany. Bishop of Regensburg. Miracle worker.Baptized Saint Odilia of Alsace, which cured her congenitalblindness. After his death a group of women formed areligious group calledErardinonnen(Nuns of Erhard) to prayperpetually at Erhards tomb; Pope Leo IX gave them hisapproval, and they continued until the Reformation.

Born

7th century Irish

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Died

c.686 of natural causes

interred at Regensburg, Germany

his crozier is preserved as a relic in the parish church inNeidemunster

Patronage

against cattle diseases

against eye diseases

against eye problems

against plague

bakers

cobblers

hospitals

shoemakers

Representation

bishop baptizing Saint Odilia of Alsace

bishop with a book on which sit two eyes

Saint Honorius of Amiens

Also known as

Honoratus of Amiens

Honortus of Amiens Honor of Amiens

Memorial

16 May

Profile

Born to the nobility. Known as a pious child, he was

educated by Saint Beatus of Amiens. Reluctant bishopof Amiens, France, believing himself unworthy. Legendsays that a ray of divine light and holy oil appeared upon hishead at the time of his selection as bishop. Re-discovered therelics of Saint Victoricus of Amiens, Saint Fuscian of Amiens,

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and Saint Gentian of Amiens, which had been lost for 300years.

Legend says that when word reached the family home inPorthieu that Honorius had been chosen bishop, his oldnursemaid, who was baking bread at the time, announced thatthe boy was no more going to be a bishop that then baker'speel she was leaning on would turn back into a tree. Thewooden peel promptly grew roots and branches and turnedinto a blackberry tree what was still be shown to pilgrims 900years later. This naturally led to a baker's peel being one of hisemblems, and his patronage of trades associated with baking.

Born

Porthieu, Amiens, France

Died

30 September 653 at Porthieu, Amiens, France

miracles reported at his tomb, especially in 1060 when his body wasexhumed

Patronage

against drought

bakers

bakers of holy wafers

cake makers

candlemakers

chandlers confectioners

corn chandlers

florists

flour merchants

oil refiners

pastry chefs

Representation

baker's peel or shovel

bishop with a large Host

bishop with three Hosts on a baker's shovel

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loaves of bread

prelate with a hand reaching from heaven to give him bread for theMass

Saint John Bosco

Also known as

Don Bosco

Giovanni Bosco

Giovanni Melchior Bosco John Melchoir Bosco

Memorial

31 January

Profile

Son of Venerable Margaret Bosco. Johnsfather died when the boy was two years old;and as soon as he was old enough to do odd jobs, John did soto helps support his family. Bosco would go to circuses, fairsand carnivals, practice the tricks that he saw magiciansperform, and then put on one-boy shows. After hisperformance, while he still had an audience of boys, he wouldrepeat the homily he had heard earlier that day in church.

He worked as a tailor, baker, shoemaker, and carpenter whileattending college and seminary. Ordained in 1841. A teacher,he worked constantly with young people, finding places wherethey could meet, play and pray, teaching catechism to orphansand apprentices. Chaplain in a hospice for girls. Wrote shorttreatises aimed at explaining the faith to children, and thentaught children how to print them. Friend of Saint JosephCafasso, whose biography he wrote, and confessor to Blessed

Joseph Allamano. Founded the Salesians of Don Bosco(SDB) in1859, priests who work with and educate boys, under theprotection of Our Lady, Help of Chistians, and Saint Francisde Sales. Founded the Daughters of Mary, Help of Christiansin1872, and Union of Cooperator Salesiansin 1875.

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Born

16 August 1815 at Becchi, Castelnuovo dAsti, Piedmont, Italy asGiovanni Melchior Bosco

Died

31 January 1888 at Turin, Italy of natural causes

Venerated

24 July 1907 by Pope Pius X

Beatified

2 June 1929 by Pope Pius XI

Canonized

1 April 1934 by Pope Pius XI

Patronage

apprentices

boys

editors

Mexican young people laborers

schoolchildren

students

young people

Readings

Fly from bad companions as from the bite of a poisonoussnake. If you keep good companions, I can assure you thatyou will one day rejoice with the blessed in Heaven; whereas ifyou keep with those who are bad, you will become badyourself, and you will be in danger of losing your soul. - SaintJohn Bosco

Enjoy yourself as much as you like - if only you keep from sin.

- Saint John Bosco

Do you want our Lord to give you many graces? Visit himoften. Do you want him to give you few graces? Visit himseldom. Visits to the Blessed Sacrament are powerful andindispensable means of overcoming the attacks of the devil.

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Make frequent visits to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament and thedevil will be powerless against you. - Saint John Bosco

Saint Macarius the Younger

Also known as

Macarius of Alexandria

Memorial

2 JanuaryProfile

Successful merchant in fruits, candies, and pastries inAlexandria, Egypt. Converting to Christianity,Macarius gave up his business in 335 to become amonk and hermit in the Thebaid, Upper Egypt. For awhile he lived near and was a friend of Saint Anthonythe Abbot. Macarius was a poet, healer, and friend to wildanimals. He was exiled by heretic Arians with Saint Macariusthe Elder and other monks to an island in the Nile because ofhis orthodoxy, but he was later allowed to return. In later lifehe travelled to Lower Egypt, and was ordained, and lived in adesert cell with other monks. He wrote a constitution for themonastery at Nitria named after him, and some of its ruleswere adopted by Saint Jerome for his monastery.

Amazing stories grew up his practice of severe austerities,some of which reached the proportion of legend.

For seven years he lived on raw vegetablesdipped in water with a few crumbs of bread,moistened with drops of oil on feast days.

He once spent 20 days and 20 nights withoutsleep, burnt by the sun in the day, frozen bybitter desert cold cold at night. My mind driedup because of lack of sleep, and I had a kind ofdelirium, the hermit admitted. So I gave in tonature and returned to my cell.

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Trying to get further from the world, and closerto God, Macarius moved to the desert of Nitriain Lower Egypt in 373. The journey was througha harsh land, at when Macarius was at the end ofhis strength, the devil appeared and asked, Whynot ask God for the food and strength tocontinue your journey? Macarius answered,The Lord is my strength and glory. Do nottempt a servant of God. The devil then gavehim a vision of a camel laden with food.Macarius was about to eat, but suspected a trap,

and so prayed over the camel; it vanished.

He spent six months naked in the marshes, besetconstantly by viscious blood-sucking flies andmosquitoes, in the hope of destroying his last bitof sexual desire. The terrible conditions andattacking insects left him so deformed that whenhe returned to the monks, they could recognize

him only by his voice.

A young brother once offered Macarius somevery fine grapes. The old fruit dealer was aboutto eat when he decided to sent them to a brotherwho was ill. This brother passed them to one heconsidered more in need; that one did the same,and on and on until the grapes made the rounds

of all the cells and returned to Macarius.

Macarius returned to Skete and began to workon his worst vice - his love of travel. The devilappeared and suggested Macarius go to Romeand chase out the demons there. Torn betweentravelling for such a good cause, but wishing tofight his vice, Macarius filled a large basket with

sand, put it on his back, and set out. Whensomeone offered to help him, he said, Leave mealone! I am punishing my tormenter. He wishesto lead me, old and weak as I am, on a distantand vain voyage. He then returned to his cell,body broken with fatigue, but cured of his

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temptation.

In old age Macarius journeyed to a monasterywhere 1,400 hermits lived under the rigid rule ofSaint Pachomius. Macarius was refusedadmittance. You are too old to survive the greatrigor we have here, Pachomius told him. Oneshould be trained in it from childhood, or elseone cannot stand it. Your health would fail andyou would curse us for harming you. Macariusthen stood at the abbey gate for seven days andnights - without sleep, without food, without

saying a word. Finally, the monks relented and helet him in. Macarius stood in a corner of themonastery in complete silence for all of Lent,living on a few cabbage leaves each Sundaymore to avoid ostentation, than from any realneed. The monks became so jealous of this newbrother that they took their complaint toPachomius, who asked God for illumination.

When he learned that the old man was Macarius,he went to him and said, My brother, I thankyou for the lesson you have given my sons. It willprevent their boasting about their modestmortifications. You have edified us sufficiently.Return to your own monastery, and pray for useach day.

Born early 4th century at Alexandria, Egypt

Died

c.401 of natural causes

Patronage

confectioners

cooks

pastry chefs

Representation

flies

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flies stinging a desert hermit

hermit with lamp

hermit with lantern

hermit leaning on a crutch in the form of a tau staff while

conversing with a skull

Saint Meingold

Memorial

8 FebruaryProfile

Member of a noble family of Liege, Belgium. Lived in Huy,Belgium, and was known for his personal holiness.Assassinated while returning from a pilgrimage; the killerscared nothing about his faith, and killed him for purelypolitical reasons.

Died

murdered in 892

Patronage

bakers

Michael the Archangel

Memorial

29 September 8 May - Apparition of Saint Michael and

Protector of Cornwall

ProfileArchangel. Leader of the army of God duringthe Lucifer uprising. Devotion is common toMuslims, Christians and Jews, and there arewritings about him in all three cultures.

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Considered the guardian angel of Israel, and the guardian andprotector of the Church. In the Book of Daniel (12:1),Michael is described as rising up to defend the Church againstthe Anti-Christ.

The feast of theApparition of Saint Michaelcommemoratesappearance of the archangel to a man named Gargan in 492on Mount Gargano near Manfredonia in southern Italy.Gargan and others were pasturing cattle on the mountain; abull wandered off and hid in a cave. An arrow was shot intothe cave, but it came flying back out and wounded the archer.The cowherds went to their bishop who ordered three days of

fasting and prayer to seek an explanation for the mystery. Atthe end of the three days Michael appeared to the bishop andrequested a church built in the honour of the Holy Angels inthe cave. If you find medals or holy cards with 'relics' ofMichael, they are probably rock chips from the cave, or piecesof cloth that have touched it.

Born

wasn't

Died

hasn't

Patronage

against danger at sea

against temptations

Albenga, Italy

ambulance drivers

Argao, Cebu, Philippines

artists

bakers

bankers

banking

barrel makers

Basey, Samar, Philippines

battle

boatmen

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Brecht, Belgium

Brussels, Belgium

Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico

Caltanissett, Sicily, Italy

Castel Madama, Italy Cerveteri, Italy

Coimbatore, India, diocese of

Congregation of Saint Michael the Archangel

coopers

Cornwall, England

Cuneo, Italy

Dormagen, Germany

Dunakeszi, Hungary

dying people

emergency medical technicians

EMTs

England

fencing

Gaby, Italy

Germany

Gravina, Italy

Greek Air Force

greengrocers

grocers

haberdashers

hatmakers

hatters

holy death

Iklin, Malta

Iligan, Philippines, diocese of

knights

London, England

Marcianise, Italy

mariners

milleners

Mobile, Alabama, archdiocese of

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Naranjito, Puerto Rico

Papua, New Guinea

paramedics

paratroopers

Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, diocese of police officers

Puebla, Mexico

radiologists

radiotherapists

sailors

Salgareda, Italy

San Angelo, Texas, diocese of

San Miguel, Iloilo, Philippines

San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

Sant'Angelo Romano, Italy

Saracinesco, Italy

Seattle, Washington, archdiocese of

security guards

Sibenik, Croatia

sick people

Siegburg Abbey

soldiers

Spanish police officers

Springfield, Massachusetts, diocese of

storms at sea

swordsmiths

Toronto, Ontario, archdiocese of

Toronto, Ontario, city of

Umbria, Italy

Vallinfreda, Italy

watermen

Zeitz, Germany

Representation

balance (helping to judge at the Last Judgment)

banner (as the leader of the army of God)

dragon (representing the defeated devil)

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scales (helping to judge at the Last Judgment)

sword (as a soldier of God)

Readings

You should be aware that the word "angel" denotes a functionrather than a nature. Those holy spirits of heaven have indeedalways been spirits. They can only be called angels when theydeliver some message. Moreover, those who deliver messagesof lesser importance are called angels; and those who proclaimmessages of supreme importance are called archangels.

Whenever some act of wondrous power must be performed,

Michael is sent, so that his action and his name may make itclear that no one can do what God does by his superiorpower. - from a homily by Pope Saint Gregory the Great

Saint Nicholas of Myra

Also known as

Klaus

Mikulas

Nicholas of Bari

Nicolaas

Nicolas

Niklas Santa Claus

Memorial

6 December

Profile

Priest. Abbot. Bishop of Myra, Lycia (modern Turkey).

Generous to the poor, and special protector of the innocentand wronged. Many stories grew up around him prior to hisbecoming associated with Santa Claus. Some examples

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Upon hearing that a local man had fallen on such hardtimes that he was planning to sell his daughters intoprostitution, Nicholas went by night to the house andthrew three bags of gold in through the window,

saving the girls from an evil life. These three bags,gold generously given in time of trouble, became thethree golden balls that indicate a pawn brokers shop.

He raised to life three young boys who had beenmurdered and pickled in a barrel of brine to hide thecrime. These stories led to his patronage of children ingeneral, and of barrel-makers besides.

Induced some thieves to return their plunder. This

explains his protection against theft and robbery, andhis patronage of them - hes not helping them steal,but to repent and change. In the past, thieves havebeen known as Saint Nicholas clerks or Knights ofSaint Nicholas.

During a voyage to the Holy Lands, a fierce stormblew up, threatening the ship. He prayed about it, andthe storm calmed - hence the patronage of sailors and

those like dockworkers who work on the sea.

Died

c.346 at Myra, Lycia (in modern Turkey) of natural causes

relics believed to be at Bari, Italy

Patronage

against imprisonment against robberies

against robbers

Amsterdam, Netherlands

apothecaries

Apulia, Italy

archers

Avolasca, Italy bakers

Bardolino, Italy

Bari, Italy

Barranquilla, Colombia

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barrel makers

Beit Jala, Palestinian Territory

boatmen

boot blacks

boys brewers

brides

Cammarata, Sicily, Italy

captives

Cardinale, Italy

Cas Concos, Spain

children

coopers

Creazzo, Italy

dock workers

druggists

Duronia, Italy

fishermen

Fossalto, Italy

Gagliato, Italy

Genazzano, Italy

Greece

Greek Catholic Church in America

Greek Catholic Union

grooms

judges

La Thuile, Italy

lawsuits lost unjustly

Lecco, Italy

Limerick, Ireland

Liptovsk Mikuls, Slovakia

Liverpool, England

longshoremen

Lorraine, France

maidens

mariners

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Mazzano Romano, Italy

Mentana, Italy

Meran, Italy

merchants

Miklav na Dravskem polju, Slovenia penitent murderers

Naples, Italy

newlyweds

old maids

parish clerks

paupers

pawnbrokers

perfumeries

perfumers

pharmacists

pilgrims

poor people

Portsmouth, England

prisoners

Russia

sailors

Sassari, Italy

scholars

schoolchildren

shoe shiners

Sicily

Is-Siggiewi, Malta

spinsters

students

penitent thieves

travellers

University of Paris

unmarried girls

Varangian Guard

watermen

Representation

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anchor

bishop calming a storm

bishop holding three bags of gold

bishop holding three balls

bishop with three children bishop with three children in a tub at his feet

purse

ship

three bags of gold

three balls

three golden balls on a book

Saint Peter the Apostle

Also known as

Cephas

First Pope Keipha

Kepha

Pre-eminent Apostle

Prince of the Apostles

Shimon Bar-Yonah

Shimon Ben-Yonah

Simeon

Simon

Simon bar Jonah

Simon ben Jonah

Simon Peter

Memorial

29 June (feast of Peter and Paul)

22 February (feast of the Chair of Peter, emblematic of the worldunity of the Church)

1 August (Saint Peter in Chains)

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18 November (feast of the dedication of the Basilicas of Peter andPaul)

Profile

Professional fisherman. Brother of Saint Andrew the Apostle,the man who led him to Christ. Apostle. Renamed Peter(rock) by Jesus to indicate that Peter would be the rock-likefoundation on which the Church would be built. Bishop. FirstPope. Miracle worker.

Born

c.1 in Bethsaida as Simon

Died

martyred c.64 in Rome, Italy

crucified head downward because he claimed he was not worthy todie in the same manner as Christ

Name Meaning

rock

Patronage

Affi, Italy

against feet problems

against fever

against foot problems

against frenzy

bakers

Bath Abbey

Belvedere Ostrense, Italy

Berchtesgaden Abbey

Berlin, Germany, archdiocse of

Birzebbuga, Malta

Bremen, Germany

bridge builders butchers

Calbayog, Philippines, diocese of

Capolona, Italy

Capriata dOrba, Italy

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Castelletto dOrba, Piedmont, Italy

Chartres, France

Chatillon, Aosta, Italy

clock makers

Cluny, France cobblers

Cologne, Germany

Corbie Abbey

Davao, Philippines, archdiocese of

Exeter College, Oxford, England

Dunajsk Streda, Slovakia

fishermen

Gabiano, Italy

harvesters

Imr, Italy

Jackson, Mississippi, diocese of

Kpenick, Germany

Lanuvio, Italy

Las Vegas, Nevada, diocese of

Lessines, Belgium

Leuven, Belgium

locksmiths

London, England

longevity

Maralal, Kenya, diocese of

Marquette, Michigan, diocese of

masons

Mdina, Malta

Moissac, France

Montpellier, France

Morbegno, Italy

Nadur, Gozo, Malta

Naumburg, Germany

net makers

Obersmarsberg, Germany

papacy

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, archdiocese of

popes

Poznan, Poland

Providence, Rhode Island, diocese of

Regensburg, Germany Rome, Italy

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Scranton, Pennsylvania, diocese of

ship builders

shipwrights

shoemakers

Sint Pieters Rode, Belgium

stone masons

Tagliacozzo, Italy

Toa Baja, Puerto Rico

Umbria, Italy

Universal Church

watch makers

Worms, Germany

Representation

Apostle holding a book

Apostle holding a scroll

bald man, often with a fringe of hair on the sides and a tuft on top

book

cock or rooster keys of Heaven

keys

man crucified head downwards

man holding a key or keys

man robed as a pope and bearing keys and a double-barred cross

pallium

papal vestments reversed cross

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Readings

Out of the whole world one man, Peter, is chosen to presideat the of all nations and to be set over all the apostles and allthe fathers of the church. Though there are in Gods people

many bishops and many shepherds, Peter is thus appointed torule in his own person those whom Christ also rules as theoriginal ruler. Beloved, how great and wonderful is thissharing in his power that God in his goodness has given tothis man. Whatever Christ has willed to be shared in commonby Peter and the other leaders of the Church, it is onlythrough Peter that he has given to others what he has notrefused to bestow on them. Jesus said: "Upon this rock I will

build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail againstit." On this strong foundation, he says, I will build aneverlasting temple. The great height of my Church, which is topenetrate the heavens, shall rise on the firm foundation of thisfaith. Blessed Peter is therefore told: To you I will give thekeys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earthshall be bound also in heaven. Whatever you loose on earthshall be loosed also in heaven. - from a sermon by Pope Saint Leo

the Great

Saint Philip the Apostle

Memorial

3 May (Roman calendar) 14 November (Greek calendar)

Profile

Disciple of Saint John the Baptist.Convert. One of the Twelve Apostle.Brought Saint Nathanael to Christ.Confidant of Jesus. Little is known

about him, but scriptural episodes givethe impression of a shy, naive, butpractical individual. Preached in Greeceand Asia Minor. Martyr.

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Born

at Bethsaida, Palestine

Died

martyred c.80 at Hierapolis, PhrygiaPatronage

Frascati, Italy

hat makers

hatters

Luxembourg

milliners Monterotondo, Italy

Nemi, Italy

pastry chefs

San Felipe Indian Pueblo

Uruguay

Venegono Inferiore, Italy

Representation

elderly bearded man holding a basket of loaves and a cross which isoften t-shaped

elderly man casting a devil from the idol of Mars

elderly man crucified on a tall cross

elderly man holding loaves and fishes

elderly man with a dragon nearby

elderly man with a loaf and book

elderly man with a snake nearby

loaves of bread

man baptizing the Ethiopian eunuch man holding a book or scroll reading descendit ad inferna

tall cross

with Saint Andrew the Apostle

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Saint William of Rochester

Also known as

William of Perth

Memorial

23 May

Profile

William led a wild and misspent youth, but as an adult he hada complete conversion, devoting himself to God, caringespecially for poor and neglected children. He worked as abaker, and gave every tenth loaf to the poor. He attendedMass daily, and one morning on his way to church he foundan infant abandoned on the threshold. He named the babyDavid, and adopted him, and taught him his trade.

Years later he and David set out on a pilgrimage to the HolyLands. During a stopover in Rochester, England the boyDavid turned on William, clubbed him, cut his throat, robbedthe body, and fled. Because he was on a holy journey, andbecause of the miraculous cures later reported at his tomb, heis considered a martyr.

A local insane woman found William's body, and plaited agarland of honeysuckle flowers for it; she placed the garlandon William, and then on herself whereupon her madness wascured. Local monks, seeing this as a sign from God, interredWilliam in the local cathedral and began work on his shrine.His tomb and a chapel at his murder scene, calledPalmersdene, soon became sites of pilgimage and donation,even by the crown. Remains of the chapel can be seen nearthe present Saint William's Hospital.

Born

12th century at Perth, Scotland

Died

throat cut in 1201 at Rochester, England

interred in the cathedral at Rochester

relics destroyed along with the cathedral in 1538

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Canonized

1256 by Pope Innocent IV

his cause had been pursued by Lawrence de San Martino, bishop ofRochester

Patronage

adopted children

Patrons of Baking Topics

patrons of bakers Albert of Bergamo

Elizabeth of Hungary

Erhard of Regensburg

Honorius of Amiens

Meingold

Michael the Archangel

Nicholas of Myra

Peter the Apostle

patrons of bakers of Communion hosts

Honorius of Amiens

patrons of cake makers

Honorius of Amiens

patrons of flour merchants

Honorius of Amiens

patrons of pastry chefs

Honorius of Amiens

Macarius the Younger

Philip the Apostle

Saints who Worked as Bakers

Andre Bessette

Clement Mary Hofbauer

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John Bosco

William of Rochester

Patron Saints in General

A patron saint is one who has been chosen by long tradition,or by competent authority, as a special intercessor with God,and is honoured by clergy and people with a special form ofreligious observance. The termpatronmay be applied to manytypes of subjects, places or topics; the word titularis applied

only to the patron of a church or institution.

The underlying doctrine of patrons is that of the communionof saints, or the bond of spiritual union existing betweenGod's servants on earth, in heaven, or in purgatory. The saintsare regarded as advocates and intercessors for those stillmaking their earthly pilgrimage. Most Christians understandthe concept of having a friend, a family member, or a fellow

parishioner pray for them; intercession by patrons is simplyprayer by a member of your spiritual family who is alreadycloser to God.

Patrons of Trades and Professions

The beliefs of a Christian in an age of Faith prompted him toplace not only his churches under the protection of someillustrious servant of God, but the ordinary interests of life, hishealth, and family, trade, maladies, and perils, his death, hiscity and country. The whole social life of the Catholic worldbefore the Reformation was animated with the idea ofprotection from the citizens of heaven. In England there were40,000 religious corporations, including ecclesiastical bodies,monasteries, convents, military orders, industrial andprofessional guilds, and charitable institutions, each of whichhad its patron, its rites, funds, and methods of assistance.

Patrons were chosen on account of some real correspondence

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between the patron and the object of patronage, their work ina particular place or field, by reason of some play on words, oras a matter of individual piety. Thus, while the great specialpatrons had their clients all over Christendom, other patronsmight vary with different times and places.

Honouring the saints has sometimes been an occasion ofabuse. Spells and incantations have been intruded in the placeof trust and prayer, prayerful vigils have become drunkenparties. Reverence has sometimes run to extravagance; andpatrons chosen before there was sufficient proof of theirheroic Christian virtues. But considering there's 2,000 years of

history and an entire world of the faithful, the Christianhonour paid to angels and saints has been singularly free fromhuman excess and error.

Notes

Cover image is a detail of a 16th century breviary illumination,Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag, Netherlands.

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