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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)
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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)
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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
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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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