List of patron saints by occupation and activity
This is a list of patron saints of occupations and activities or of groups of people with a common occupation or activity.
A
- Adrian of Nicomedia – arms dealers, butchers, guards, soldiers[1]
- Agatha – bakers, bellmaking, nurses[2]
- Albertus Magnus – natural scientists[3]
- Alexander of Comana – charcoal-burners[4]
- Alexius – belt makers and nurses[5]
- Aloysius Gonzaga – Catholic students, Jesuit scholastics[6]
- Amand – bartenders, brewers, innkeepers, merchants, vine growers, vintners,[4]
- Ambrose of Milan – bee keepers, beggars,[7] candle-makers,[8] chandlers,[9] wax-melters and refiners
- Anastasius the Fuller – fullers[10]
- Anastasia of Sirmium – weavers, healers, martyrs, exorcists[11]
- Andrew the Apostle – fishmongers, fishermen[4]
- Andrew Kim – clergy of Korea
- Ann – miners,[4] mothers,[9] equestrians,[12] cabinet makers,[9] homemakers,[11] stablemen, French-Canadian voyageurs, and sailors
- Ansovinus – gardeners
- Anthony Mary Claret – weavers[7]
- Anthony the Abbot – basket-makers,[4] gravediggers, butchers,[7] swineherds and motorists
- Anthony of Padua – those seeking lost items or people,[4] nomadic travelers, brush makers, women seeking a husband
- Antipas – dentists
- Apollonia – dentists [4]
- Arnold of Soissons – brewers
- Arnulph – millers
- Augustine of Hippo – printers,[7] brewers and theologians[11]
B
- Barbara – miners, artillerymen, military engineers and firemen, Italian marines,[4] architects, builders,[11] foundry workers, fireworks makers,[10] servicemen of the Russian Strategic Rocket Forces,[13] mathematicians,[14] geoscientist, stonemasons
- Bartholomew the Apostle – leatherworkers, plasterers,[11] tanners, trappers,[15] curriers
- Basil the Great – hospital administrators[16]
- Basilides - Italian prison officers[4]
- Basilissa - nursing mothers [4]
- Benedict of Nursia – farmers, farmhands, engineers, architects, Italian speleologists,[4] students,[11] husbandry, heraldry and officers of arms
- Bénézet – bridge-builders[11]
- Benno – fishermen
- Bernadette of Lourdes – shepherds[7]
- Bernardine of Feltre - pawnbrokers, bankers[4]
- Bernardine of Siena – advertisers[4]
- Bernard of Clairvaux – bee keepers, chandlers, advertisers,[9] wax melters and refiners[17]
- Bernard of Menthon – mountaineers, skiers[4]
- Bernard of Vienne – farmers, farmhands, husbandry
- Bernward of Hildesheim – architects
- Blaise – veterinarians,[11] wool combers and weavers,[17] town criers
- Boethius – philosophy
- Bona of Pisa – flight attendants,[4] travelers, specifically couriers, guides, pilgrims
- Botulph – farmers, farmhands, husbandry
- Brendan the Navigator – sailors,[7] navigators,[12] mariners, seafarers, those traveling by sea
- Brigid of Ireland – dairy workers, scholars, nuns,[7] medicine/healers
C
- Cajetan – unemployed, gamblers, odd lot dealers, and of job seekers
- Camillus of Lellis – nurses,[4] hospital workers[18]
- Cassian of Imola – shorthand writers, stenographers,[4] school teachers, parish clerks
- Catherine of Alexandria – tanners, librarians,[19] students, philosophers,[7] secretaries, scribes, stenographers, preachers,[11] nurses
- Catherine of Siena – jurors,[12] Italian nurses[20]
- Cecilia – musicians[7]
- Charles Borromeo – Catechists, seminarians[7]
- Christina the Astonishing – millers, psychiatrists[12]
- Christopher – travelers, bookbinders, gardeners, mariners,[11] drivers,[12] surfers, athletes, pilots
- Clare of Assisi – theatre performers,[7] embroiderers,[11] gilders,[21] laundry workers, goldsmiths
- Claude – sculptors, secretaries[7]
- Clement – marble-workers,[11] tanners, mariners,[12] stonecutters
- Columbanus – motorcyclists
- Cosmas – doctors, pharmacists, surgeons, barbers[7]
- Crispin – tanners, shoemakers, cobblers, leatherworkers, curriers, saddle-makers
- Cuthbert – shepherds
- Cuthman – shepherds
D
- Damian – doctors, pharmacists, surgeons, barbers[11]
- Dismas – undertakers[22]
- Dominic – astronomers, astronomy,[12] scientists
- Dominic de la Calzada – civil engineers
- Dominic of Silos – shepherds
- Dorothea of Caesarea – florists,[7] horticulture, brewers
- Drogo – coffee house keepers, coffee house owners,[23] shepherds
- Dunstan – blacksmiths,[7] goldsmiths, musicians,[11] locksmiths[12]
- Dymphna – mental health professionals, psychiatrists, therapists[14]
E
- Edward the Confessor – kings
- Eligius – metal-workers, jewelers,[11] mechanics, taxi drivers,[12] farriers,[10] harness makers,[16] numismatists,[20] Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers soldiers, veterinarians, farmers, farmhands, husbandry
- Elisabeth of Hungary – bakers,[7] beggars,[9] nursing services[20]
- Elizabeth Seton - sailors
- Erasmus of Formiae or Elmo – sailors,[7] pyrotechnicians,[11] steeplejacks, chimney sweeps and anyone who works at great heights
- Ephrem the Syrian – spiritual directors and spiritual leaders
- Eustachius – hunters,[7] trappers,[15] firefighters
F
- Ferdinand III – engineers[24]
- Fiacre – taxi-drivers, veterinarians, drivers, gardeners,[7] horticulturists[16]
- Florian – firefighters,[7] chimney sweeps[12]
- Foillan – dentists, surgeons, truss-makers, children's nurses
- Frances of Rome – automobile drivers[7]
- Francis de Sales – writers/authors,[7] journalists[11]
- Francis of Assisi – ecologists,[11] merchants,[9] animal welfare, and rights workers[25]
- Francis Caracciolo – chefs
G
- Archangel Gabriel – communications workers, postal workers, broadcasters, messengers, radio/television workers, radiologists,[7] diplomats, ambassadors, emergency dispatchers, police dispatchers
- Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows – students, seminarians, clerics, a society exists whose goal is to have Gabriel declared the patron saint of handgunners
- Gangulphus – tanners, shoemakers
- Gemma Galgani – students, pharmacists
- Genesius – actors, comedians, clowns, dancers, theatrical performers of all kinds, also attorneys, barristers, lawyers
- George – agricultural workers,[9] archers, armourers,[24] boy scouts,[11] butchers, cavalry,[9] soldiers,[11] Crusaders, equestrians, horsemen, husbandry, knights, saddle makers, shepherds, Teutonic Knights (policemen and firefighters in Brazil)
- Germaine Cousin – shepherdesses[26]
- Giles – beggars, spur makers[27]
- Gregory the Great – teachers
- Gottschalk – linguists, princes, translators
- Gummarus – lumberjacks
- René Goupil – nurse anesthetists [28]
H
- 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
I
- Isidore the Farmer – farmers, farmhands, husbandry, manual laborers
- Isidore of Seville – computer scientists, software engineers, computer programmers, computer technicians, computer users, schoolchildren, students
- Ignatius of Loyola – Military Ordinariate of the Philippines, Society of Jesus, soldiers, Educators and Education.
J
- Jadwiga of Poland – queens
- James, son of Zebedee – veterinarians, equestrians, furriers, tanners, pharmacists
- James, son of Alphaeus – pharmacists
- Jerome – librarians,[19] translators, spectacle makers
- Joan of Arc – 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 the Evangelist – editors, authors, art dealers, tanners, and theologians
- John of God – hospital workers, nurses, booksellers
- John Baptist de la Salle – teachers of youth
- John Berchmans – altar servers
- John Bosco – apprentices, editors, printers/publishers
- John Gualbert – foresters
- John Vianney – priests
- Joseph – cabinetmakers, carpenters, craftsmen, laborers, workers, and working people[29]
- Joseph of Arimathea – funeral directors,[30] tinsmiths
- Joseph of Cupertino – air travelers, aviators, astronauts, test takers, poor students
- John of Capistrano – jurists
- Jude (also known as Jude Thaddeus) – police officers, hospital workers, lost (or impossible) causes[31]
- Julian the Hospitaller – shepherds, boatmen
- Justa and Rufina – potters
K
- Kateri – ecologists, environmentalists, thomasites
L
- Lawrence – librarians,[19] archivists, students, tanners, cooks, comedians.
- Leodegar – millers[32]
- Lidwina – ice skaters
- Luke the Evangelist – doctors, surgeons, artists, painters, notaries
M
- Madeleine Sophie Barat - school girls
- Marcellin Champagnat – education and teachers
- Margaret of Antioch – nurses
- Martha – dieticians, cooks
- Mary Magdalene – tanners, hairdressers, pharmacists
- Magnus of Avignon – fish dealers, fishmongers
- Albertus Magnus – chemists, medical technicians
- Macarius of Unzha, Venerable – craftsmen, merchants, travelers[33]
- Malo – pig-keepers
- Martin of Tours – soldiers
- Matthew – accountants, tax collectors, bankers, bookkeepers, joiners, custom agents, security guards, perfumers
- Maturinus – comic actors, jesters, clowns, sailors (in Brittany), tinmen (in Paris)[34] and of plumbers.[35]
- Maurice and Lydia – dyers
- Maurice – infantrymen
- Michael the Archangel – soldiers, paramedics, paratroopers, police officers, security officers
N
- Nicholas of Myra – sailors, fishermen, merchants, pharmacists, archers, pawnbrokers, lawyers in Paris bar
- Nicholas of Tolentine – Mariners
- Notburga – farmers, farmhands, husbandry
O
- Our Lady of Salambao – fishermen
- Our Lady of Loreto – aviators
P
- Pantaleon – doctors, midwives, physicians
- 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, bridge builders, cloth makers
- Peter of Alcantara – guards
- Peter Damian – traceurs/freerunners
- Phocas the Gardener – farmers, farmhands, husbandry
- Pope John XXIII – Papal delegates
- Pope Celestine V – bookbinders
- Piran – tinners, tin miners
- Philip – Special Forces
Q
- Quentin – bombardiers, chaplains, locksmiths, porters, tailors, surgeons
R
- Raphael the Archangel – doctors, pharmacists, nurses, shepherds, matchmakers, travelers[36]
- Raymond Nonnatus – midwives, obstetricians
- Raymond of Penyafort – medical record librarians, Canon lawyers
- Rebekah – physicists
- Regina – shepherdesses
- John Regis – medical social workers
- Reinold – Stonemasons
- Robert Bellarmine – Catechists[7]
- Roch – surgeons, tile-makers, second-hand dealers, gravediggers
- Rose of Lima – embroiderers, gardeners
S
- Sebastian – soldiers, athletes
- Severus of Avranches – silk and wool makers, drapers; milliners and hatters
- Simon – tanners
- Solange – shepherdesses
- Stephen – bricklayers, casketmakers, deacons, altar servers
T
- Tatiana of Rome – students
- Theobald of Provins – Farmers, winegrowers, shoemakers, beltmakers, charcoal-burners
- Thérèse of Lisieux – florists, aviators, missionaries
- Thomas – architects, politicians
- Thomas Aquinas – students, teachers, academics
- Thomas Becket – diocesan priests
- Thomas More – politicians, statesmen, lawyers, civil servants, court clerks
U
- Urban of Langres – vine-growers, vine-dressers, gardeners, vintners, and coopers
- Ursula – archers, orphans, students
V
- Valentine – beekeeping
- Venerius the Hermit – lighthouse keepers[37]
- Veronica – laundry workers; photographers[38]
- Vincent of Saragossa – winemakers
- Vincent de Paul – hospital workers
- Vincent Ferrer – builders
- Vitus – comedians, dancers
W
- Walstan – farmers, farmhands, husbandry
- Winnoc – millers
- Wolbodo – students
- Wolfgang of Regensburg – woodworkers, woodcarvers
X
- Frances Xavier Cabrini – hospital administrators
Y
- Yves – lawyers
Z
- Zeno of Verona – fishermen
- Zita – domestic servants, waiters
See also
- Patron saints of ailments, illness, and dangers
- Patron saints of places
- Patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- Saint symbolism
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