Sacraments, Special Situations, Religious and Other Societies, the Papacy Bad Misfortune, Invoked against: St. Agricola Baptism: St. John the Baptist Battle: St. Michael the Archangel Brides: St. Nicholas of Myra, St. Dorothy, St. Elizabeth of Portugal Canonists: St. Raymond of Penafort Catechists: St. Viator, St. Charles Borromeo, St. Robert Bellarmine Catholic Action: St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Press: St. Francis de Sales Chaplains: St. John Capistrano Charitable Societies: St. Vincent de Paul Chivalry: St. Demetrius Choirboys: St. Dominic Savio [The] Church: St. Joseph Church Janitors: St. Theobald Clerics [the Clergy]: St. Gabriel of the Sorrowful Mother [Possenti], St. Thomas à Beckett, St. Gabriel the Archangel Confession: St. John Nepomuk Confessors: St. Alphonsus Ligouri, St. John Nepomucene [Nepomuk] Converts: St. Helena, St. Flora, St. Vladimir Crusaders: St. Louis IX, King Deacons: St. Stephen Death Row Inmates: St. Dismas Death, Sudden, Invoked against: St. Andrew Avellino Desperate Situations: St. Gregory of Neocaesarea, St. Jude Thaddeus, St. Rita of Cascia Disasters, Invoked against: St. Genevieve Divine Intervention: St. Margaret of Antioch [The] Divorced: St. Fabiola, St. Helena [The] Dying: St. Joseph, St. Barbara, St. Catherine of Alexandria, St. Michael, St. Maragret of Antioch, St. Nicholas of Tolentino Emergencies: St. Expiditus Emigrants and Immigrants: St. Frances Cabrini Engaged Couples: St. Valentine Eucharistic Congresses and Societies: St. Paschal Baylon Exiles: St. Margaret of Antioch Fathers [and Husbands]: St. Joseph First Holy Communicants: St. Tarsicius, Bl. Imelda Foundations: St. Anthony Claret Grooms: St. Luois IX, King Hangings, Invoked against: St. Colman Healers: St. Bridget of Sweden Heirs: Sts. Felicity and Her Seven Sons Holy Death: St. Joseph Homeless; St. Benedict Joseph Labre Homely People: St. Drogo Housewives: St. Anne, St. Monica Impoverished and the Poor: St. Martin of Tours, St. Anthony of Padua Infidelity, Those Who Suffer and for Conversion From: St. Monica, St. Fabiola, St. Gengulphus Kidnapping Victims: St. Arthelius Lawsuits: St.  Agia Lectors: St. Pollio Longevity: St. Peter, Apostle Lost Articles: St. Anthony of Padua Lost Souls: St. Nicholas of Tolentino Marital Problems, Invoked against: St. Elizabeth of Portugal, St. Rita of Cascia, St. Pharaildis, St. Hedwig Military Chaplains: St. John Capistrano Misfortune, Invoked against: St. Agricola Missions, Foreign: St. Francis Xaviee, St. Therese of Lisieux Missions, Parish: St. Leonard of Port-Maurice, St. Benedict the Black Missionaries: St. Therese of Lisieux Monks: St. Benedict Mothers: The Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Monica Mystics: St. John of the Cross Native Americans: St. Turibus, the Martyrs of Paraguay [The] Papacy: St. Peter, Apostle Parenthood: St. Adelaide, St. Clothilde, St. Ferdinand III of Castile, St. Louis IX, St. Rita of Cascia Peace: St. Irene People of Mixed Race: St. Martin de Porres Pilgrims: St. James the Greater, Apostle, St. Alexius Political Prisoners: St. Maximlian Kolbe Popes: St. Gregory the Great Poverty, Invoked against: St. Regina Priests: St. Jean-Baptiste Vianney Preachers: St. John Chrysostom Pisoners: St. Barbara, St. Dismas, St. Vincent de Paul Prisoners of War: St. Leonard Prisons: St. Joseph Cafasso Racial Harmony: St. Martin de Porres Recently Dead, On behalf of: St. Gertrude of Nivelles Reconicling the Unhappily Marries: St. Theodore of Sykeon Refugees: St. Alban Religious Orders: St. Benedict Joseph Labre Retreats: St. Ignatius Loyola Rome: St. Philip Neri Second Marriages: St. Adelaide Separation, Spousal: St. Gummarus Seminarians: St. Charles Borromeo Single Mothers: St. Margaret of Cortona Solutions and Emergencies: St. Expeditus Sterility, Invoked against: St. Henry II Sterility in Men: St. Francis of Paola Tertiaries: St. Elizabeth of Hungary, St. Louis IX, St. Elizabeth of Portugal, St. Margaret of Cortona Theologians: St. Augustine [Moral], St. Alphonsus Liguori The Unhappily Married: [Men] St. Gummarus [Women] St. Wilgefortis Universal Church: St. Joseph Vocations: St. Alphonsus Liguori War: St. Elizabeth of Portugal, St. Michael Widows: St. Paula, St. Clothilde, St. Fabiola Widowers: St. Edgar Contact Us HOME--------------SAINTS www.catholictradition.org/Saints/patrons6.htm