Childbirth, Children, Childhood Maladies, Maternal Concerns and Related Abandoned Children: St. Ivo of Kermartin [See also Orphans below] Adopted Children: St. Clotilde, St. Thomas More Altar Boys: St. John Berchmans Babies and or Infants: St. Zeno of Verona. St. Nicholas of Tolentino, Holy Innocents Baptism: St. John the Baptist, St. Wite Barren Women: St. Anthony of Padua, St. Felicitas, St. Gerard Majella Birth [Childbirth]: St. Margaret of Antioch, St. Raymond of Nonnatus, St. Leonard of Noblac NOTE: Birth is the act of being born; childbirth, while essentially the same refers to the act of giving birth. Childbirth Complications: St. Ulric Child Abuse Victims: St. Alodia Boys: St. John Bosco Boy Scouts: St. George [There is no designated Patron for Girl Scouts] Breast Feeding: St. Giles Chastity: St. Thomas aquinas, St. Maria Goretti Childhood Diseases and Illnesses: St. Aldegonda Children: St. Nicholas of Myra, St. Pancras, St. Raymond Nonnatus Children of Mary: St. Agnes, St. Maria Goretti Children's Death: St. Clotilde, St. Hedwig, St. Felicity and Seven Sons Choir Boys: Holy Innocents Colic, Invoked against: St. Agapitus Convulsions in Children: St. Scholastica Cramp: St. Pancras Earache: St. Polycarp Expectant Mothers: St. Margaret, St. Raymond Nonnatus, St. Gerard Majella Fever:  St. Antoninus of Florence, St. benedict First Holy Communicants: St. Tarsicius, Bl. Imelda  Foundlings: Holy Innocents Girls: St. Maria Goretti, St. Nicholas of Myra [Bari] Illegitimate Children: St. John-Francis Regis Infertility: St. Rita of Cascia, St. Gerard Majella Innocence: St. Hallvard Maidens: St. Catherine of Alexandria Midwives: St. Raymond Nonnatus, St. Margaret of Cortona Miscarriages, Invoked against: St. Dorothy of Montau, St. Bridget of Sweden Motherhood: St. Blessed Virgin Mary Mothers: St. Monica Nursing Mothers: St. Concordia Obstetricians: St. Raymond Nonnatus Orphans: St. Jerome Emiliani Pregnancy: St. Anne Pregnant Women: St. Margaret, St. Raymond Nonnatus, St. Gerard Majella Protection from Sudden Death: St. Barbara Runaways: St. Alodia, St. Dymphna Safe Childbirth: St. Margaret of Antioch, St. Raymond Nonnatus, St. Gerard Majella Schoolboys: St. Lawrence Schoolchildren: St. Benedict Schoolgirls: St. Ursula Schools: St. Joseph Calasanz Sick Children: St. Beuno Stammering Children: St. Notkar Balbulus Sterility in Women: St. Giles Students: St. Catherine of Alexandria, St. Lawrence, St. Jerome Teachers of Girls: St. Ursula and Companions Teenagers: St. Maria Goretti and St. Aloysius Gonzaga Toddlers: St. Vaast Women in Labor: St. Anne, St. Leonard, St. Erasmus Women Wanting Sons: St. Felicity Young Girls: St. Agnes, St. Catherine of Alexandria, St. Maria Goretti Young Women: St. Ursula Youth: St. Aloysius Gonzaga, St. John Berchmans, St. Gabriel Possenti Contact Us HOME--------------SAINTS www.catholictradition.org/Saints/patrons7.htm