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Santa Apolonia- because of manner in
which she was martryed, she is patron of
Dentists, good teeth, and dental
workers.
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St.Catherine Siena - is
patron of nurses and nursing.
She devoted her life to the sick,
especially cancer patients. Her
Feast day is April 29.
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St. Michael - patron of radiology and
the sick.
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St.
Lucy - patron of diseases of the eye,
eye operations, Eye Doctors. Feast day
December 13.
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San Lucas - was a physician by
trade
and said to be the physician to the
Virgin Mary in lore. He is also
patron of surgeons. Feast day October
18.
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San Raphael - was one of the
seven archangel. His name
means "God heals". He is
patron of good health, Nurses,
physicians and
the blind. His feast day is
September.29.
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St. Albert the Great - is patron
of
Medical Technicians and was one of
the great theologians of the Church.
He is known for his great interests
and abilities in the natural sciences
and medical oriented natural sciences.
His Feast day is November 15.
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St. Anne - patron of women in
labor.
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St. Vitus - patron of epilepsy and those
suffering
form chorea. He is also patron of the dance,
dancers, actors and comedians. Feast day June
15.
St. Odelia - She was born blind, but her
sight was
restored at the time of her baptism. She lived
in
the late 600's early 700's. Her Feast day is
December 13 (same as St, Lucy)
St. John Regis - is patron of Medical
Socia
l Workers, he was Jesuit who cared for the poor
and imprisoned. Feast day June 16.
St. Basil The Great - 4th century, founder
of
the first monastery in Asia Minor. He is known
for his care of the sick and poor He founded
the
hospital at Caesarea. His Feast day is June 14.
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St. Elizabeth - After the death of
her husband she devoted the rest of
her like to helping the sick,orphaned
and poor. She is one of the patrons
of nursing and the sick. Feast day
November 17.
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St. Jude - One of the Twelve
Apostles choosen by Christ is patron
of hospital workers, lost causes and
desperate cases and is often invoked
for help with illnesses and
operations.
Feast day, October 18.
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San Ramon Nonatus-
patron of expectants
mothers, fertility
specialists, midwives,
gynecology because the
was born cesarian section.
Feast day August 31
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Our Lady of Lourdes - is
Patroness of bodily ills. She is
form of the Virgen Mary.
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Gerard Majella - patron of expectant
mothers. He was a nice guy, cared for his
sisters and mother, was a tailor, and his
mother said a "perfect child". Feast day
October 16.Our Lady of Lourdes is
Patroness of bodily ills.
Peregrine Lazios - patron of cancer
patients because he was miraculously
cured of foot cancer after a vision.
Feast day May 1.
Rene Goupi - Lay Jesuit who worked with
the Huron Indians (1640), first North
American martyr. Patron of
anesthesiology because of the trials he
was put though by the Iroquois and able
to over come by his faith. Feast day
October 19.
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Camillus de Lellis- A 17th century
Italian
soldier, who was denied entry into the
Franciscan
Capuchin order because of a diseased leg.
He
worked as a nurse and was director of
St.
Giacomo Hospital in Rome. He founded
the
Camillians ( Ministers of the Sick) Patron
of
nurses and nursing groups by Pope Pius XI.
He
is also patron of the sick and hospital
workers.
Feast day July 14.
John of God:- Patron of Nurses and
hospital
workers because he helped and card for the
sick.
He started the Order of Brothers
Hospitalers. His
Feast day is March 8.
Margaret of Cortona - Patron of
midwives,
lived in the 1200's, earned a living as a
midwife
before becoming a Franciscan tertiary and
caring
for the sick and the poor. Feast day
February 22.
Raymond of Penafor - Patron of
medical
records, who lived from 1175 to 1275. He
taught
philosophy, studied law, received a
Doctorate,
became a Dominican, systematized and
codified
canon law, compiled Summa de poenitentia
and is
probably patron on Medical record
librarians and
medical records because of his ability to
organize
Feast day, January 7.
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Sts.Cosmas and Damian - were
Arabian
twins brothers who became Syrian
physicians
and pharmacists. They always offered
their
services free of charge. They are patrons
of
physicians and pharmacistd. Feast Day
Sept. 26
St. Pantaleon - he was the personal
doctor t
o Emperor Maximian, but later became a
physician to the poor and needy after
a
reconversion. Feast day July 27.
St.Agatha - From a wealthy Italian
family in
the third century, she is one of the
patrons of
nurses and invoked against breast cancer.
Feast
day is February 5.
Medical Saints have continued their
patronage's through out the ages,
unlike
many other groups of saints. The above
is
a collection of the patrons with out
respect
for time. All of them are available in
all
styles. If you know of any saint that
should
be included in this list please e-mail
me
and tell me his or her story.
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