Patron saint

In several forms of Christianity, but especially in Roman Catholicism, a patron saint has special affinity for a trade or group. St. Florian is the patron saint of firefighters, and St. Christopher is the patron saint of travellers, for example. Eastern Orthodoxy generally doesn't associate saints with occupations and activities, or does so to a much lesser degree.

Saints associated with protection from ailments or illness

• Agatha - breast cancer
• Apollonia - toothache
• Augustine of Hippo - sore eyes
• Blaise - ailments of the throat
• Cyriacus - eye disease
• Fourteen Holy Helpers
• James the Greater - rheumatism
• Lucy of Syracuse - haemorrhage, eye complaints
• Marculf - scrofula, diseases of the skin
• Dymphna - sleepwalking, epilepsy, insanity, mental_illness
• Fiacre - Venereal disease sufferers, hemorrhoids
• Teresa of Avila - headaches
• Vitus - chorea
• Simon of Trent - torture and kidnap victims (no longer venerated)

Other protective help

• Wulfram of Sens is called upon for protection against the dangers of the sea.