Saturday, July 7, 2012

Designated Patron Saints: From Accountants to Computers



My last blog entry “The Fishbone Out of Nowhere” pertained to St. Blaise, the patron saint for throat ailments.  I decided to read some more on the subject of patron saints, and consequently I discovered that there is even a patron saint for computers and the internet! Who knew?

I am thus sharing my “findings” herein.


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PATRON SAINTS

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Mothers – St. Monica

Fathers – St. Joseph
http://www.americancatholic.org/features/saints/saint.aspx?id=1327

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Accountants and Bankers – St. Matthew

Authors, Journalists, and Writers – St. Francis de Sales

Editors – St. John Bosco

Engineers – St. Patrick and St. Ferdinand III

Lawyers – St. Raymond of Peñafort and St. Thomas More

Pharmacists, Physicians, and Surgeons – Sts. Cosmas and Damian

Physicians and Surgeons– St. Luke 

Philosophers – St. Albert the Great (also patron saint of Scientists) and St. Catherine of Alexandria (also patron saint of Students)

Pilots – St. Joseph of Cupertino and St. Thérèse of Lisieux

Scholars – St. Venerable Bede (after whom San Beda College is named) and St. Brigid of Kildare

Schoolchildren – St. Benedict

Teachers – St. John Baptist de la Salle (after whom DLSU is named) and St. Gregory the Great

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The Philippines – St. Rose of Lima

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Learning – St. Ambrose

Students, Schools, and Colleges – St. Thomas Aquinas (after whom UST is named)

Universities – Blessed Contardo Ferrini

Computers and the Internet – St. Isidore of Seville

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Retreats – St. Ignatius of Loyola

Mystics – St. John of the Cross

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Motorists and Widows – St. Frances of Rome

Lost Items, Travelers, and the Poor – St. Anthony of Padua

Desperate Causes – St. Jude Thaddeus

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