Patron Saint
Patron saint of music
St. Cecelia
Portrayed with a slayed dragon
St. George
“Actions speak louder than words; let your words teach and your actions speak.”
St. Anthony of Padua
Apostle, brother of St. Peter
St. Andrew
Doctor of the church, autobiography is called "Confessions"
St. Augustine
Patron saint of travelers
St. Christopher
Usually shown hiking
Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati
"Verso l'alto" (To the heights)
Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati
Was baptized and ordained bishop of Milan in the same week
St. Ambrose
Pope who forgave the man who shot him in an assassination attempt
St. Pope John Paul II
Patron saint of fishermen
St. Andrew
Portrayed with a cross, a crown of roses, and a black and white Dominican habit
St. Rose of Lima
"The devil tempts that he may ruin; God tests that he may crown."
St. Ambrose
St. Rose of Lima
Deeply contemplative person who founded the Jesuit Order, developed the Daily Examen
St. Ignatius of Loyola
Patron saint of back pain, students, and temptations
St. Gemma Galgani
Depicted as a giant, with a child on his shoulder and a staff in one hand
St. Christopher
"Yes, Lord. I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God!"
St. Martha
Considered to be the first medieval pope, credited with the placement of the "Our Father" in the Mass
St. Gregory the Great
Polish Catholic priest who volunteered to die in the place of a man at Auschwitz
St. Maximilian Kolbe
Patron saint of people with leprosy
St. Damien of Molokai
Usually shown as a young friar holding the Baby Jesus and a lily.
St. Anthony of Padua
"Most Holy Sacred Heart of Jesus, help my heart to persevere in all that is holy."
St. Rita of Cascia
Shot with so many arrows that his body was described as, "as full of arrows as an urchin."
St. Sebastian
Punched a heretic in the face during the Council of Nicea
St. Nicholas