Patrons
Although not born there, the most well-known patron of Ireland.
Who is Saint Patrick?
Grilled, apparently on both sides.
Who is St. Lawrence?
Appeared to St. Juan Diego, whose miraculous tilma still shows her image.
Who is Our Lady of Guadelupe?
Santa Claus
Who is St. Nicholas (or St. Nick)?
He said, "Be not afraid"
Who is St. John Paul II?
Who is Saint Anthony?
One of the first martyrs, he was stoned.
Who is Saint Stephen?
She appeared to three young children, Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta, in 1917.
Who is Our Lady of Fatima?
Often called "The Little Flower"
Who is St. Therese?
Patron of lost causes, an Apostle
Who is St. Jude?
Priest who died in place of another man during the Holocaust.
Who is St. Maximilian Kolbe?
She appeared to St. Bernadette and showed her a stream that has miraculously healed many.
Who is Our Lady of Lourdes?
The Saint nicknamed by his peers "The Dumb Ox"
Who is St. Thomas Aquinas?
Farmers may ask him to intercede for a good harvest.
Often pictured with her eyes on a plate, as they were gouged out before she was killed.
Who is St. Lucy?
She appeared to St. Simon Stock and gave him the brown scapular.
Who is Our Lady of Mount Carmel?
"Lily of the Mohawks"
Who is St. Kateri Tekakwitha?
One who might intercede in cases of depression or other mental illness.
Who is Saint Dymphna?
He was executed for refusing to acknowledge King Henry VIII as the Supreme Head of the Church of England.
Who is St. Thomas More?
She appeared to three children in Rwanda three times between 1981 and 1989, urging them to pray the rosary and warning them of impending tragedy in the Rwandan Genocide.