Fourteen Holy Helpers - The Auxiliary Saints

The Auxiliary Saints

The fourteen saints are:

Name Feast day Patronage
Agathius c8 May Against headache
Barbara !Barbara n4 December Against fever and sudden death
Blaise !Blaise a3 February Against illness of the throat and for protection of domestic animals
Catherine of Alexandria m25 November Against sudden death
Christopher !Christopher g25 July Against bubonic plague and dangers while traveling
Cyriacus i8 August Against temptation on the death-bed
Denis l9 October Against headache
Erasmus !Erasmus d2 June Against intestinal ailments
Eustace !Eustace k20 September Against family discord
George !George b23 April For the health of domestic animals
Giles !Giles j1 September Against plague, for a good confession, and for cripples, beggars and blacksmiths
Margaret of Antioch f20 July During childbirth, and escape from devils
Pantaleon !Pantaleon h27 July For physicians, and against cancer & tuberculosis
Vitus e15 June Against epilepsy, lightning and for protection of domestic animals

For one or another of the saints in the original set, Anthony the Anchorite, Leonard of Noblac, Nicholas, Sebastian, Oswald the King, Pope Sixtus II, Apollonia, Dorothea of Caesarea, Wolfgang of Regensburg or Roch were sometimes substituted. In France an extra "helper" is added, the Virgin Mary.

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