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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