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St. Rose of Lima
Illustration of St. Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, wearing ornate bishop's robes and miter, holding a staff and raising one hand in blessing with a coastal landscape in the background.
Stained glass window at St Peter's Church, Cound, Shropshire, England, depicting ten Christian saints in two rows, each holding symbolic objects. Painting of Saint Jude Thaddeus with a halo, holding an image of Jesus and a staff, set in an ornate gold frame in St. Jude Thaddeus Roman Church, Rome. A large tapestry portrait of Carlo Acutis hangs above an altar in St. Francis Basilica, with clergy in white robes and pink skullcaps gathered below during his beatification ceremony. Virgin of Guadalupe and St. Juan Diego St. Christoper and St. James the Greater St. Brigid of Ireland Joan of Arc St. Valentine
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Invalidated site: CORE - Worshipping Patron Saints: Ethnological Research in Croatia (PDF). Jul 27, 2026
Added a link and updated for Carlo Acutis's canonization. Sep 07, 2025
Added top questions. Jul 29, 2025
Media added. Jun 13, 2025
Fixed display issue. May 30, 2025
Article thoroughly revised. May 28, 2025
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Miracles, Martyrdom and Violence: Historical Origins of the Patron Saints of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery. Feb 10, 2025
Add new Web site: CORE - Worshipping Patron Saints: Ethnological Research in Croatia (PDF). Sep 11, 2024
Add new Web site: McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia - Patron. Nov 15, 2023
Add new Web site: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops - Patron Saints. Oct 06, 2023
Add new Web site: Learn Religions - What Are Patron Saints? Mar 25, 2021
Added an image of St. Rose of Lima. Jan 03, 2019
Mentioned confirmation saints in Roman Catholicism. Jan 03, 2019
Added new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Patron Saints. Mar 18, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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