Along that comic book theme, I once met a family that had saints trading cards. The cards were really cool cause they described the cool miracles that each saint had performed (what his/her superpowers were) and what they were the patron saint of....which is often just flat out awesome.
Anyway, here is a list of some of my favorite patron saints...
AIDS: Aloysius Gonzaga, Peregrine Laziosi, Therese of Lisieux
Abortion (protection against): Catherine of Sweden
Accountants: Matthew
Advertising: Bernadine of Siena
Astronauts: Joseph of Cupertino
Butchers: Saint Adrian
Bakers: Elizabeth of Hungary
Candlestick Makers: Ambrose
Cab drivers: Fiacre (also the patron saint of STD's)
Comedians: Vitus
Drug Dealers: Saint Jesus Malverde
Gap (the clothes? I'm not sure.): Amulph
Gunners: Barbara
Hoarseness: Bernadine of Siena
Hernia Sufferers: Cathal
Hydrophobia (Rabies): Hubert
Internet: Isidore of Seville
Lawyers: Thomas More
Marriage: John Francis Regis
Marriages (unhappy): Gengulf
Occultists: Cyprian of Antioch
Possession (demonic) : Cyriacus
Toothaches: Apollonia
Unattractive people: Saint Drogo
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There are way more of course. I had no idea how many saints there are until I started investigating last night.
Oh, and here is a link so you can figure out who is the Saint for the day you were born:
Okay, I think this is all I gotta say on the subject.
Hope you all have a wonderful day!
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Saints are fun. The iPhone is all about "There's an app for that"; I think the Catholic Church should start a "There's a saint for that" ad campaign. It'd be really good.
Here are some of my favorites:
St. Godelieve (patron saint of healthy throats)
St. Benedict Joseph Labre (patron of bachelors and homeless people)
Saint Zita of Lucca (patron saint of lost keys)
I started looking into this stuff a little while back when I found a website that listed saints by patronage. I was surprised to learn there was so much overlap.
(My site was Saints.SQPN.com, by the way)
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