Anyone know of one? If so, could I get some more information on them as well?
2006-11-06 19:10:05 · 10 answers · asked by angk 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Please don't assume what my beliefs are based on my question and please do not tell me whether they are right or wrong. Those are not answers to my question, which is pretty darn simple. Don't read any more into it that what is there. Thank you.
2006-11-06 19:20:32 · update #1
Saint Agatha, is considered the patron saint of diseases of the breast in legend.
She's the closest you could get to "chronic diseases".
Another contender could be Saint Fiacre (or Fiachra). Born in Ireland in the seventh century, he was better known in France, where he built a hospice for travellers in what is now Saint-Fiacre. His relics are installed in Meaux Cathedral. In Ireland his feast day is 1 September; elsewhere it is 18 August.
Fiacre is listed as the Patron Saint of barrenness; box makers; cab drivers; piles; taxi drivers; sterility; syphilis; tile makers; venereal disease ...
And, of course you have Saint Lazarus. Patron Saint of lepers and leprosy.
2006-11-06 19:35:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd be Patron Saint of Bright Shiny Things and Patron Saint of Bourbon.
2016-05-22 06:42:16 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
St. Lazarus is the patron Saint of those suffering from chronic skin diseases and even today patients go to this Church in numbers invoking the Saint for healing.
2006-11-06 19:14:04 · answer #3 · answered by LadyCatherine 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I heard the Pope will canonize Doc Holiday to make him patron saint of chronic diseases.
2006-11-06 23:13:04 · answer #4 · answered by dream reality 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as I am aware there is no saint that covers all illnesses or diseases. Here are some more specialized saints
* Agatha - breast cancer
* Apollonia - toothache
* Augustine of Hippo - sore eyes
* Blaise - ailments of the throat
* Fourteen Holy Helpers
* James the Greater - rheumatism
* Lucy of Syracuse - haemorrhage, eye complaints
* Marculf - scrofula, diseases of the skin
* Dymphna - sleepwalking, epilepsy, insanity, mental_illness
* Fiacre - Venereal disease sufferers, hemorrhoids
* Teresa of Avila - headaches
* Vitus - chorea
* Simon of Trent - torture and kidnap victims (no longer venerated)
2006-11-06 19:34:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
St. Sebastian is the patron saint of pain and suffering, St. Anne is the patron saint of the sick.
2006-11-06 19:32:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I found a good webpage that might be able to help you out. Check out the link and read about the Saints there.
2006-11-06 19:35:12 · answer #7 · answered by arbolito 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Montel Williams?
2006-11-06 19:11:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Jesus ! Do not pray to Saints.
2006-11-06 19:14:01 · answer #9 · answered by gwhiz1052 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It doesn't matter, they're all DEAD.
Else, why would there be a RESURRECTION???
Why don't people question the religion?
2006-11-06 19:18:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋