Magicians have chosen St. Nicholas Owen as their patron. 

Saints Scholastica and Benedict designed an orderly, sane, yet spiritually concentrated way of life for men and women seeking God. 

Mother Seton’s life coincides with the birth of the United States and the rise of the Catholic Church in America. 

St. Lucy, along with St. Agnes, St. Agatha and St. Cecilia, is one of the four great virgin martyrs of the early church. Devotion to her has remained strong for more than 1,700 years, not only in her native Sicily but throughout the Christian world: even the overwhelmingly Protestant countries of Scandinavia celebrate the feast day of “Santa Lucia.”

Philip Howard was a man without a moral compass, and nowhere was this sad fact more evident than in his marriage to Anne Dacre, daughter of another powerful family. 

St. John Chrysostom (c.347-407)

Feast day: September 13

The story is in St. Luke’s Gospel. An unnamed woman, a notorious sinner, bearing an alabaster jar of perfumed oil enters unannounced into a house where Jesus is a guest. Without saying a word to the host or to the apostles or even to Christ Himself, she breaks open the jar and pours the scented oil over the Lord, washes His feet with her tears, then dries them with her long hair. For nearly 1,700 years tradition has identified this penitent woman as St. Mary Magdalene. Ever since artists have depicted St. Mary holding a beautiful urn, which has lead perfumers to take Mary as their patron saint.

Lots of saints were prolific writers, but St. Francis de Sales was not just prolific, he was persuasive. The little leaflets he published on the truths of the Catholic faith – written in clear, polished prose – brought thousands of Calvinists back to the church. And for nearly 400 years his Introduction to the Devout Life has been a beloved “how to” book on giving up sinful habits and growing closer to God.

An entire book could be devoted just to the patrons of children. More saints have been assigned to watch over infants, little boys and girls, and adolescents than any other group, perhaps because they are the most vulnerable members of the human family.

The saint with the longest history as patron of children is St. Nicholas, the 4th-century bishop of Myra and one of the most popular saints of all time.