Happy all saints day…you know , I sometimes wish that I was in a religion that had saints.. Saints are a pretty cool bunch. People who are remembered for what they did.. and what they believed. I l especially like the idea of patron saints.  I found this list on Wikipedia..

I like the fact that the same guy, St. Amand,  takes care of brewers and boyscouts.  .. and that St. Barbara takes care of firework makers and mathematicians (now that would be a cool party) ..Hey wait, St. Elmo has pyrotechnicians.. does that mean firebugs have a choice between him and St. Barbara.. I guess they go with Barbara if they’re good at math.   And.. how how did St. Dismas end up protecting thieves ?   And Gan Bing.. how did he end up with the eunuchs… (or do we want to know ? )

As an engineer I have my choice of St. Patrick (no snakes.. but carried a slide rule ? ) Eligius or Ferdinand III. How does one go about choosing ?

I wonder if modern professions will get their own patron saints ? Who will become the patron saint of social networkers and bloggers ? What about the patron saint of video game designers ?   I understand that canonization takes time. so  I think we should begin lobbying for them now,

nite all, nite sam

-me

A

• Agabus – fortune tellers^[ and prophets
• Adrian of Nicomedia – arms dealers, butchers, guards, soldiers
• Agatha – nurses, bellmaking
• Albertus Magnus – natural scientists
• Alexander of Comana – charcoal-burners^[1]
• Alexius – nurses
• Aloysius Gonzaga – Catholic students, Jesuit scholastics
• Amand – bartenders, boy scouts, brewers, innkeepers, merchants, vine growers, vintners
• Ambrose of Milan – bee keepers, wax-melters and refiners
• Anastasius the Fuller – fullers, weavers
• Andrew the Apostle – fishmongers, fishermen
• Andrew Kim – clergy of Korea
• Ann – equestrians, stablemen, French-Canadian voyageurs, cabinet makers, homemakers and sailors
• Ansovinus – gardeners
• Anthony Mary Claret – weavers
• Anthony the Abbot – swineherds, motorists, basket-makers, gravediggers
• Anthony of Padua – travelers, brush makers, women seeking a husband, those seeking lost items or people
• Antipas – dentists
• Apollonia – dentists
• Arnold of Soissons – brewers
• Arnulph – millers
• Augustine of Hippo – brewers, printers, and theologians

B

• Barbara – architects, builders and miners, artillerymen, foundry workers, firework makers, Mathematicians, geoscientist, stonemasons, servicemen of the Russian Strategic Rocket Forces^[2]
• Bartholomew the Apostle – tanners, leatherworkers, curriers, plasterers
• Basil the Great – hospital administrators
• Benedict of Nursia – farmers, farmhands, husbandry, heraldry and officers of arms
• Bénézet – bridge-builders
• Benno – fishermen
• Bernadette of Lourdes – shepherds, shepherdesses
• Bernardine of Siena – advertisers
• Bernard of Clairvaux – bee keepers, wax melters and refiners
• Bernard of Menthon – mountaineers, skiers
• Bernard of Vienne – farmers, farmhands, husbandry
• Bernward of Hildesheim – architects
• Blaise – veterinarians, wool combers, town criers and weavers
• Bona of Pisa – travelers, specifically couriers, guides, pilgrims, flight attendants
• Botulph – farmers, farmhands, husbandry
• Brendan the Navigator – mariners, seafarers, sailors, those traveling by sea
• Brigid of Ireland – dairy workers, healers

 

C

• Cajetan – unemployed, gamblers, odd lot dealers, and of job seekers.
• Camillus of Lellis – hospital workers, nurses
• Cassian of Imola – school teachers, shorthand writers, parish clerks
• Catherine – philosophers, preachers
• Catherine of Alexandria – tanners, librarians^[3], nurses
• Catherine of Siena – nurses
• Cecilia – musicians
• Charles Borromeo and Robert Bellarmine – Catechists
• Christina the Astonishing – millers, psychiatrists
• Christopher – travelers, surfers, athletes, drivers, pilots
• Clare of Assisi – goldsmiths, gilders, laundry workers, needleworkers
• Claude – sculptors
• Clement – stonecutters
• Columbanus – motorcyclists
• Cosmas – doctors, pharmacists, surgeons, barbers
• Germaine Cousin – shepherdesses
• Crispin – tanners, shoemakers, cobblers, leatherworkers, curriers, saddle-makers
• Cuthbert – shepherds
• Cuthman – shepherds

D

• Damian – doctors, pharmacists, surgeons
• Dismas – undertakers, thieves
• Dominic – astronomers, astronomy, scientists
• Dominic de la Calzada – civil engineers
• Dominic of Silos – shepherds
• Dorothea of Caesarea – horticulture, florists, brewers
• Drogo – shepherds, coffee house keepers, coffee house owners
• Dunstan – blacksmiths, goldsmiths
• Dunstan and Venerius the Hermit – lighthouse keepers
• Dymphna – mental health professionals, therapists

E

• Edward the Confessor – kings
• Eligius – veterinarians, coin collectors, farriers, farmers, farmhands, husbandry, harness makers, goldsmiths, jewelers, Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers Soldiers, numismatists
• Elisabeth of Hungary – nursing services, bakers
• Erasmus of Formiae or Elmo – pyrotechnicians, steeplejacks, chimney sweeps, sailors and anyone who works at great heights
• Ephrem the Syrian – spiritual directors and spiritual leaders
• Eustachius – hunters, firefighters, trappers

F

• Ferdinand III – engineers
• Fiacre – taxi-drivers, horticulturists, gardeners
• Florian – firefighters, chimney sweeps
• Foillan – dentists, surgeons, truss-makers, children’s nurses
• Frances of Rome – automobile drivers
• Francis de Sales – writers/authors, journalists
• Francis of Assisi – animal welfare and rights workers

G

• Archangel Gabriel – communications workers, postal workers, emergency dispatchers, police dispatchers, broadcasters, messengers and radio workers
• Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows – students, seminarians, clerics, a society exists whose goal is to have Gabriel declared the patron saint of handgunners
• Gang Bing – eunuchs^[4][5]
• Gangulphus – tanners, shoemakers
• Gemma Galgani – students, pharmacists
• Genesius – actors, comedians, clowns, dancers, theatrical performers of all kinds, also attorneys, barristers, lawyers
• George – agricultural workers, archers, armourers, boy scouts, butchers, cavalry, Crusaders, equestrians, farmhands, farmers, field hands, field workers, horsemen, husbandry, husbandmen, knights, riders, Rover Scouts, saddle makers, saddlers, scouts, shepherds, soldiers, Teutonic Knights (policemen and firefighters in Brazil).
• Giles – beggars
• Gregory the Great – teachers
• Gottschalk – linguists, princes, translators
• Gummarus – lumberjacks
• René Goupil – anesthesiologists

 

H

• Hervé – bards, musicians
• Homobonus – businessmen, tailors, and clothworkers
• Honorius of Amiens (Honoratus) – bakers, confectioners, bakers of holy wafers, candle-makers, florists, flour merchants, oil refiners, and pastry chefs
• Hubertus – hunters, furriers
• Hunna – laundresses, laundry workers, washerwomen

I

• Isidore the Farmer – farmers, farmhands, husbandry, manual laborers
• Isidore of Seville – computer scientists, computer programmers, computer technicians, computer users, schoolchildren, students

J

• Jadwiga of Poland – queens
• James, son of Zebedee – veterinarians, equestrians, furriers, tanners, pharmacists
• James, son of Alphaeus – pharmacists
• Jerome – librarians^[6], translators, spectacle makers
• Joan of Arc – Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, soldiers
• John the Almoner – Knights Hospitaller
• John the Apostle – tanners
• John the Baptist – farriers, bird dealers, Knights Hospitaller, Freemasons
• John of Damascus – makers of images of the crucifix
• John the Evangelist – Freemasons
• John of God – hospital workers, nurses, booksellers
• John Baptist de la Salle – teachers of youth
• John Bosco – apprentices, editors, printers/publishers
• John Gualbert – foresters
• John Vianney – priests
• Joseph – cabinetmakers, carpenters, craftsmen, laborers, workers, and working people^[7]
• Joseph of Arimathea – funeral directors^[8], tinsmiths
• Joseph of Cupertino – air travelers, aviators, astronauts, test takers
• Joshua – intelligence professionals
• John of Capistrano – jurists
• Jude (also known as Jude Thaddeus) – police officers, hospital workers, lost (or impossible) causes^[9]
• Julian the Hospitaller – shepherds, boatmen
• Justa and Rufina – potters

K

• Kateri – ecologists, environmentalists, thomasites

L

• Lawrence – librarians^[10], tanners, cooks (having been martyred by roasting alive on a gridiron), Comedians.
• Leodegar – millers
• Lidwina – skaters
• Luke the Evangelist – doctors, surgeons, artists, painters, notaries

M

• Marcellin Champagnat – education and teachers
• Margaret of Antioch – nurses
• Martha – dieticians, cooks
• Mary Magdalene – tanners, hairdressers, pharmacists
• Magnus of Avignon – fish dealers, fishmongers
• Albertus Magnus – chemists, medical technicians
• Macarius of Unzha, Venerable – craftsmen, merchants, travelers^[11]
• Malo – pig-keepers
• Martin de Porres – black people, hairdressers, hair stylists, lottery, lottery winners, mixed-race people, public education, public schools, state schools, sweepstakes, sweepstakes winners, televisions
• Martin of Tours – soldiers
• Matthew – accountants, tax collectors, bankers, bookkeepers, joiners, custom agents, security guards, perfumers,
• Maturinus – comic actors, jesters, clowns, sailors (in Brittany), tinmen (in Paris)^[12] and of plumbers.^[13]
• Maurice and Lydia – dyers
• Maurice – infantrymen
• Michael the Archangel – radiologists, soldiers, paramedics, paratroopers, police officers, grocers, supermarket workers, stevedores, longshoremen

N

• Nicholas of Myra – sailors, fishermen, merchants, thieves^{[citation needed]}, prostitutes^{[citation needed]}, pharmacists, archers, pawnbrokers, lawyers in Paris bar
• Nicholas of Tolentine – mariners
• Notburga – farmers, farmhands, husbandry

O

• Our Lady of Salambao – fishermen
• Our Lady of Loreto – aviators

P

• Pantaleon – doctors, livestock, lottery, lottery winners, lottery tickets, midwives, physicians
• Patrick – engineers
• Paul the Apostle – hospital public relations
• Peter the Apostle – popes, fishermen, fishmongers, sailors, bakers, harvesters, butchers, glass makers, carpenters, shoemakers, clockmakers, blacksmiths, potters, masons, bridge builders, cloth makers
• Peter of Alcantara – guards
• Peter Celestine – bookbinders
• Phocas the Gardener – farmers, farmhands, husbandry
• Piran – tinners, tin miners

Q

• Quentin – bombardiers, chaplains, locksmiths, porters, tailors, and surgeons

R

• Raphael the Archangel – doctors, pharmacists, nurses, shepherds, matchmakers, travelers^[14]
• Raymond Nonnatus – midwives, obstetricians
• Raymond of Penyafort – medical record librarians, Canon lawyers
• Rebekah – physicists^{[citation needed]}
• Regina – shepherdesses
• John Regis – medical social workers
• Reinold – Stonemasons
• Roch – surgeons, tile-makers, second-hand dealers, gravediggers
• Rose of Lima – embroiderers, gardeners

 

S

• Sebastian – soldiers, athletes
• Severus of Avranches – silk and wool makers, drapers; milliners and hatters
• Simon – tanners
• Solange – shepherdesses
• Stephen – bricklayers and masons, casketmakers, deacons, altar servers

T

• Tatiana of Rome – students
• Theobald of Provins – Farmers, winegrowers, shoemakers, beltmakers, charcoal-burners
• Thérèse of Lisieux – florists, aviators, missionaries
• Thomas – architects, politicians
• Thomas Aquinas – students, teachers, academics
• Thomas Becket – secular clergy
• Thomas More – politicians, statesmen, lawyers, civil servants, court clerks

U

• Urban of Langres – vine-growers, vine-dressers, gardeners, vintners, and coopers

V

• Valentine – beekeeping
• Veronica – laundry workers; photographers^[15]
• Vincent of Saragossa – winemakers
• Vincent de Paul – hospital workers
• Vincent Ferrer – builders
• Vitus – comedians, dancers

W

• Walstan – farmers, farmhands, husbandry
• Winnoc – millers
• Wolbodo – students
• Wolfgang of Regensburg – woodworkers, woodcarvers

X

• Frances Xavier Cabrini – hospital administrators

Y

• Yves – lawyers

Z

• Zeno of Verona – fishermen
• Zita – domestic servants, waiters