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The thought came to her that maybe St. Robert Bellarmine should be the patron saint of those with Down syndrome. ... the Sept. 17 Mass will be held at St. Catherine of Siena Church in Trumbull.
This article did not identify St. Corona as the "patron saint of plagues." Rather, it noted St. Corona was a martyr who was killed along with her husband, St. Victor, circa A.D. 176.
Nov 22, 2009 / 03:16 am. On November 28, the Church will honor St. Catherine Laboure, the humble Daughter of Charity to whom Mary appeared, requesting that the Miraculous Medal be stamped so that ...
Bartholomew, who was flayed alive and is often pictured holding a knife and his limp skin, became the patron saint of butchers and tanners. St. Lawrence, burnt to death on a grill, ...
Pope Pius IX named St. Catherine a co-patroness of Rome in April 1866. Pope Pius XII named Catherine a co-patron saint of Italy in 1939, along with St. Francis of Assisi.
Rather, St. Corona is the patron saint of treasure hunters, the scholar said, which has little to do with her story and more to do with a treasure hunter who credited his success to her intercession.