Health and illness
Intentions related to illness and physical trials.
Pray with the saints
Which saint can I pray to for what I am going through?
Begin with your intention and discover saints whose patronage or invocation is directly documented in Sancteo’s sources.
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Start with what concerns you
Choose an area, then access intentions and saints whose presence is documented.
Family and maternity
Intentions related to the desire for children, birth, and family life.
Work, studies, and vocation
Intentions related to studies, employment, and life choices.
Inner trials and faith
Intentions related to courage, faith, and personal journeys.
Danger and protection
Intentions related to travel, the elements, violence, and captivity.
Material needs
Intentions related to poverty and subsistence.
25 documented intentions
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Each result rests on a devotional association or an account preserved in the corpus.
Health and illness
Intentions related to illness and physical trials.
- IllnessDiscover the saints associated in sources with the sick and support during illness.→
- CancerBrowse with caution the patronages and accounts that explicitly name cancer or tumors.→
- Vision problemsExplore traditions that mention blindness, eyes, or the recovery of sight.→
- Mobility or disabilityDiscover saints linked to impaired mobility, paralysis, or physical disability.→
- Skin diseasesRead traditions that name leprosy, sores, or other skin conditions.→
- EpidemicsExplore memories of collective recourse during plagues, contagions, and epidemics.→
Family and maternity
Intentions related to the desire for children, birth, and family life.
- Desire for childrenDiscover traditions related to the desire for children, fertility, and childless couples.→
- PregnancyBrowse patronages and accounts explicitly situated during pregnancy.→
- ChildbirthDiscover traditions of help reported during labor and birth.→
- Children and parentingDiscover the saints associated in sources with children, parents, and education.→
- Couples in difficultyBrowse explicit associations with couples and marriages going through a difficulty.→
Work, studies, and vocation
Intentions related to studies, employment, and life choices.
- Exams and studiesDiscover the saints whose patronage or invocation explicitly concerns studies and exams.→
- Work or unemploymentBrowse patronages explicitly associated with work, workers, or unemployment.→
- Vocation and decisionDiscover the saints associated with the discernment of a vocation or a life choice.→
Inner trials and faith
Intentions related to courage, faith, and personal journeys.
- Anxiety or discouragementDiscover explicit associations with discouragement and depression, without presenting them as a treatment.→
- AddictionsBrowse only the patronages and invocations that explicitly name an addiction or alcoholism.→
- Conversion or faithDiscover the saints explicitly associated with conversion or perseverance in faith.→
- GriefDiscover the saints explicitly associated with the loss of a child or a parent.→
Danger and protection
Intentions related to travel, the elements, violence, and captivity.
- TravelDiscover the saints patronizing travelers and pilgrims or invoked for their protection.→
- Sea or stormExplore maritime patronages and explicitly reported accounts of storms.→
- FireDiscover the invocations and accounts that explicitly concern fires and destructive fire.→
- Violence or persecutionBrowse explicit associations with victims of violence and persecuted people.→
- Captivity or prisonDiscover the saints associated with prisoners, captivity, and accounts of deliverance.→
Material needs
Intentions related to poverty and subsistence.