Anthony of St. Ann Galvão
An 18th-century Brazilian Franciscan friar, Anthony of St. Ann Galvão founded the Recolhimento de Nossa Senhora da Luz in São Paulo and beca…
Patronage
The sick
17 saints
Saint Camillus de Lellis
A former Italian soldier converted after a life of debauchery and gambling, Camillus de Lellis founded the Order of Ministers of the Infirm …
Concetta Bertoli
An Italian layperson and Franciscan tertiary, Concetta Bertoli lived through total paralysis and blindness in a heroic mystical union with t…
Saint Didacus (Diego) of Saint Nicholas
A 15th-century Spanish Franciscan religious, Didacus distinguished himself by his profound humility, his charity toward the sick, and his mi…
Edward Poppe
A Flemish priest and apostle of the Eucharist, Blessed Edward Poppe (1890-1924) devoted himself to the poor and children before offering his…
Eustáquio van Lieshout
Eustáquio van Lieshout (1890-1943) was a Dutch missionary priest of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts. Sent to Brazil, he dedicated hims…
Giacomo Gaglione
An Italian layperson and spiritual son of Padre Pio, Giacomo Gaglione lived fifty years of paralysis in mystical joy, founding the Apostolat…
Giuseppina Gabriela Bonino
Foundress of the congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Savigliano, dedicated to the service of the poor, orphans, and the sick.
Jeremiah of Wallachia
The first Romanian blessed, Jeremiah of Wallachia (1556-1625) was a Capuchin friar who dedicated forty years of his life to serving the sick…
José Gregorio Hernández
Venezuelan physician and professor, known as the "physician to the poor," José Gregorio Hernández (1864-1919) was canonized in 2025, becomin…
Maria Carlotta Fontana
Italian religious, co-founder and first Superior General of the congregation of the Poor Daughters of Saint Cajetan, dedicated to the servic…
Mariantonia Samà
Blessed Mariantonia Samà (1875-1953) was an Italian lay mystic who lived bedridden for fifty-seven years, offering her sufferings for the sa…
Melchior Chyliński
Melchior Chyliński (1694-1741), in religion Brother Raphael, was a Polish Franciscan priest renowned for his heroic charity towards the poor…
Raffaele Dimiccoli
Italian priest dedicated to the education of youth and service to the poor in Barletta, founder of the New Saint Philip Neri Patronage.
Saint Servulus of Rome
A paralytic beggar living under the portico of the Church of Saint Clement in Rome, Servulus dedicated his life to prayer and charity despit…
Simon of Lipnica
A Polish Franciscan priest of the Observance, Simon of Lipnica distinguished himself by his fervent preaching and his heroic devotion to pla…
Zdislava Berka
A Bohemian mother and Dominican tertiary, Saint Zdislava Berka dedicated her life to relieving the poor and the sick, founding several Domin…