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Cross referenced alphabetically by both occupation and name

A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   K   L   M
N   O   P   Q   R   S   T   U   V   W   X   Y   Z   

A

  • Adalhard Trypho: Gardeners
  • Agatha: Nurses
  • Agnes: Young Girls
  • Albertus Magnus: Scientists
  • Aloysius Gonzaga: Youth
  • Alphonsus Liguori: Confessors, Theologians
  • Altar boys: John Berchmans
  • Amand: Innkeepers
  • Anastasius: Goldsmiths
  • Andrew: Fishermen
  • Andronicus Silversmiths
  • Anne: Cabinetmakers, Homemakers
  • Anthony of Egypt: Butchers, Gravediggers
  • Anthony of Padua: Travelers
  • Apollonia: Dentists
  • Architects: Thomas the Apostle
  • Artists: Luke, Catherine of Bologna
  • Astonomers: Angelico, Dominic
  • Athletes: Dominic
  • Augustine of Hippo: Brewers, Printers, Theologians
  • Authors: Sebastian, Francis De Sales
  • Aviators: Our Lady of Loreto, Therese of Lisieux, Joseph of Cupertino

B

  • Bakers: Elizabeth of Hungary, Nicholas
  • Bankers: Matthew
  • Bartholomew: Plasterers
  • Bede: Scholars
  • Blacksmiths: Dunstan
  • Booksellers: John of God
  • Brendan: Sailors
  • Brewers: Augustine of Hippo, Luke, Nicholas of Myra
  • Bricklayers: Stephen
  • Brides: Nicholas of Myra
  • Brigid of Ireland: Dairy Workers, Scholars
  • Builders: Vincent Ferrer
  • Butchers: Anthony of Egypt, Luke

C

  • Cabinetmakers: Anne
  • Camilus of Lellis: Nurses
  • Canonists: Raymone of Penafort
  • Carpenters: Joseph
  • Cassian: Stonecutters
  • Catherine of Bologna: Artists
  • Cecilia: Musicians, Poets, Singers
  • Children: Nicholas of Myra
  • Christopher: Motorists, Porters, Sailors, Travelers
  • Clement I: Stonemasons
  • Clerics: Gabriel of the Sorrowful Mother
  • Confessors: Alphonsus Liguori, John Nepomucen
  • Cooks: Lawrence, Martha
  • Coppersmiths: Maurus
  • Cosmas and Damian: Pharmacists, Physicians, Surgeons
  • Crispin and Crispinian: Shoemakers
  • Cuthbert: Sailors

D

  • Dairy Workers: Brigid of Ireland
  • David: Poets
  • Dentists: Apollonia
  • Dismus: Prisoners
  • Dominic: Astronomers
  • Dominic Savio: Young Boys
  • Dunstan: Blacksmiths, Goldsmiths, Jewelers, Locksmiths, Musicians

E

  • Ecologists: Francis of Assisi
  • Eligius: Jewelers, Metalworkers
  • Elizabeth of Hungary: Bakers
  • Elmo: Sailors
  • Engineers: Ferdinand III
  • Erasmus: Sailors
  • Eulalia: Sailors
  • Eustachius: Hunters

F

  • Farmers: George, Isidore
  • Ferdinand III: Engineers
  • Fiacre: Gardeners
  • Firefighters: Florian
  • Fishermen: Andrew
  • Florian: Firefighters
  • Florists: Therese of Lisieux
  • Four Crowned Martyrs: Sculptors
  • Frances Xavier Cabrini: Immigrants
  • Francis De Sales: Authors, Journalists, Writers
  • Francis of Assisi: Ecologists

G

  • Gabriel: Messengers, Postal Workers, Radio Workers
  • Gabriel of the Sorrowful Mother: Clerics, Youth
  • Gardeners: Adalhard Trypho, Fiacre, Phocas of Sinope
  • Genesius: Lawyers, Printers, Secretaries, Stenographers
  • George: Farmers, Soldiers
  • Gerard Majella: Mothers
  • Glassworkers: Luke
  • Goldsmiths: Dunstan, Anastasius
  • Gravediggers: Anthony of Egypt
  • Gregory I "The Great": Musicians, Singers, Teachers
  • Grocers: Michael

H

  • Hairdressers: Martin De Porres
  • Homemakers: Anne
  • Homobonus: Tailors
  • Hubert: Hunters
  • Hunters: Hubert, Eustachius

I

  • Ignatius of Loyola: Soldiers
  • Immigrants: Frances Xavier Cabrini
  • Innkeepers: Amand, Martha
  • Isidore: Farmers, Laborers
  • Ivo: Lawyers

J

  • James: Laborers
  • Jean-Baptiste De La Sale: Teachers
  • Jean-Baptiste Vianney: Priests
  • Jerome: Librarians, Scholars
  • Jewelers: Eligius, Dunstan
  • Joan of Arc: Soldiers
  • John Berchmans: Altar Boys, Youth
  • John Bosco: Laborers
  • John Chrysostom: Preachers
  • John of God: Booksellers, Nurses, Printers
  • John Nepomucen: Confessors
  • Joseph: Carpenters, Workers
  • Joseph Cafasso: Prisoners
  • Joseph of Cupertino: Aviators
  • Journalists: Francis De Sales
  • Justin: Philosophers

L

  • Laborers: Isidore, James, John Bosco
  • Lawrence: Cooks
  • Lawyers: Ivo, Genesius, Thomas More
  • Librarians: Jerome
  • Locksmiths: Dunstan
  • Louise De Marillac: Social Workers
  • Luke: Artists, Brewers, Butchers, Glassworkers, Notaries, Painters, Pharmacists, Physicians, Surgeons

M

  • Maids: Zita
  • Mariners: Michael, Nicholas of Tolentino
  • Mark: Notaries
  • Martha: Cooks, Innkeepers, Servants
  • Martin De Porres: Hairdressers
  • Martin of Tours: Soldiers
  • Matthew: Bankers, Tax Collectors
  • Maurus: Coppersmiths
  • Messengers: Gabriel
  • Metalworkers: Eligius
  • Michael: Grocers, Mariners, Police Officers, Radiologists
  • Monica: Mothers
  • Mothers: Monica, Gerard Majella
  • Motorists: Christopher
  • Musicians: Gregory the Great, Cecilia, Dunstan

N

  • Nicholas: Pawnbrokers, Sailors
  • Nicholas of Myra: Brewers, Brides, Children
  • Nicholas of Tolentino: Mariners
  • Notaries: Luke, Mark
  • Nurses: Camilus of Lellis

O

  • Our Lady of Loreto: Aviators

P

  • Painters: Luke
  • Pantaleon: Physicians
  • Paula: Widows
  • Pawnbrokers: Nicholas
  • Peter of Alcantara: Watchmen
  • Pharmacists: Cosmas and Damian, Luke, Raphael
  • Philosophers: Justin
  • Phocas of Sinope: Gardeners
  • Physicians: Pantaleon, Cosmas and Damian, Luke, Raphael
  • Plasterers: Bartholomew
  • Poets: David, Cecilia
  • Police Officers: Michael
  • Porters: Christopher
  • Postal Employees: Gabriel
  • Preachers: John Chrysostom
  • Priests: Jean-Baptiste Vianney (Cure D'Ars)
  • Printers: Genesius, John of God, Augustine of Hippo
  • Prisoners: Dismus, Joseph Cafasso

R

  • Radiologists: Michael
  • Radio Workers: Gabriel
  • Raphael: Nurses, Pharmacists, Physicians, Travelers

S

  • Sailors: Cuthbert, Brendan, Eulalia, Christopher, Erasmus, Nicholas, Elmo
  • Scholars: Brigid of Ireland, Bede, Jerome
  • Scientists: Albertus Magnus
  • Sculptors: Four Crowned Martyrs
  • Sebastian: Authors, Soldiers
  • Secretaries: Genesius
  • Shoemakers: Crispin and Crispinian
  • Silversmiths: Andronicus
  • Singers: Gregory I "the Great", Cecilia
  • Social Workers: Louise De Marillac
  • Soldiers: George, Ignatius of Loyola, Sebastian, Martin of Tours, Joan of Arc
  • Stenographers: Genesius
  • Stephen: Bricklayers, Stonemasons
  • Stonecutters: Cassian
  • Stonemasons: Clement I, Stephen
  • Students: Thomas Aquinas
  • Surgeons: Cosmas and Damian, Luke

T

  • Tailors: Homobonus
  • Tax Collectors: Matthew
  • Teachers: Gregory the Great, Jean-Baptiste De La Salle
  • Theologians: Augustine, Alphonsus Liguori
  • Therese of Lisieux: Aviators, Florists
  • Thomas Aquinas: Students
  • Thomas the Apostle: Architects
  • Thomas More: Lawyers
  • Travelers: Anthony of Padua, Nicholas of Myra, Christopher, Raphael

V

  • Vincent Ferrer: Builders

W

  • Watchmen: Peter of Alcantara
  • Widows: Paula
  • Workers: Joseph
  • Writers: Francis De Sales

Y

  • Young Boys: Dominic Savio
  • Young Girls: Agnes
  • Youth: Aloysius Gonzaga, John Berchmans, Gabriel of the Sorrowful Mother

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Portrait of Saint Francis of Assisi, Cimabue (1240-1302), PD-Art, Wikimedia Commons
A saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness or likeness or closeness to God. While the English word saint originated in Christianity, historians of religion now use the appellation "in a more general way to refer to the state of special holiness that many religions attribute to certain people" ... Read more at Wikipedia.