What saint is for forgiveness?

St. Maria Goretti, for example, has been called the patron saint of inmates, rape victims, purity, youth and forgiveness -- officially and unofficially. For many the saint represents hope, forgiveness and love.
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What is saint Maria known for?

Maria Goretti and the Power of Forgiveness. July 6 is the feast day of Maria Goretti, the patroness of purity, young women, and victims of assault. Though her time on earth was brief, her compelling story serves as a vivid example of faith and the power of forgiveness.
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Who is the saint that forgave her killer?

Venerated as a saint of purity and mercy, St. Maria Goretti died at age 11 when her next door neighbor, Alessandro Serenelli, stabbed her 14 times after trying to rape her. She forgave her killer on her death bed, and is also considered the patron saint of youth and young people.
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Who is the saint for the hopeless?

According to tradition, after his martyrdom, pilgrims came to his grave to pray and many of them experienced the powerful intercessions of St. Jude. Thus the title, 'The Saint for the Hopeless and the Despaired'.
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Who is the patron saint of problems?

Saint Jude Thaddeus

Jude is perhaps the most popular patron of impossible causes, we don't know much about his earthly life. St. Jude was one of Jesus' Twelve Apostles and preached the Gospel with great passion, often in the most difficult circumstances.
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What is Saint Joseph the patron saint of?

Joseph is the patron saint of the Universal Church, families, fathers, expectant mothers, travelers, immigrants, house sellers and buyers, craftsmen, engineers and working people, among others. In the grotto behind the Chapel of Saint Joseph stands a statue of St. Joseph the Dreamer.
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Who is the patron saint of patience?

Monica is that she's the mother of St. Augustine. The second thing that I learned about her is that she's the patron Saint of patience, and it wasn't hard to figure out why. She was always patient with the people around her, especially her family, and especially when they ridiculed her for her faith.
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Who is saint rosemary?

Lady Rosemary was a pious woman who venerated Mithra, and among many charitable works she established shrines to Mithra during late-night excursions into the mainland, where the poor could go to eat and the sick could go to recover. Lady Rosemary was the mother of three Princes of Jorif.
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Who is the patron saint of decisions?

Among the many decision-making methods for life's big decisions, one that stands out is from an early 16th-century soldier-turned-mystic, St. Ignatius of Loyola.
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Why do we pray to saint John Vianney?

The prayer reflects Vianney's deep religious feelings, which were praised by Pope John XXIII in his encyclical Sacerdotii nostri primordia in 1959: "The thing that keeps us priests from gaining sanctity"—the Cure of Ars used to say— "is thoughtlessness.
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What saint protects from evil?

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What does St. Benedict protect you from?

This religious object is also a Christian symbol of opening doors and opening difficult paths. Tradition holds that it protects from curses, evil and vice, protects against diseases and protects good health.
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What saint protects your home?

Can't keep up with the laundry and dusting and other household chores? Perhaps St. Anne, grandmother of Jesus and patron saint of homemakers, would lend a hand.
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Who is the patron saint of hope?

St. Jude is the Patron Saint of Hope and impossible causes and one of Jesus' original twelve Apostles. He preached the Gospel with great passion, often in the most difficult circumstances. Through the power of the Holy Spirit, he made profound differences in people's lives as he offered them the Word of God.
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Who is the patron saint of strength and courage?

Saint Sebastian

He is commonly depicted in art and literature tied to a post or tree and shot with arrows. The artistic depiction of St Sebastian is considered symbolic of the virtues and gifts of strength, stamina, perseverance, courage and justice in the face of adversity.
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Which Catholic saint is for miracles?

Holy Father, Your servant, Saint Anthony, is known for being the perfect imitator of Jesus. He is also known for restoring lost things and for performing great miracles.
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Who is the saint of strength?

Saint Christopher is the patron saint of strength. He's portrayed as an extremely tall man, with a prodigious build and jaw-dropping physical stature.
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What is the prayer of the impossible?

O God, Who in Thine infinite tenderness hast vouchsafed to regard the prayer of Thy servant, Blessed Rita, and dost grant to her supplication that which is impossible to human foresight, skill and efforts, in reward of her compassionate love and firm reliance on Thy promise, have pity on our adversity and succor us in ...
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Is there a saint named Rose?

Before her death, Rose used a room in the family home to care for the elderly, the homeless, and the sick, particularly Indians and slaves. Today St. Rose is considered the originator of social services in Peru. After years of poor health and many temptations, Rose died at the age of thirty-one on August 25, 1617.
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Why is saint Victoria a saint?

Saint Victoria (died 304 AD) is venerated as a martyr and saint by the Catholic Church. Her legend states that she was of the North African nobility and refused an arranged marriage (a story told also of another Saint Victoria). On her wedding day, she leaped from a window in her parents' house.
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