Who is the patron saint of animals?

3 saints in this library are patrons of animals. Each profile below cites its sources, and says where those sources disagree rather than picking between them.

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  Saint Anthony the Abbot

  c. 251 - c. 356

  Butchers, gravediggers and skin diseases, per Franciscan Media; Vatican News calls him "protector of animals"

  Feast: January 17Read
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  Saint Francis of Assisi

  c. 1181 - October 3, 1226

  Animals, ecology, merchants, and Italy

  Feast: October 4Read
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  Saint Roch

  c. 1295 - 1327 by tradition; 1340s - c. 1376-1379 by recent research

  Invoked for protection against the plague and other contagious diseases such as cholera, and as a protector of domestic animals

  Feast: August 16Read

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