All patron saints
Who is the patron saint of first responders?
5 saints in this library are patrons of first responders. Each profile below cites its sources, and says where those sources disagree rather than picking between them.
Saint Camillus de Lellis
1550 - July 14, 1614
Hospitals, nurses, health care workers and the sick, per Franciscan Media
Feast: July 18Read
Saint John of God
March 8, 1495 - March 8, 1550
Hospitals, nurses, the sick, heart patients, firefighters, booksellers and printers, per Franciscan Media
Feast: March 8Read
Saint Lawrence
Died August 10, 258
Neither source assigns a patronage. He is invoked by cooks, firefighters and the poor
Feast: August 10Read
Saint Marianne Cope
January 23, 1838 - August 9, 1918
Feast: January 23Read
Saint Michael the Archangel
Archangel
The sick and the Church; police officers and first responders
Feast: September 29Read
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