Who is the patron saint of the sick?

Saint Agatha

c. 230 - c. 251

Healing from diseases of the breast, and nurses, per Franciscan Media

Saint Apollonia

Died c. 249

Dentists, and relief from toothache, per Franciscan Media

Saint Blaise

Died c. 316

Relief from throat ailments, and English wool combers, per Franciscan Media

Saint Camillus de Lellis

1550 - July 14, 1614

Hospitals, nurses, health care workers and the sick, per Franciscan Media

Saint Catherine of Genoa

1447 - September 15, 1510

Neither source assigns a patronage. She is invoked by nurses, and by women in unhappy marriages

Saint Giles

c. 650 - early 8th century

Beggars, the poor, the disabled, and those caught in disasters, per Franciscan Media

Saint Januarius

Died c. 305

Naples, and of blood banks and blood donors, per Franciscan Media

Saint Joachima de Vedruna

1783 - 1854

Saint John of God

March 8, 1495 - March 8, 1550

Hospitals, nurses, the sick, heart patients, firefighters, booksellers and printers, per Franciscan Media

Saint Marianne Cope

January 23, 1838 - August 9, 1918

Saint Michael the Archangel

Archangel

The sick and the Church; police officers and first responders

Saint Peter Claver

1581 - September 8, 1654

Saint Pio of Pietrelcina

May 25, 1887 - September 23, 1968

Saint Rose of Lima

April 20, 1586 - August 1617

The Americas, Peru, South America and the Philippines, and of florists, per Franciscan Media

Saint Sebastian

Died c. 286

Athletes, per Franciscan Media. He is also invoked against plague

Saint Teresa of Calcutta

August 26, 1910 - September 5, 1997