30 Healing Saints for Common Ailments

When it comes to concerns for our health and the health of our loved ones, we should always turn to prayer. We pray for disease prevention, for physical healing, and for peace of soul while enduring physical suffering. Fortunately, there seems to be a special saint for just about every illness and health concern we can think of!

The saints are great aids to us in our time of need and help guide us to greater love for Christ through our crosses and trials, especially when it comes to our health. Here is a list of both popular and not-so-well-known saints to invoke for common ailments:
 

1. Addictions – St. Maximilian Kolbe
2. Arthritis – St. Alphonsus Ligouri
3. Babies, Infants, Children’s Health – St. Philomena
4. Back Pain – St. Gemma Galgani
5. Breast Cancer – St. Agatha
6. Broken Bones – St. Stanislaus Kostka
7. Burns – St. John the Apostle
8. Cancer – St. Peregrine
9. Chronic Illness and Suffering – St. Lidwina of Schiedam
10. Cramps, Abdominal Pain – St. Erasmus of Formiae (St. Elmo)
11. Diabetes – St. Josemaria Escriva
12. Epilepsy and Seizures – St. Vitus
13. Eye Disorders – St. Lucy
14. Head Injuries – Blessed John Licci
15. Headaches – St. Teresa of Avila
16. Heart Disease, Heart Attack – St. John of God
17. Impossible Causes – St. Jude Thaddeus
18. Infections – St. Agrippina of Mineo
19. Infertility, Miscarriage, Childbirth – St. Gerard
20. Kidney Disease – St. Benedict
21. Lung and Respiratory Problems – St. Bernardine of Siena
22. Obesity, Stomach Ailments – St. Charles Borromeo
23. Pain, Suffering, Healing – St. Pio of Pietrelcina
24. Skin Disease – St. Anthony of the Desert
25. Stress, Anxiety, Mental Health – St. Dymphna
26. Strokes, High Blood Pressure – St. Andrew Avellino
27. Surgery – St. Luke the Evangelist
28. Throat Ailments – St. Blaise
29. Toothache, Dental Problems – St. Apollonia
30. Wounds – St. Rita

You can find information, medals, prayer cards, and devotional items for many popular saints using our helpful Patron Saint Index here.

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All you holy men and women, pray for us!

This article has been updated and was originally published in June 2014. © The Catholic Company. All rights reserved.