Saint Quote: Saint Crispin of Viterbo

God’s power creates us, His wisdom governs us, His mercy saves us.

– Saint Crispin of Viterbo

Saint Crispin of Viterbo's patronage: Cobblers .

Saint Quote: Saint Catherine of Siena, Doctor of the Church

There is no sin nor wrong that gives a man such a foretaste of hell in this life as anger and impatience.

– Saint Catherine of Siena

Saint Catherine of Siena's patronage: Against fire; bodily ills; diocese of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA; Europe; illness; Italy; miscarriages; people ridiculed for their piety; sexual temptation; sick people; sickness; nurses.

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Saint Quote: Saint Giulia Salzano

While I have any life left in me, I will continue to teach the catechism. And then, I assure you, I would be very happy to die teaching the catechism.

– Saint Giulia Salzano

Saint Giulia Salzano's patronage: Catechetical Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

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Saint Quote: Saint Thomas More

This deadly cancer of anger from which so much harm grows: It makes us unlike ourselves, makes us like timber wolves or furies from hell, drives us forth headlong upon the points of swords, makes us blindly run forth after other men’s destruction as we hasten toward our own ruin.

– Saint Thomas More

Saint Thomas More's patronage: Adopted children; diocese of Arlington, Virginia; civil servants; court clerks; difficult marriages; large families; lawyers; diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee Florida; politicians; politicos; statesmen; step-parents; widowers.