Patron Saint of France

8 saints found

Denis and Companions

Feast Day: October 9

Patron of: Paris, France, headache sufferers, against demonic possession

First Bishop of Paris martyred under Roman persecution, patron of France and headache sufferers.

Feast Day: October 9

Patron of: France, Paris, headache sufferers, epileptics, possessed persons, hat makers, rabies victims

Early bishop of Paris and martyr whose cult shaped French Christian identity.

Feast Day: May 30

Patron of: France, soldiers, medieval peasants, religious persecution victims

Teenage French peasant who led armies to victory, was martyred for her faith, and changed history.

Feast Day: August 25

Patron of: France, barbers, builders, construction workers, crown makers, hairdressers, prisoners, sculptors, tertiaries, Secular Franciscan Order

French king who united justice and piety, serving the poor while advancing Christian virtue.

Feast Day: November 11

Patron of: France, soldiers, beggars, tailors, horses, wine merchants, poverty, travelers

Generous soldier-turned-bishop whose cloak-sharing epitomizes Christian charity and conversion.

Feast Day: February 11

Patron of: Sick people, pilgrims, France, people with illness and disabilities

Virgin Mary's apparition to Bernadette revealed God's healing mercy to the world.

Feast Day: December 8

Patron of: United States, France, Portugal, Spain, Italy, purity, conception

Catholic dogma affirming Mary's conception without original sin; foundational Marian doctrine.

Feast Day: October 1

Patron of: Missionaries, spiritual childhood, France, florists, tuberculosis sufferers

French nun whose 'little way' made holiness accessible to all.