Patron Saint of Youth

7 saints found

Aloysius Gonzaga

Feast Day: June 21

Patron of: Youth, adolescents, students, young people, the dying, the plague, chastity

Jesuit youth whose brief life modeled profound purity, obedience, and compassionate sanctity.

Feast Day: October 29

Patron of: Young people, the sick, teenagers, chronic illness sufferers

Italian teenager whose joyful acceptance of terminal illness revealed Christ's redemptive love.

Feast Day: July 6

Patron of: Sexual abuse victims, chastity, virgins, youth, young women, against sexual violence

Twelve-year-old Italian girl martyred while resisting sexual assault, canonized for courageous virtue.

Feast Day: May 12

Patron of: Children, youth, falsely accused persons, oaths and contracts

Young martyr executed at fourteen for his Christian faith in Rome.

Feast Day: April 2

Patron of: Philippines, missions, youth, catechists, evangelization

Filipino youth and lay catechist martyred in 1672; patron of Asian missions.

Feast Day: August 11

Patron of: Infants, youth, difficult situations, healing, virgins

Virgin martyr of uncertain history whose miracles made her beloved protector of youth and the afflicted.

Feast Day: November 13

Patron of: Poland, youth, students, Jesuits, rejected heirs, difficult family situations

Polish Jesuit novice who defied family opposition to pursue his religious vocation.