Patronage
orphans
5 saints
Saint Jerome Emiliani
A Venetian nobleman and military captain, Jerome Emiliani converted after a miraculous deliverance from captivity by the Virgin Mary. He ded…
Saint Pulcheria, Empress of the East
Empress of the East in the 5th century, Pulcheria governed with wisdom and piety, protecting orthodoxy against Nestorian and Eutychian heres…
Saint Thomas of Villanova (the Almoner)
Born in Castile in 1488, Thomas of Villanova was an Augustinian friar famous for his scholarship and immense charity. Having become Archbish…
Saint Yves (Helory of Kermartin)
Born in Brittany in the 13th century, Saint Yves was an exemplary magistrate and priest, renowned for his integrity and his pro bono defense…