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    Is St. John the Baptist a patron saint of anywhere?

    Question #33866. Asked by buddy love. (May 17 03 7:12 PM)


    ShadowKat

    		According to
    http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintj02.htm
    (the Patron Saints Index) he is the patron saint of: baptism, bird dealers, diocese of Charleston South Carolina, converts, convulsions, convulsive children, cutters, diocese of Dodge City, Kansas, epilepsy, epileptics, farriers, Genoa Italy, hail, hailstorms, Jordan, Knights Hospitaller, Knights of Malta, lambs, Maltese Knights, monastic life, motorways, diocese of Paterson, New Jersey, Penzance, Cornwall, England, diocese of Portland Maine, printers, Quebec, Sassano Italy, diocese of Savannah, Georgia, spasms, tailors, Torino, Italy.

    May 17 03, 7:35 PM
    papo2228

    		St. John the Baptist or St. Jean Baptiste is the patron saint of French Canada (Quebec, Montreal).

    http://www.republiquelibre.org/cousture/STJEAN2.HTM

    In 1908, Pope Pie X officially proclaimed Saint-Jean-Baptiste as the patron saint of the French-Canadian nation.


    [Added reference link - McG]

    Oct 10 07, 1:54 PM

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