Children, St. Felicitas and St. Nicholas. This latter saint restored to life some children, murdered by an inkeeper, of Myra, and pickled in a pork-tub.
Cobblers, St. Crispin, who worked at the trade.
Cripples, St. Giles, because he refused to be cured of an accidental lameness, that he might mortify his flesh.
Divines, St. Thomas Aquinas, author of Somme de Theology.
Doctors, St. Cosme, who was a surgeon in Cilicia.
Drunkards. St. Martin, because St. Martin’s Day (November 11) happened to be the day of the Vinalia, or feast of Bacchus. St. Urban protects.
Dying, St. Barbara.
Ferrymen, St. Christopher, who was a ferryman.
Fishermen, St. Peter, who was a fisherman.
Fools, St. Maturin because the Greek word matia or matê means “folly.”