Sweethearts, St. Valentine, because in the Middle Ages ladies held their “courts of love” about this time. (See Valentine.)
Swineherds and Swine, St. Anthony.
Tailors, St. Goodman, who was a tailor.
Tanners, St. Clement, the son of a tanner.
Tax-collectors, St. Matthew, (Matt. ix. 9).
Tentmakers, St. Paul and St. Aquila, who were tentmakers (Acts xviii. 3).
Thieves, St. Dismas, the penitent thief. St. Ethelbert and St. Elian ward off thieves.
Travellers, St. Raphael, because he assumed the guise of a traveller in order to guide Tobias from Nineveh to Ragês (Tobit v.).
Vintners and Vineyards, St. Urban.
Virgins, St. Winifred and St. Nicholas.