A Day of Lists

[jack_babalon]

List # 132: Occupations and their corresponding Patron Saint (from the Catholic Church's own website and their Patron Saint List)

1.Adrian of Nicomedia - Arms Dealers
2.Joseph of Cupertino - Astronauts
3.The Madonna of Castaliazzo or Our Lady of Grace and of Crete - Motorcyclists
4.Dismas - Thieves
5.St.Barbara - U.S. Army Field Artillery & Gunners
6.Antony the Abbot, Joseph of Arimathea (tie) - Grave Diggers
7.Ambrose - Bee Keepers & Office Supervisors
8.Sts. Cosmas & Damian - Chemists, Pharmacists & by association Meth Lab Workers
9.Dominic Savio - Juvenile delinquents
10.St. Fiacre - Gardeners & Cab Drivers
11.Hippolytus, Processus and Martinian, Adrian of Nicomedia (tie) - Prison Guards

Comments

Our Lady of the Forsaken....

[redsalt.livejournal.com]

...no, she really exists.

My personal favorites:

St. Jude: patron saint of Lost and Desperate Causes

St. Magnus of Fussen: patron saint for protection from Vermin.

(Knowing your hatred of all things creepy, crawly, slithery, slippery, and skittery, you should have his medal in your pocket at all times, dear Jack.)