Patronage

Patron Saint Against HIV/AIDS

The Catholic Church venerates St. Marianne Cope as the patron saint of against HIV/AIDS. Patron saints are heavenly intercessors — believers entrust a place, profession, or struggle to a saint whose own life touched it, and ask for their prayers before God.

St. Marianne Cope

Feast: January 23

A German-American Franciscan sister who continued St. Damien's work among the lepers of Molokai for over 30 years without ever contracting the disease.

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