Patronage

Patron Saint of Apple Orchards

The Catholic Church venerates St. Charles Borromeo as the patron saint of apple orchards. 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. Charles Borromeo

Feast: November 4

He was a cardinal instrumental in the reform of the Catholic Church in the wake of the Council of Trent.

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