Patronage
Patron Saint of Arthritis
The Catholic Church venerates St. Alphonsus Liguori as the patron saint of arthritis. 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. Alphonsus Liguori
Feast: August 1“St. Alphonsus Liguori was a renowned moral theologian and the founder of the Redemptorist congregation.”
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