Patronage

Patron Saint of Basket Makers

The Catholic Church venerates St. Anthony the Great as the patron saint of basket makers. 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. Anthony the Great

Feast: January 17

Considered the father of monasticism, he dedicated his life to God in the Egyptian desert.

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