Patronage
Patron Saint of Bowel Disorders
The Catholic Church venerates St. Bonaventure as the patron saint of bowel disorders. 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. Bonaventure
Feast: July 15“St. Bonaventure was a prominent Franciscan theologian and a Doctor of the Church.”
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