Patronage

Patron Saint of Cloth Merchants

The Catholic Church venerates St. Lydia as the patron saint of cloth merchants. 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. Lydia

Feast: August 3

The first recorded convert to Christianity in Europe.

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