Patronage
Patron Saint of Families of the Sick
The Catholic Church venerates St. Marcellus I as the patron saint of families of the sick. 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. Marcellus I
Feast: January 16“He was the Pope who served during a time of intense persecution of Christians in the early Church.”
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