Patronage
Patron Saint of Healing
The Catholic Church venerates St. Sharbel Makhlouf as the patron saint of healing. 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. Sharbel Makhlouf
Feast: December 24“Feast of the finding of St. Charbel's incorrupt body, celebrated in some Maronite traditions.”
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