Patronage
Patron Saint of HIV/AIDS Patients
The Catholic Church venerates St. Damien of Molokai as the patron saint of HIV/AIDS patients. 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. Damien of Molokai
Feast: May 10“A Belgian priest who volunteered to serve the leper colony on Molokai, Hawaii, eventually contracting and dying of the disease himself.”
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