Patronage

Patron Saint of Hydrophobia

The Catholic Church venerates St. Walburga as the patron saint of hydrophobia. 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. Walburga

Feast: February 25

An Anglo-Saxon missionary nun who helped evangelize Germany and became one of the most venerated saints of the medieval period.

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