Patronage
Patron Saint of Icon Painters
The Catholic Church venerates St. John of Damascus as the patron saint of icon painters. 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. John of Damascus
Feast: December 4“A Doctor of the Church and the last of the Church Fathers, who defended the veneration of icons during the Iconoclast controversy.”
Related patronages
Not sure which saint walks closest to you? The quiz matches your temperament against 480+ saints in about two minutes.