Patronage
Patron Saint of Overcoming Temptation
The Catholic Church venerates St. Mary of Egypt as the patron saint of overcoming temptation. 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. Mary of Egypt
Feast: April 1“A 5th-century penitent who spent 47 years in the desert doing penance after a life of sin in Alexandria.”
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