Health and illness

Which saint to pray to for a skin disease?

Ancient terms for leprosy or skin disease are kept without retrospective diagnosis. Patronages and accounts remain clearly distinguished.

Please note. Sancteo presents traditions of intercession and hagiographical accounts. These resources do not replace medical, psychological, legal, social, or pastoral support, nor emergency services.

Direct devotional link

Saints traditionally invoked

The patronage or traditional use of invocation is explicitly preserved in Sancteo’s data.

Saint Damien de Veuster19th century · May 10th

Documented patronage

« People with leprosy »

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Marianne Cope20th century · January 23rd

Documented patronage

« lepers and those with leprosy »

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Saint Restituta3rd century · May 29th

Documented invocation

« healing of leprosy »

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Saint Julian and Saint Basilissa4th century · January 9th

Documented invocation

« healing of leprosy »

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Saint Martin of Tours4th century · November 11th

Documented invocation

« healing of leprosy »

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Saint Radegund, Queen of France6th century · August 13th

Documented invocation

« leprosy »

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Light from the corpus

Saints linked by a miracle account

These figures are not presented as patron saints: their presence is explained by an account directly classified under this intention.

Maria Clara of the Child Jesus19th century · December 1st

Directly related account

« Instant and complete healing of Georgina Troncoso Monteagudo from pyoderma gangrenosum (a severe ulcerative skin disease) on November 12, 2003, after praying at the tomb of Mother Clara. »