Legendary people and patron saints

Legendary people and patron saints

The Christian Catholic Church venerates hundreds of saints, many of whom have become officially recognised as patron saints of various groups, guilds, occupations, and so forth.

St. Clare is the patron saint of embroiderers. Her feast day is the 11th August. She is often considered as the first Franciscan nun. She was an embroideress and her convent decorated many liturgical vestments for the Franciscans. She is the patron saint of eye disorders, and of television, but that is a different story.

St. Luke (Luke the Evangelist) is one of the four evangelists or authors of the canonical four gospels of Jesus Christ (The New Testament). He lived in the first century AD and originated from the city of Antioch, Syria. He became the patron saint of artists, embroiderers, painters, tapestry makers, weavers, among other professions. According to the Roman Catholic calendar, his feast day is 18th October.