Fourteen Holy Helpers

The Fourteen Holy Helpers (also called 'Auxiliary Saints') are a group of saints venerated together in Roman Catholicism because their intercession is believed to be particularly effective, especially against various diseases. This group originated in the 14th century at first in the Rhineland, Germany as Nothelfer = 'helpers in need', largely as a result of the epidemic that became known as the Black Death.

Name (German)	Patronage	Translations
Achatius	Against fear of death and headaches, patron of soldiers	Agathius Acasius
Barbara	Against fever and sudden death, patron saint of armourers, artillerymen, military engineers, miners and others who work with explosives because of her old legend's association with lightning, and also of mathematicians
Blasius	Against illness of the throat and for protection of domestic animals, patron saint of wool combers	Blaise Blásius
Christophorus	Against the Black Death and dangers while traveling	Christopher Kristoffer Kristoffer Kristoffer Kristoffer
Cyriacus	Against temptation on the death-bed	Kyriakos
Dionysius	Against headache	Denis
Erasmus	Against intestinal ailments and abdominal pain, patron of sailors
Eustachius	Against family discord	Eustace Eustacius
Georg	For the health of domestic animals	George Jørgen Georgius Yrjö Jørgen Göran
Katharina	Against sudden death	Catherine Katarina Katariina Katarina Katarina
Margareta	During childbirth, and escape from devils	Margaret Margareeta
Pantaleon	For physicians, and against cancer & tuberculosis
Vitus	Against epilepsy, lightning and for protection of domestic animals
Ägidius	For a good confession, for nursing mothers and for cripples, beggars and blacksmiths	Giles Ægidius Egidius Egidius