A feast instituted on 13 May 1992 by Pope John Paul II to be “a special time of prayer and sharing, of offering one’s suffering”. The date of the feast, 11 February, was chosen to coincide with that of Our Lady of Lourdes as there have been so many healings reported at the shrine and through Our Lady’s intercession. Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation on this feast day in 2013, citing his declining health as his reason.
Patron Saints of Sick People
- Alphais of Cudot
- Alphonsa of India
- Angela Merici
- Angela Truszkowska
- Arthelais of Benevento
- Bathild
- Bernadette of Lourdes
- Camillus of Lellis
- Catherine del Ricci
- Catherine of Siena
- Drogo
- Edel Mary Quinn
- Elizabeth of the Trinity
- Gerard of Villamagna
- Germaine Cousin
- Gertrude of Nivelles
- Gorgonia
- Hemma of Gurk
- Hilary of Poitiers
- Hugh of Lincoln
- Isabella of France
- Jacinta Marto
- John of God
- Julia Billiart
- Julia Falconieri
- Juliana of Nicomedia
- Louis IX
- Louise de Marillac
- Lydwina of Schiedam
- Maria Bagnesi
- Maria Gabriella
- Maria Mazzarello
- Marie Rose Durocher
- Mary Ann de Paredes
- Mary Magdalen of Pazzi
- Michael the Archangel
- Our Lady of Lourdes
- Paula Frassinetti
- Peregrine Laziosi
- Philomena
- Rafka Al-Rayes
- Raphael the Archangel
- Romula of Rome
- Serapion of Algiers
- Syncletica
- Teresa of Avila
- Terese of the Andes
- Therese of Lisieux
- Werner von Ellerbach
