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Fourteen Holy Helpers

Index Fourteen Holy Helpers

The Fourteen Holy Helpers are a group of saints venerated together in Roman Catholicism because their intercession is believed to be particularly effective, especially against various diseases. [1]

61 relations: Aegidienberg, Aegidienkirche, Hanover, Agathius, Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, Bennhausen, Beselich, Catherine of Alexandria, Cochem, Combing (torture), Cyriacus, Denis, Dickenschied, Dorothea of Caesarea, Ebrach Abbey, Einkorn (hill), Erasmus of Formia, Essen Minster, Feuchtmayer, Four Holy Marshals, Franciscan martyrs of Vilnius, Franciscan Monastery in Kadaň, Frankenlied, Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer, Gehilfersberg, Immaculate Heart of Mary Church (Cleveland, Ohio), Imperial Abbey of Corvey, Jakobsberg Priory, Jena, Johann Michael Feuchtmayer, Kadaň, Langheim Abbey, Lichtental Parish Church, Liebenau monastery, List of Italians, Margaret the Virgin, Mariánská Týnice, Mutterschied, Patron saints of ailments, illness, and dangers, Peter González, Pilgrimage church, Pleitersheim, Saint Barbara, Saint Blaise, Saint Catherine's Day, Saint Christopher, Saint Eustace, Saint George, Saint Giles, Saint Pantaleon, Saint Roch, ..., Saint Sebastian, Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia, Sophie of Mecklenburg (1481–1503), Speyer Cathedral, Virgin and Child with Saints Barbara and Catherine, Vitus, Wallenborn, Wilhering Abbey, Wolfgang of Regensburg, Wormser Dom, 14 (number). Expand index (11 more) »

Aegidienberg

Aegidienberg is a district of Bad Honnef in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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Aegidienkirche, Hanover

The Aegidienkirche was a church in Hanover, the capital of Lower Saxony, Germany.

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Agathius

Saint Agathius (Greek: Ακακιος; died 303), also known as Achatius or Agathonas or Acacius of Byzantium, according to Christian tradition, was a Cappadocian Greek centurion of the imperial army, martyred around 304.

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Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers

The Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers (German: Basilika Vierzehnheiligen) is a church located near the town of Bad Staffelstein near Bamberg, in Bavaria, southern Germany.

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Bennhausen

Bennhausen is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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Beselich

Beselich is a community in Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany.

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Catherine of Alexandria

Saint Catherine of Alexandria, or Saint Catharine of Alexandria, also known as Saint Catherine of the Wheel and The Great Martyr Saint Catherine (Ϯⲁⲅⲓⲁ Ⲕⲁⲧⲧⲣⲓⲛ, ἡ Ἁγία Αἰκατερίνη ἡ Μεγαλομάρτυς – translation: Holy Catherine the Great Martyr) is, according to tradition, a Christian saint and virgin, who was martyred in the early 4th century at the hands of the pagan emperor Maxentius.

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Cochem

Cochem is the seat of and the biggest town in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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Combing (torture)

Combing, sometimes known as carding,"Card".

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Cyriacus

Cyriacus (fl. 303 AD), sometimes Anglicized as Cyriac, according to Christian tradition, is a Christian martyr who was killed in the persecution of Diocletian.

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Denis

Saint Denis was a legendary 3rd-century Christian martyr and saint.

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Dickenschied

Dickenschied is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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Dorothea of Caesarea

Saint Dorothy (Dorothea, Dora; Santa Dorotea, Santa Dorotea; died ca. 311) is a 4th-century virgin martyr who was executed at Caesarea Mazaca.

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Ebrach Abbey

Ebrach Abbey (Kloster Ebrach) is a former Cistercian monastery in Ebrach in Oberfranken, Bavaria, Germany, now used as a young offenders' institution.

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Einkorn (hill)

The Einkorn is a 510 metre high hill spur in the northern Limpurg Hills near Hessental in the borough of Schwäbisch Hall.

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Erasmus of Formia

Saint Erasmus of Formia, also known as Saint Elmo, was a Christian saint and martyr, who died c. 303.

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Essen Minster

Essen Minster (German), since 1958 also Essen Cathedral is the seat of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Essen, the "Diocese of the Ruhr", founded in 1958.

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Feuchtmayer

The Feuchtmayers (also spelled Feuchtmayr, Feichtmair, and Feichtmayr) were a German family of artists from the Baroque Wessobrunner School.

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Four Holy Marshals

The Four Holy Marshals (Vier Marschälle Gottes or just Vier Marschälle) are four saints venerated in the Rhineland, especially at Cologne, Liège, Aachen, and Eifel.

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Franciscan martyrs of Vilnius

Franciscan martyrs of Vilnius are 14 semi-legendary Franciscan friars murdered in Vilnius, capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, during the reign of Algirdas (1345–77).

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Franciscan Monastery in Kadaň

The Franciscan Monastery lies on the edge of the town of Kadaň, Czech Republic and near the river Ohře.

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Frankenlied

The Frankenlied (Song of Franconia), or Lied der Franken (The Franconian's song) is the unofficial anthem of the German region of Franconia, and one of the most popular German commercium songs.

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Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer

Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer (the Elder) (1698–1763) was a German Baroque stucco plasterer of the Wessobrunner School.

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Gehilfersberg

The Gehilfersberg is a hill in the Landkreis Fulda, Hesse, Germany.

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Immaculate Heart of Mary Church (Cleveland, Ohio)

Immaculate Heart of Mary Church (Kościół Niepokalanego Serca Najświętszej Maryi Panny), is a Catholic parish church in Cleveland, Ohio and part of the Diocese of Cleveland.

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Imperial Abbey of Corvey

The Imperial Abbey of Corvey or Princely Abbey of Corvey (Stift Corvey or Fürstabtei Corvey) was a Benedictine abbey on the River Weser, 2 km northeast of Höxter, now in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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Jakobsberg Priory

Jakobsberg Priory is a Benedictine monastery at Ockenheim, in the district of Mainz-Bingen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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Jena

Jena is a German university city and the second largest city in Thuringia.

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Johann Michael Feuchtmayer

Johann Michael Feuchtmayer (the Younger) (sometimes spelled Johann Michael Feuchtmayr or Feichtmayr) (1709 – June 4, 1772) was a German stuccoworker and sculptor of the late Baroque period.

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Kadaň

Kadaň (Kaaden), is a city in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic.

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Langheim Abbey

Langheim Abbey was a well-known Cistercian monastery in Klosterlangheim, part of the town of Lichtenfels in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, in the Bishopric of Bamberg.

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Lichtental Parish Church

The Lichtental Parish Church (Lichtentaler Pfarrkirche) is the Roman Catholic parish church of Lichtental, now part of Vienna, Austria.

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Liebenau monastery

The Liebenau monastery was a Dominican monastery.

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List of Italians

This is a list of Italians, who are identified with the Italian nation through residential, legal, historical, or cultural means, grouped by their area of notability.

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Margaret the Virgin

Margaret, known as Margaret of Antioch in the West, and as (Ἁγία Μαρίνα) in the East, is celebrated as a saint on July 20 in the Western Rite Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches, on July 17 (Julian calendar) by the Eastern-Rite Orthodox Church and on Epip 23 and Hathor 23 in the Coptic Churchs.

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Mariánská Týnice

Mariánská Týnice is a former pilgrimage destination in Bohemia, now the Czech Republic, with the Baroque Church of the Annunciation and the Cistercian Provost Office built by Jan Santini Aichel in the 18th century.

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Mutterschied

Mutterschied is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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Patron saints of ailments, illness, and dangers

This is a list of patron saints of ailments, illnesses, and dangers.

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Peter González

The Blessed Peter González, O.P. (1190 - 1246), sometimes referred to as Pedro González Telmo, Saint Telmo, or Saint Elmo, was a Castilian Dominican friar and priest, born in 1190 in Frómista, Palencia, Kingdom of Castile and Leon.

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Pilgrimage church

A pilgrimage church (Wallfahrtskirche) is a church to which pilgrimages are regularly made, or a church along a pilgrimage route, like the Way of St. James, that is visited by pilgrims.

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Pleitersheim

Pleitersheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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Saint Barbara

Saint Barbara (Αγία Βαρβάρα, Ϯⲁⲅⲓⲁ Ⲃⲁⲣⲃⲁⲣⲁ), Feast Day December 4, known in the Eastern Orthodox Church as the Great Martyr Barbara, was an early Christian Greek saint and martyr.

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Saint Blaise

Blaise (Սուրբ Վլասի, Soorp Vlasi; Άγιος Βλάσιος, Agios Vlasios; also known as Saint Blase), was a physician, and bishop of Sebastea in historical Armenia (modern Sivas, Turkey).

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Saint Catherine's Day

Saint Catherine's Day is 25 November.

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Saint Christopher

Saint Christopher (Ἅγιος Χριστόφορος, Ágios Christóforos) is venerated by several Christian denominations as a martyr killed in the reign of the 3rd-century Roman Emperor Decius (reigned 249–251) or alternatively under the Roman Emperor Maximinus II Dacian (reigned 308–313).

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Saint Eustace

Saint Eustace, also known as Eustachius or Eustathius in Latin, is revered as a Christian martyr and soldier saint.

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Saint George

Saint George (Γεώργιος, Geṓrgios; Georgius;; to 23 April 303), according to legend, was a Roman soldier of Greek origin and a member of the Praetorian Guard for Roman emperor Diocletian, who was sentenced to death for refusing to recant his Christian faith.

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Saint Giles

Saint Giles (Aegidius; Gilles; 650 AD – 710), also known as Giles the Hermit, was a Greek, Christian, hermit saint from Athens, whose legend is centered in Provence and Septimania.

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Saint Pantaleon

Saint Pantaleon (Παντελεήμων, translit; "all-compassionate"), counted in the West among the late-medieval Fourteen Holy Helpers and in the East as one of the Holy Unmercenary Healers, was a martyr of Nicomedia in Bithynia during the Diocletianic Persecution of 305 AD.

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Saint Roch

Saint Roch or Rocco (lived c. 1348 – 15/16 August 1376/79 (traditionally c. 1295 – 16 August 1327)) was a Catholic saint, a confessor whose death is commemorated on 16 August and 9 September in Italy; he is specially invoked against the plague.

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Saint Sebastian

Saint Sebastian (died) was an early Christian saint and martyr.

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Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia

Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia (Saints Vito, Modesto and Crescenzia) is the name of a Catholic church in Rome, officially named Santi Vito e Modesto.

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Sophie of Mecklenburg (1481–1503)

Sophie of Mecklenburg, also spelled Sophia (18 December 1481 – 12 July 1503 in Torgau) was a German noblewoman.

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Speyer Cathedral

The Speyer Cathedral, officially the Imperial Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption and St Stephen, in Latin: Domus sanctae Mariae Spirae (German: Dom zu Unserer lieben Frau in Speyer) in Speyer, Germany, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Speyer and is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Bamberg.

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Virgin and Child with Saints Barbara and Catherine

Virgin and Child with Saints Barbara and Catherine is a glue-size on linen painting by Flemish artist Quentin Matsys, probably painted c 1515–25.

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Vitus

Saint Vitus, according to Christian legend, was a Christian saint from Sicily.

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Wallenborn

Wallenborn is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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Wilhering Abbey

Wilhering Abbey (Stift Wilhering) is a Cistercian monastery in Wilhering in Upper Austria, about 8 km (5 mi) from Linz.

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Wolfgang of Regensburg

Saint Wolfgang of Regensburg (Wolfgangus; 934 – October 31, 994 AD) was bishop of Regensburg in Bavaria from Christmas 972 until his death.

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Wormser Dom

The St Peter's Dom (German: Wormser Dom) is a church in Worms, southern Germany.

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14 (number)

14 (fourteen) is a natural number following 13 and succeeded by 15.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteen_Holy_Helpers

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