Chapter Saints to Sakhrat of S by Brewer's Readers Handbook

Barbers, St. Louis.

Barren Women. St. Margaret befriends them.

Beggars, St. Giles. Hence the outskirts of cities are often called “St. Giles.”

Bishops, etc., St. Timothy and St. Titus (1 Tim. iii. 1; Titus i. 7).

Blacksmiths, St. Peter, because he bears the kevs of heaven.

Blind Folk, St. Thomas à Becket, and St. Lucy who was deprived of her eyes by Paschasius.

Booksellers, St. John Port Latin.

Brewers, St. Florian, whose day is May 4.

Brides, St. Nicholas, because he threw three stockings, filled with wedding portions, into the chamber window of three virgins, that they might marry their sweethearts, and not live a life of sin for the sake of earning a living.

Brush-Makers, St. Anthony (251-356).

Burglars, St. Dismas, the penitent thief.

Candle and Lamp Makers, St. Lucy and St. Lucian. A pun upon lux, lucis (“light”).

Cannoneers, St. Barbara, because she is generally represented in a fort or tower.

Captives, St. Barbara, and St. Leonard.

Carpenters, St. Joseph, who was a carpenter.

Carpet-Weavers, St. Paul.

Children, St. Felicitas and St. Nicholas. This latter saint restored to life some children, murdered by an innkeeper of Myra and pickled in a pork-tub.

Cloth-Weavers, St. John.

Cobblers, St. Crispin, who worked at the trade.

Cripples, St. Giles, because he refused to be cured of an accidental lameness, that he might mortify his flesh.

Dancers, St. Vitus, whose day is January 20.

Divines, St. Thomas Aquinas.

Doctors, St. Cosme, who was a surgeon in Cilicia.

Drunkards, St. Martin, because St. Martin’s Day (November II) happened to be the day of the Vinalia or feast of Bacchus. St. Urban protects.

Dying, St. Barbara.

Ferrymen, St. Christopher, who was a ferryman.

Fishermen, St. Peter, who was a fisherman.