Emergency helpers

Those who are soldiers of the temple are of God.

The 14 holy helpers

They are worshipped as a help with all kinds of diseases and ailments. Both individually and as a group.

If one had seen a picture of an Emergency Helper, you would not die an unforeseen death that day. That is, death without the reception of the Holy Sacraments.

The 14 saints are:

  • Achatius, martyr, invoked against headaches
  • Barbara, virgin and martyr, invoked against fever
  • Blaise, bishop and martyr, invoked against a sore throat
  • Catherine, virgin and martyr, invoked against the plague
  • Christopher, martyr, invoked against the plague
  • Cyriacus, deacon and martyr, invoked against temptations on the deathbed
  • Dionysius, bishop and martyr, invoked against headaches
  • Egidius, hermit and abbot, invoked against plagues
  • Erasmus of Formiae, bishop and martyr, invoked against gastrointestinal complaints, also known as Saint Elmo
  • Eustachius, martyr, invoked against family differences
  • George, soldier martyr, invoked against diseases of pets
  • Margaret, virgin and martyr, invoked during pregnancy
  • Pantaleon, bishop and martyr, patron saint of physicians
  • Vitus, martyr, invoked against epilepsy

Images of the Saints were often taken on a journey on woodcuts. Nowadays this is done with magnets and/or key rings. In a church that was with a large statue or a large painting/mural.

The place is almost always close to the exit. In this way, it could not be missed to see the Saint.