The fourteen holy helpers

The Fourteen Holy Helpers are a group of saints venerated together in Roman Catholicism. Prayer to them was thought to be particularly effective, especially against various diseases. This group of Nothelfer ("helpers in need") originated in the 14th century at first in the Rhineland, largely as a result of the epidemic (probably of bubonic plague) that became known as the Black Death.

They are: Acacius, Barbara, Blaise, Catherine of Alexandria, Christopher, Cyriacus, Dionysius of Paris, Erasmus, Eustace, George, Margaret, Pantaleon, Vitus and Giles.

This feast was suppressed in 1969. |o| |+| |o|