Saint
Saint Peregrine Laziosi
- Country / origin
- Italy
- Life
- c. 1265–1345
- Feast
- 1 May
Awaiting theological review
Who was this?
A Servite friar who suffered from a cancerous wound in his leg; tradition tells of his healing the night before an amputation.
Patron of
- people with cancer
- serious illness
When to ask for intercession
- a cancer diagnosis
- cancer treatment
- fear and suffering in serious illness
A short prayer
Saint Peregrine, intercede for everyone facing cancer and ask God for healing, strength, peace and perseverance.
Written for Lumen as a simple personal prayer of intercession — not a liturgical text.
What we know — and how
Tradition holds
His feast is kept by the Servites and in local calendars; he is not in the General Roman Calendar.
What are you living through today?
- Cancer
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