A portrait of St. Cajetan
St. Cajetan
1480 – 1547
Feast
August 7 · XVI c.
Patron of
Job seekers · Unemployed people · Bankers, traditional · Theatines
Order
Priest / Founder
Italian priest (1480-1547), co-founder of the Theatines, the first congregation of clerics regular and a model for many later orders; his pastoral work in Naples and Rome aimed at the renewal of the diocesan clergy. Feast August 7.
Life & Times
Also known as: Gaetano · Born: 1480 · Died: 1547 · From: Italy.
Patronage
St. Cajetan is invoked as the patron of job seekers, unemployed people, bankers, traditional, theatines. Those in these callings or circumstances often turn to this saint in prayer.
“Do not let care of the future trouble you. Trust in God.”— Letter to his fellow Theatines (early 16th century)
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About Catholic Saints
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