Fourteen Holy Helpers

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Catholic devotional group group of saints

The Fourteen Holy Helpers are a group of medieval Catholic saints especially invoked together for protection and aid against various diseases and dangers.

Aliases (4)

Fourteen Holy Helpers (in some traditions) ×1
Holy Helper ×1
Holy Helpers ×1
Vierzehn Nothelfer ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic devotional group → group of saints →
associatedWith	Black Death → epidemics → plague →
category	Groups of Christian saints → Intercession of saints →
devotionalPractice	collective invocation → litanies → novena →
feastObservedInSomePlacesOn	24 July →
floruit	14th century →
hasMember	Saint Acacius of Byzantium → Saint Barbara → Saint Blaise → Saint Catherine of Alexandria → Saint Christopher → Saint Cyriacus → Saint Denis → Saint Erasmus of Formia → Saint Eustace → Saint George → Saint Giles → Saint Margaret of Antioch → Saint Pantaleon → Saint Vitus →
hasNameInLanguage	Vierzehn Nothelfer →
iconography	grouped depiction of fourteen saints →
influenced	Christian art → church dedications → local pilgrimages →
language	German →
languageOfName	English →
notableCenterOfDevotion	Central Europe → Germany →
originatedIn	medieval Europe →
patronage	healing → protection in time of war → protection of livestock → protection of travelers →
religion	Catholicism →
religiousTradition	Roman Catholic Church →
theologyStatus	not a dogma → popular devotion →
use	intercessory prayer → protection against dangers → protection against diseases →
veneratedIn	Roman Catholic Church →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Saint Barbara → Saint George of Lydda ("Fourteen Holy Helpers (in some traditions)") → Saint Giles ("Holy Helpers") →	category
Saint Giles →	associatedWith
Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers →	dedicatedTo
Saint Vitus →	memberOf
Saint Vitus ("Holy Helper") →	title