Summary of Saints and Angels

This document is for players who are playing character who are devout Christians, but aren't themselves experts in medieval hagiography. Players can use the following table to help select a saint to appeal to, venerate, or choose as a patron. This table supersedes and replaces the one in the Fantasy Wargaming book. Rank in Host describes how much authority the being has in the heavenly host; God himself has the highest rank (9), and other saints and angels have a rank between 1 and 8. Rank in host is usually (but not always) proportional to Resistance to Appeal; that is, beings that are higher up in the host are usually less likely to answer prayers or appeals. If a saint's resistance to appeal is marked with a dagger (), then the saint is known for being particularly receptive and helpful when dealing with certain types of appeal. The types of appeal in question are listed in italics in either the Patronage or Areas of Favor columns. When an appeal to this saint concerns this area, the saint's resistance to appeal is one lower than normal. This is in addition to any bonus given because the appeal lies in the saint's area of patronage or favor. Patronage lists the people and areas of which the saint is a patron. If an area is listed the saint may well be considered a patron of people from that area, or even just in that area. A saint may be a person's patron at some times and not others. For example, St. Peter is the patron saint of fishermen. If a fisherman appeals to St. Peter for help catching fish, or even just resisting temptation, he will likely get a bonus. However, if the man is writing a love poem or going off to war, the GM may well deny him the bonus. Entries in the patronage column that are in parentheses () are borderline. The GM is less likely to give a patronage bonus based on these than on entries in parentheses, and will only give the bonus in a clear-cut case. Appeals that aid people of whom the saint is a patron are almost always in the saint's interest (even if the appellant, himself, does not have the saint as a patron). The contrapositive of this is also true appeals that oppose the interest of someone in a saint's patronage are almost always against the saint's interests. Areas of Favor and Areas of Disfavor list areas that are likely to be in or against the saint's interests, respectively. As with patronage, entries in parentheses () are borderline, and a bonus/penalty for them will be granted less often (and will probably always only have a magnitude of 1, almost never of 2). Acting against a saint's area of favor is against the saint's interests (and, of course, acting against his area of disfavor is in his interests).

Power God Virgin Mary

Resistance to Appeal
7 5

Patronage
(Popes, kings, emperors) none

Areas of Favor
none Intercession with God for any purpose, virginity, motherhood, forgiveness (Rank in Host = 7) Healing, combat against dragons or demons Annunciation, messages, prophecy, revelation Any healing, but especially against blindness

Areas of Disfavor
Rebellion Sex

Notes
Rank in Host = 9 Rank in Host = 8

The Three Great Archangels

Michael Gabriel Raphael

7 6 6

Germany, the sick Trumpeters, (heralds) Healers, matchmakers

Evildoers, nonchristians none none

The Twelve Apostles and Other Great Saints Andrew

5 Scotland, Greece, Scythia Minor (i.e., modern Romania), fishermen and fishmongers Armenia, Lipari (an island off Sicily), tanners, trappers, and leatherworkers Spain, pilgrims Apothecaries, fullers, hatmakers, dying people Writers, booksellers, theologians Florence and Genoa, souls in Purgatory Armenia Tailors and carpenters Tax collectors, (other civic officials or people who handle money) The Pope, fishermen, netmakers, shipwrights, harvesters, locksmiths, masons Bakers Missionaries, (letter-writers, reformed persecutors of Christians, tentmakers) Sawyers, curriers and tanners Architects and builders, the east [India], (twins, doubters and skeptics) none (Rank in Host = 6) none St. Andrews cross is not yet the standard icon, though it is used in Scotland

Bartholemew James the Great James the Less John John the Baptist Jude Matthias Matthew Peter

5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5

Medicine and hospitals, particularly twitching and other nervous disorders; making things heavier or lighter, (missionary work) none none Protection from burns or poison, (Healing the sick) (Preaching, baptism, conversion of nonChristians, monks and nuns, martyrdom) Desperate cases and lost causes; hospitals Protection from smallpox none Organization and leadership, particularly within the church, longevity Feeding the poor (Visions) none none

none none none none (Worldly affairs) none none none Violence, even against enemies of the Church; intellectual pursuits none (Jews and Jewish law) none (Blind faith) Obscure

Philip Paul Simon the Zealot Thomas

4 5 5 4

Power

Resistance to Appeal

Patronage

Areas of Favor The Evangelists and Other Major Saints

Areas of Disfavor

Notes

Ambrose

Milan, beekeepers and chandlers Ascetics, monks, and hermits, particularly anchorites (Exiles, the banished, and the wrongly accused) Theologians Cappadocia, church and hospital administrators Durham, England; English writers and historians Monks, nuns, hermits, schoolchildren Wheelwrights, potters, spinners, millers, knife grinders, torture victims Travelers, ferrymen, porters, and bachelors Africa, particularly Egypt none Europe,. Slavs Spiritual leaders, (Asian and Syrian Christians) Knights, the sick (Anglo-Saxons) none West Britain, including Cornwall Students, (monastic clergy,

Anthony Athanasius Augustine Basil Bede the Venerable Benedict Catherine Christopher Cyril of Alexandria Cyril of Jerusalem Cyril and Methodius Ephrem George Gregory the Great Gregory of Nazianzus Hilary of Poitiers Isidore

4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 3

(Rank in Host = 5) Bees, education, (eloquence, peaceful conversion of heretics, charity to the poor, reform and innovation, religious music, voluntary vows and dedication) Protection from temptation (particularly sloth and lust), wild beasts, and disease (particularly shingles); survival in deserts none Orthodoxy, (just war) Exorcism, (appeals for information, moderation in monasticism, orthodoxy) (Education and study) Protection from poison, temptation, and witchcraft; solemn religious vows Protection from sudden death, (conversion) Protection from plague, (feats of strength) (Procedural, as opposed to doctrinal, church affairs; faith in opposition to reason; angry mobs opposing the enemies of the church) Orthodoxy, authority of the Roman church, communion (Writing, laws, learning and teaching, authority of the pope as opposed to the episcopacy) (Writing, hymns, inspiration, journeys) Chivalry, defense of the helpless, health of domestic animals (The papacy, authority of the Roman church, monasticism, law and justice) (Oratory and philosophy) (Christian contemplation and writing) Learning, knowledge, mathematics, philosophy

(Heretics and pagans, particularly sacrifices; constrained vows and dedication) Society and worldly affairs (Reason and speculation) Excess; sex and lust; heresy; antisemitism, particularly violence (Heretics) none Cities and towns, hedonism and dissoluteness (marriage) none Jews, science and scientists Jews, heretics, and pagans (Jews) (Heresy, sex) none (Heathens and pagans, non-Roman Christian churches) none (Heresy) none Not patron saint of England; dragon story is obscure Very popular

Power

Resistance to Appeal
5 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Patronage
when needing protection from secular clergy) Librarians, translators, scholars Constantinople; lecturers, orators, and preachers none Workers, laborers, and craftsmen; (fathers, families, expectant mothers) Undertakers and gravediggers, (British Christians) Rome, cooks, (the poor, crippled, and blind) none Artists and authors Venice, Alexandria, Africa Sailors and fishermen, the falsely-accused Ireland

Areas of Favor

Areas of Disfavor

Notes

Jerome John Chrysostom John Damscene Joseph Joseph of Arimathea Lawrence Leo the Great Luke Mark Nicholas Patrick

Biblical study Protection from epilepsy, (charity) none (Patience, persistence, hard work, a happy death) Christian burial The Holy Grail, (charity, martyrdom) (Protection of Europe or Christendom as a whole from pagans or infidels; the papacy; authority of the Roman church) none Evangelism Charity, particularly anonymous none

none Jews and Jewish law; lavishness, privilege, and wealth; revelry Iconoclasm, Moslems none none none (Heresy) none Pagans and Moslems Pagans and heretics, wealth Snakes, secular or political ties or intriuges, (finances and money) Long-winded speech none Rarely celebrated No connection yet to the Holy Grail Very popular

Peter Chrysologus Sebastian

4 4

none Archers, soldiers

Homilies, clear and simple language, authority of Rome Protection from plague (Rank in Host = 4) Earthquakes and natural disasters, protection from fire Chastity Kindness and good manners, protection from fire Protection from lightning, fever, and sudden death Combat against water monsters, victory in battle

Saints

Agatha Agnes Aidan Barbara Columba

4 3 3 3 3

Bakers; bellfounders; Catania, in Sicily; unmarried laywomen Betrothed couples, girls, rape victims, virgins Northumbria none Bookbinders and illuminators; Ireland; missionaries; Scotland, (diplomats, exiles, penitents)

Sex Sex, especially prostitution or rape Sanctimoniousness (Cloistered women) Covetousness, especially leading to violence

Power Cuthbert David Dunstan Giles The Good Thief Leonard Lucia Margaret the Virgin Martha Martin of Tours Mary Magdalene
Maurice

Resistance to Appeal
3 3 3 4 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3

Patronage
Northumbria Wales Smiths/metalworkers Hermits, lepers Prisoners, particularly condemned men; repentant thieves Prisoners and captives, women in labor The blind Dying people, exiles, the falsely accused, peasants, pregnant women Servants, slaves, married women, travelers France, soldiers Penitents and reformed sinners (particularly women) Soldiers, particularly infantrymen; armorers and swordsmiths (Slaves)

Areas of Favor
Asceticism, (healing, insight, persuasion, sea birds) Asceticism, vegetarianism Church reform, monastic rule, (direct opposition to infernal forces, improvement of peasants) Confession, protection from plague, (deer) none none Vision, chastity Childbirth, protection from kidney disease, (escape from dragons) (Taming monsters) Destruction of pagan shrines, resurrection, (charity to beggars, mercy to heretics, pacifism) Protection from sexual temptation Protection from cramps, the Holy Lance Manumission

Areas of Disfavor
Worldly power Alcohol, covetousness, eating meat, personal property Secular clergy Secular society none none Marriage, sex none

Notes
Obscure outside north England Unrecognized; obscure outside Wales Unrecognized except in England Not yet named St. Dismas Obscure Obscure

War, (geese) none none none 2nd most popular female saint, after the Virgin Very popular

Onesimus

Achatius Alexius Blaise Brendon Cosmas and Damian Crispin and Crispinian Cyriac Denys

2 3 2

Suillace (in southern italy) Beggars and the very poor Wool combers

(Rank in Host = 3) Protection from headache Poverty Protection from throat ailments, especially choking on fish bones; wild beasts; the wool trade Discovery, sea travel Curing the sick, particularly without being paid none Protection from deathbed temptation, (exorcism) Protection from frenzy, headaches, rabies, and strife

Minor Saints

none Marriage or other worldly concerns none

Obscure in the west

3 3 3 2 2

Sailors Physicians, surgeons, (and other medical practitioners) Cobblers, (tanners and other leatherworkers) (none) France, Paris, those in danger of diabolic possession

none none none none none

Twin brothers venerated together

Power Dympna Edmund the Martyr Edward the Martyr Elmo Eloi Eustace Felicity Fiacre The Four Crowned Martyrs Genesius of Arles Genesius of Rome Genevieve

Resistance to Appeal
2 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3

Patronage
Princesses England, kings, torture victims none Sailors, Formia and Gaeta [Italian cities] Goldsmiths and jewelers, anyone working with horses Hunters, anyone facing trials from a difficult situation Parents who have lost a child to death, widows Gardeners and other agricultural workers Stonemasons and sculptors

Areas of Favor
Family happiness, protection from mental illness and possession Protection from pandemics; wolves (Defense of the church, righteous anger) Protection from colic, intestinal disease, labor pain, and pestilence in cattle, (Protection from lightning) Horses, (Christian burial for criminals, manumission, self-mortification) Protection from family discord and fire none Growing medicinal or food plants; relief from venereal disease; healing particularly with herbalism none

Areas of Disfavor
Incest none (Controlling anger, remaining calm) none Simony Loss of faith when tried none Women none

Notes
Obscure outside Ireland

Celebrated along with her seven martyred sons

Two groups of saints (9 total) venerated collectively

3 3

Notaries, secretaries, and scribes Entertainers, particularly actors and comedians; torture victims; converts, particularly from paganism Paris

Protection from dandruff and chilblains (Baptism)

none none

Hilda The Holy Innocents Honoratus Hubert Julian the Hospitaller Lambert Menas Monica

3 3 3 2 2 3 2 3

none Babies and children none Hunters (The Ardennes, nobility) Hospitals and hospitallers, pilgrims and wanderers, repentant murderers, the sick none Traveling merchants Wives and mothers

Noncombatants in danger from war, prisoners of war, nuns and other female virgins dedicated to God, (visions and prophecies, relief from ergotism) Administration, advice, government, improving the common man, teaching none Bringing or stopping rain, protection from misfortune (Stags) Forgiveness, repentance (Marital fidelity) none Patience, wifely obedience

Armies and war

none (Kings) none none Curses, magic, witches none none Dissolute and debaucherous behavior, The infants murdered by Herod, venerated collectively

Power Moses Magnus of Fssen Nino Notbunga Odile Pantaleon Philip of Zell Pirmin Remy Rupert

Resistance to Appeal
3 3 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 2 none

Patronage

Areas of Favor
Religious law, prophecy Protection from lightning none none Good eyesight, protection from blindness (and diseases of the ear; larkspurs) none none Relief from poison none none

Areas of Disfavor
sex Material concerns none none none (Overbearing fathers, pagan barbarians) none none (Spanish Moslems) none none

Notes

(Fssen in Bavaria)
Georgia Servants none Midwives, Physicians Infants, (repentant thieves, creatures of the forest) none France Miners, especially salt miners; Salzburg

Two separate, but similar saints

Stephen Swithun Ulrich Valentine Vitus

2 2 3 1 2

Casket makers, deacons, (martyrs) Hampshire, Winchester, and Southwark [southern England] Augsburg, weavers none none

Protection from headaches Weather, particularly rain and protection from drought; (construction and restoration of churches) Happy death; protection from birth complications, fever, fainting, mice and moles; (morality) (Protection from blindness) Protection from St. Vitus dance (epilepsy)

none (The indoors, wealth) Non-celibate priests none none Three separate saints; obscure; no connection to romance or love

Other Minor Saint Other Angel

6 7

none none

none none

none none

Includes saints Faith and Procopius; Rank in Host = 2 Rank in Host = 1