Patron saints
Who Is the Patron Saint of Scientists?
Saint Albert the Great · Feast day November 15
The patron saint of scientists is Saint Albert the Great, whose feast day is November 15.
Who was Saint Albert the Great?
Saint Albert the Great was a Dominican friar and the teacher of Thomas Aquinas, one of the most learned men of the Middle Ages, who studied and wrote on nearly every science of his day, from astronomy to biology, believing that studying creation honors the Creator.
Why the patron of scientists?
As a churchman who pursued the natural sciences with reverence, he is the patron of scientists and natural philosophers.
In the Word
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.Psalm 19:1 (KJV)
A note for all traditions: patron saints are honored in the Catholic and Orthodox churches as examples of faith and as friends who pray with us, never worshiped, for worship belongs to God alone. Many Protestant Christians honor the saints as examples without asking their intercession. Across all traditions, there is one Lord and one mediator between God and us, the man Christ Jesus, and every one of us, not only the saints, is called to holiness and to him.
All the saints point to Jesus, and so are you called
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