There is a patron for virtually every cause, profession or special interest. The following facts provides fast information about Saint Cajetan:
- Saint Cajetan
- The Patron Saint of Employment
- Memorial Day / Feast Day: August 7
- Date of Death of Saint Cajetan: August 7, 1547
- Cause of Death: Natural Causes - some say grief
Prayers to Saint Cajetan the Patron Saint of Employment
There is a patron for virtually every cause, country, profession or special interest. Prayers are considered more likely to be answered by asking a patron, such as Saint Cajetan the Patron Saint of Employment for intercession on their behalf.
Prayer To Find A Job
Why is Saint Cajetan the Patron Saint of Employment?
Why is Saint Cajetan the Patron Saint of Employment? Why is Saint Cajetan the Patron Saint of Unemployed? Because he was always concerned with the poor who include those unfortunates who could not find a job. He founded a bank to help the poor and offer an alternative to usurers (loan sharks who charged high interest rates) which later became the Bank of Naples.
How Patron Saint of Employment is represented in Christian Art
It is helpful to be able to recognise Saint Cajetan the Patron Saint of Employment in paintings, stained glass windows, illuminated manuscripts, architecture and other forms of Christian art. The artistic representations reflect the life or death of saints, or an aspect of life with which the person is most closely associated. Saint Cajetan the Patron Saint of Employment is represented in Christian Art as a Theatine monk with a winged heart.
Feast Day of Patron Saint of Employment
The Feast Day of Saint Cajetan the Patron Saint of Employment is August 7. The origin of Feast Days: most saints have specially designated feast days and are associated with a specific day of the year and these are referred to as the saint's feast day. The feast days first arose from the very early Christian custom of the annual commemoration of martyrs on the dates of their deaths at the same time celebrating their birth into heaven.
