THE FOURTEEN HOLY HELPERS; ARE SAINTS WHO FIRST BECAME GROUPED TOGETHER AND HELPED ASSIST THOSE AFFECTED BY THE BLACK PLAGUE, WHICH RAVAGED EUROPE BETWEEN 1346 AND 1349. ST. ACHATIUS, MARTYR - MAY 8 ST. BARBARA - VIRGIN AND MARTYR - DECEMBER 4 ST. BLAISE - BISHOP AND MARTYR - FEBRUARY 3 ST. CATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA - VIRGIN AND MARTYR - NOVEMBER 25 ST. CHRISTOPHER – MARTYR - JULY 25 ST. CYRIACUS (CYRIAC), MARTYR - AUGUST 8 ST. DIONYSIUS (DENIS) - BISHOP AND MARTYR - OCTOBER 9 ST. ERASMUS (ELMO) - BISHOP AND MARTYR - JUNE 2 ST. EUSTACHIUS (EUSTACE) - MARTYR - SEPTEMBER 20 ST. GEORGE – MARTYR - APRIL 23 ST. GILES - ABBOT - SEPTEMBER 1 ST. MARGARET OF ANTIOCH - VIRGIN AND MARTYR - JULY 20 ST. PANTALEON – MARTYR - JULY 27 ST. VITUS – MARTYR - JUNE 15
