Who Is St. Peregrine, the ‘Cancer Saint’ Catholics Are Invoking for Pope Leo XIV?

Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator

Oct 14, 2026 - 04:00

Who Is St. Peregrine, the ‘Cancer Saint’ Catholics Are Invoking for Pope Leo XIV?

Candles surround a statue of St. Peregrine in the Serra Chapel at Mission San Juan Capistrano, California, on May 4, 2025.

As Pope Leo XIV recovers from lung cancer surgery, meet St. Peregrine Laziosi, the Servite priest healed the night before his amputation and now patron of cancer patients.

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