Religious Pendant of Saint Peregrine Catholic Patron of Cancer

About St. Peregrine: Peregrine Laziosi, was born in Forli, Italy in 1260. In his early years, he was active in politics and opposed the Pope. Later, he experienced a conversion that changed his life and led him to commit himself to serving God and others. At the age of 60, Peregrine was suffering from cancer of the leg, and his doctor decided to amputate. The night before the operation, Peregrine prayed before an image of the crucifixion. The following day, the doctor arrived to perform the amputation and found no signs of cancer! Peregrine was miraculously cured! The news of Peregrine’s healing rapidly spread throughout the Church. Christians began to invoke his name and ask for his intercession for relief of their suffering and cures of their diseases. Peregrine was canonized in 1726. Since then, people’s devotion to St. Peregrine has grown far and wide. Prayer to Saint Peregrine: St. Peregrine, whom Holy Mother Church has declared Patron of those suffering from Cancer, I confidently turn to you for help in my present sickness. I beg your kind intercession. Ask God to relieve me of this sickness, if it be his Holy Will. Plead with the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of Sorrows, whom you loved so tenderly and in union with whom you have suffered the pains of Cancer, that she may help me with her powerful prayers and loving consolation. But if it should be God’s Holy Will that I bear this sickness, obtain for me courage and strength to accept these trials from the loving hand of God with patience and resignation, because he knows what is best for the salvation of my soul. St. Peregrine, be my friend and patron. Help me to imitate you in accepting suffering, and to unite myself with Jesus Crucified and the Mother of Sorrows, as you did. I offer my pains to God with all the love of my heart, for his glory and the salvation of souls, especially my own. Amen.