The Fourteen Holy Helpers are fourteen saints that are collectively invoked against various ailments and dangers. Devotion to the Fourteen Holy Helpers began in 14th-century Germany, which was suffering from the bubonic plague.
Pictured from top left to right: St. Blase, St. Eustachius (Eustace), St. Achatius, St. Barbara, St. Dionysius (Denis), St. Catherine of Alexandria, St. Aegidius (Giles), St. Margaret of Antioch, St. Pantaleon, St. Christopher, St. Cyriacus, St. George, St. Vitus (Guy), St. Erasmus (Elmo).
