Catholic Mythology
- St. Anne, patron saint of pregnancy and mothers
- St. Catherine of Sweden, patron saint of protection against abortion and miscarriage
- St. Gerard Majella, patron saint of childbirth, motherhood, children and mothers (unborn children and expecting mothers in particular)
- St. Margaret the Virgin, patron saint of childbirth and pregnant women
- Phallic saints, a group of saints invoked for fertility
- St. Raymond Nonnatus, patron saint of childbirth, midwives, children, and pregnant women
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