Animals and nature

Any of these can be asked. There is no order of precedence and no wrong choice, so pick whoever the story fits.

• St. AmbroseDrafted into a bishopric by a crowd: he baptized Augustine and made an emperor do penance.
• St. Anthony the AbbotSold everything at twenty, walked into the desert, and fathered monasticism.
• St. CorneliusThe pope who opened the door to those who had broken under persecution.
• St. CuthbertShepherd, prior, hermit, bishop, and the first man on record to protect wild birds.
• St. EligiusThe master metalsmith who kept honest gold: patron of everyone who works on machines.
• St. Francis of AssisiGave away everything, and is asked for by people who love animals and creation.
• St. HubertConverted mid hunt by a stag he could not shoot, the hunters’ saint.
• St. Kateri TekakwithaThe Lily of the Mohawks: scarred at four, exiled for her faith, first Native American saint.
• St. Martin de PorresBarred from full membership for his race, he outshone the order that barred him.
• St. RochA pilgrim who nursed plague victims, caught it, and was fed by a dog, asked for in epidemics.