The Fourteen Holy Helpers Have a Basilica!

 

I never heard of them, and they have their own basilica? Who knew?

The basilica is located in Bad Staffelstein, Germany. According to Wikipedia, the fourteen holy helpers are:

* Achatius (or Acacius) (May 8), martyr, invoked against headache
* Barbara (December 4), virgin and martyr, invoked against fever and sudden death
* Blaise (also Blase and Blasius) (February 3), bishop and martyr, invoked against illness of the throat
* Catherine of Alexandria (November 25), virgin and martyr, invoked against sudden death
* Christopher (Christophorus) (July 25), martyr, invoked against bubonic plague
* Cyriacus (Cyriac) (August 8), deacon and martyr, invoked against temptation on the death-bed
* Denis (Dionysius) (October 9), bishop and martyr, invoked against headache
* Erasmus (Elmo) (June 2), bishop and martyr, invoked against intestinal ailments
* Eustachius (Eustace, Eustathius) (September 20), martyr, invoked against family discord
* George (April 23), soldier-martyr, for the health of domestic animals
* Giles (Aegidius) (September 1), hermit and abbot, invoked against plague, for a good confession
* Margaret of Antioch (July 20), virgin and martyr, invoked in childbirth
* Pantaleon (July 27), bishop and martyr, for physicians
* Vitus (also known as Saint Guy) (June 15), martyr, invoked against epilepsy