who is the patron saint of lost causes

The patron saint of lost causes is St. Jude Thaddeus , one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, traditionally invoked for desperate or seemingly hopeless situations.

Quick Scoop: Who Is He?

• St. Jude (often called Jude Thaddeus) was one of Jesus’s original apostles and is considered a relative of Jesus in some traditions.

• In the Catholic Church he is especially known as the patron saint of “desperate cases and lost causes” or “hopeless causes.”

• Many people turn to him in prayer when every other solution seems to have failed, asking for help, healing, or a way forward.

Some sources also mention St. Rita of Cascia as a patron of “impossible causes,” closely related to the idea of lost causes, but St. Jude is the main and most widely known figure for this title.

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