St. Peregrine
We have so many sinner-to-saint stories to inspire us to aim higher in our Catholic faith and Saint Peregrine Laziosi is one of them! Saint Peregrine is known as the Rebel Who Became a Saint. St. Peregrine was a rabid anti-papal young man, who spat in the face of a papal representative (St. Philip Benizi), and when St. Philip turned the other cheek, it was a moment of instant conversion to Catholicism. When he developed cancer, his prayer request to God for a miraculous cure was granted. This renowned story of healing is one that many cancer patients hope for when they ask for his intercession. St. Peregrine's feast day is May 4, and he is the patron saint of cancer and other incurable diseases.