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The saints included were:

• Achatius , invoked against headache
• Barbara, against fever and sudden death
• Blaise, against illness of the throat
• Catherine of AlexandriaSaint Catherine of Alexandria known as Saint Catherine of the Wheel is an apocryphal figure claimed to have been a noted scholar in the early 4th Century who, at the age of only 18, is said to have visited the Emperor Maximinus II and to have convinced hi, against sudden death
• ChristopherThis article is about the Christian saint known as Christopher. For information on the island formerly known as St Christopher, see Saint Kitts. Saint Christopher was a saint venerated by Roman Catholics, who had been listed as a martyr from the reign of, against bubonic plague
• Cyriacus , against temptation on the death-bed
• DenisSaint Denis also known as Denys Dionysius or Dennis is a Christian saint, bishop of Paris, martyr, and a patron saint of France. He died around 250. Gregory of Tours simply states of Denis that he was bishop of the Parisii and was martyred by being behead, against headache
• Erasmus, against intestinalTh intestine is the portion of the alimentary canal extending from the stomach to the anus and, in humans and other mammals, consists of two segments, the small intestine and the large intestine. In humans, the small intestine is further subivided into th ailments
• Eustachius , against family discord
• GeorgeFor alternate uses, see Saint George (disambiguation Saint George (c. 275/ 280 April 23, 303), either a soldier of the Roman Empire and later Christian martyr or a figure in Christian mythology. Traditional origin The traditional account of his life is co, for the health of domestic animalSubkingdom Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subkingdom " Agnotozoa" Placozoa Orthonectida Rhombozoa Subkingdom Metazoa "Radiata" Cnidaria Ctenophora (comb jellies) Bilateria Protostomia Acoelomorpha Platyhelminthes (flatworms) Nemertina (ribbon worms) Gastrotris
• Giles, against plague, for a good confession
• Margaret of Antioch, for childbirth
• Pantaleon, for physicians
• Vitus, against epilepsy

For one or another of the saints in the original set, Anthony the Anchorite, Leonard , Nicholas, Sebastian, or Roch were sometimes substituted.

Later history has not been kind to all of the saints named to this list. Barbara, Catherine of Alexandria, Christopher, George, and Margaret of Antioch have all been dropped from the list of saints for universal veneration in the reform of the Roman Catholic liturgy in 1969, on the grounds that they were mythical. The Fourteen Holy Helpers had a collective feast day on August 8; with so many holes in the lineup, it too was dropped in 1969.