St. Catherine and St. Dorothy (added in Sweden at the end of the Middle Ages) among others belong to this group. St. Dorothy helps the newly-weds, brides and gardeners, and St. Catherine aids during headaches and sore throat, and she is also the patron saint of speakers, scientists and librarians.
The pictures of patron saints were painted on wooden boards and they can recognised by their attributes: St. Dorothy is shown with a basket full of apples (which she miraculously got when she went to her death), and St. Catherine with a wheel and a sword (tools which she was tortured with before her death). The paintings are around 450 years old.
When at night I go to sleep,
Fourteen angels watch do keep,
Two my head are guarding,
Two my feet are guiding;
Two upon my right hand,
Two upon my left hand.
Two who warmly cover
Two who o’er me hover,
Two to whom ’tis given
To guide my steps to heaven.
