Patron saint
A patron saint, patroness saint, patron hallow or heavenly protector is a saint who in Catholicism, Lutheranism, Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy is regarded as the heavenly advocate of a nation, place, craft, activity, class,... Wikipedia
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St. Patrick, for example, is the patron saint of Ireland because he is credited with bringing Christianity to the Irish people. In Roman Catholicism a person ...
Patron Saints A-Z ; coppersmiths, coppersmiths. Benedict, Eulogius of Cordoba, Leonard of Noblac, Maurus ; Cordoba, Spain, Cordoba, Spain Acisclus, Victoria.
Saint Agatha Patron Saint of Breast Cancer. Saint Agnes Patron Saint of Young Girls. Saint Anthony Patron Saint of Lost Things and Lost Souls.
St. David is the patron saint of Wales. St. Christopher is the patron saint of travelers.
a saint regarded as the special guardian of a person, group, trade, country, etc.