patron saint

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With their help, the conference can put its money where its mouth is, as the patron saint of world-changing upstarts.

From Slate • May 8, 2026

Our twisted version of a capitalist guardian angel, patron saint of spandex in a cropped matching set.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Just as Pilates has a patron saint in Joseph Pilates, the field of somatics has the late Thomas Hanna, a philosopher and student of neurology who coined the term in 1976.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Wales celebrates its patron saint every year on 1 March.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

But this one time each May, on the day of San Isidro, who was the patron saint of all farmers, they opened the small adobe church in town.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols