patron saint

Example Sentences

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The club also celebrates Saint Barbara, the patron saint of miners, by wearing a commemorative shirt every year during an early-December home match.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Ah Bartleby, the patron saint of quiet quitters!

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

Among the small community of people who adore the photoplayer, Rinaudo is something of a patron saint.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2025

The ferocious storm reduced El Cobre, the 7,000-population home of a sanctuary to the Virgin of Charity of El Cobre, Cuba's patron saint, to rubble.

From Barron's • Oct. 31, 2025

“Is that he that hath fed on honeydew? Is that my saintly, sugarcoated brother, projected hero of the first game? The patron saint of jump shots?”

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy