patron saint

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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

The remains of Italy's patron saint, St Francis of Assisi, have gone on public display to mark 800 years since his death.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 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

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