tutelary saint
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He is the tutelary saint of virtuosos, and Picasso's virtuosity is the one fact of modern art that everybody knows something about.
From Time Magazine Archive
He introduced Christianity among his people, on which account he was canonized, and is now the tutelary saint of his nation.
From The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)
Every house had its figure of the Virgin, the Saviour, or some tutelary saint, and on the door were billets of paper with prayers.
From The World of Waters A Peaceful Progress o'er the Unpathed Sea by Osborne, Mrs. David
Before the first Sunday in Lent, the Nestorians fast three days, which they call the fast of Jonas; and the Armenians fast five days in honour of St Lorkis, their tutelary saint.
He had never been to Assisi, where his tutelary saint was born.
From Without Prejudice by Zangwill, Israel
