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

It was probably with a similar leaning towards the more liberal religion that the Lālbegis, though themselves Hindus, adopted a Muhammadan for their tutelary saint.

From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)

But why should I attempt to detail all these monuments, while it would require folios for the purpose; let me rather introduce you to the hero and tutelary saint of this sanctuary.

From After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 by Frye, Major W. E

St. Keyne or St. Keyna, the tutelary saint of this well, is said to have been a pious virgin, the daughter of Braganus, Prince of Brecknockshire, who lived about the year 490.

From The Cornish Riviera by Haslehust, E. W.

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