What is a patron saint?

Fosse4

Dictionary definition - Patron a person under whose protection another has placed themself. Mar 19 03, 12:04 AM

Yank	Dictionary Definition - Saint one officially recognized esp. through canonization as preeminent for holiness. Mar 19 03, 12:53 AM

Gnomon

A patron saint is a special saint that keeps an eye on you from heaven and is already with a good word to the almighty. St Gabriel, for example, is the patron saint of Information Technology (I'm not making that up!). Ireland has three patron saints: St Patick, St Brigid and St Columba. Mar 19 03, 7:59 AM

exceller

Patrom saints are saints that have a connection with a particular group of people. Some saints are considered saints of particular work or careers, such as engineering. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patron_saint Apr 27 08, 10:05 PM

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