Patrick's tradition that began in 1908, when students declared that the patron saint of Ireland also was the patron saint of engineers.
Saint Catherine of Siena (1347 to 1380) is co-patron saint of Italy and one of Europe's patron saints.
By the door hangs a picture of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Mexico's patron saint.
ECONOMIST: They came to America illegally, for the best of reasons
Its first public ceremony was the beatification of San Isidro, the patron saint of the city.
He is the patron saint (with Catherine and Bernardino of Siena) of the nation of Italy.
The patron saint of tinners will be celebrated later with a series of parades in Cornwall.
Since then, he has ruled as America's larger-than-life tycoon and its patron saint of material success.
And then, there were the references to the Virgin of Guadalupe, the patron saint of Mexico.
Francis of Assisi, patron saint of the poor may be conservative in terms of official church doctrine.
He is the patron saint of banking, pawnbroking, pirating, butchery, sailing, thievery, orphans, royalty, and New York City.
FORBES: Everything You Wanted to Know About Christmas (but were afraid to Google)
England's former patron saint could be buried under tennis courts in Bury St Edmunds, it has been claimed.
Saint Francis of Assisi is the patron saint of animals and the environment.
The running of the bulls is the marquee event of the week-long fiesta, named for Pamplona's patron saint, San Fermin.
Benjamin Graham, the patron saint of securities analysis, sidestepped this problem by averaging a decade of earnings in evaluating a stock.
Street artist Watchavato, for example, tags the walls of Mexico City with stencil prints of Jesus Malverde, the patron saint of drug dealers.
Thatcher became the patron saint of working-class strivers (as they would now be called) by giving council tenants the right to buy their homes.
In 1996, bones were found in St David's Cathedral, Pembrokeshire, which, it is claimed, could be those of the patron saint.
St George's Day, on 23 April, celebrates the patron saint of England.
Mr Bush's role model throughout his presidency was not his father but the patron saint of the modern conservative movement, Ronald Reagan.
ECONOMIST: Few people will mourn the departure of the 43rd president
Does this philosophy of cynical detachment have a name, a patron saint, a body of writing that seekers of truth can study?
FORBES: Chronicling The Decline And Fall Of Entitlement Democracy
The legal challenge follows a decision by Belfast City Council not to fund plans for an annual parade to celebrate the Irish patron saint.
The patron saint was born circa 542AD at Menevia, which is now called St David's - home of the famous cathedral on the Pembrokeshire coast.
When this feast of the patron saint of Ireland lands on a Sunday, as it does today, the pattern is even more pronounced, he says.
Below St Patrick's alleged burial site, the enlightening, highly interactive Saint Patrick Centre is the only dedicated exhibition centre in the world dedicated to Ireland's patron saint.
Soon after the column was published I got a scolding letter from John Bogle, founder of Vanguard Group and patron saint of cheap index funds.
The research was commissioned by Famous Grouse whisky and found 5% of the people surveyed said they had no idea who the country's patron saint was.
Towards the end, the patron saint travels the Atrato River, and people celebrate the dawn with devotional hymns and perform the Grand Procession of the Saint.
"They fly the Union flag at all times, with limited exceptions mainly for the patron saint days for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, " he said.
Between 22 and 29 April, Lucca also pays tribute to another local hero - its patron saint Zita, a 13thcentury serving maid who gave to the poor.
The forgery was sanctioned by Osbert of Clare, a prior at the Abbey in the 1150s, whose qualifications as the patron saint of spin doctors are unrivalled.
应用推荐