These traits made Albert Einstein the patron saint of distracted school kids everywhere.
In Greece, he is the patron saint of sailors; in France he was the patron of lawyers, and in Belgium the patron of children and travelers.
True enough, the sun shines on the saint and the sinner alike, and too often it seems that the wicked prosper.
Monsignor Geronimo Reyes, parish priest and rector of the Minor Basilica, said the celebration is a good opportunity to reflect on the life and martyrdom of the Filipino saint.
St David is the patron saint of Wales.
He would have been a saint, but within a decade we shall have him.
Mozart keeps the listener continuously off-balance; he is an imp and trickster, the patron saint of practical jokes, as it were.
Both men and women were allowed to draw from the box, and the game was to emulate the ways of the saint they drew during the rest of the year.
Christians in the Middle Ages believed that the relics of a saint could be used to intercede with God just as the saint had done in life.
The only difference between saints and sinners is that every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.
ZioF. T., the patron saint of giggling, naughty children who toboggan downstaircases, throw bread balls at restaurants and even put toddler cousins inlarge salad bowls and spin them across floors.
IMPORTS were once the lifeblood of Venice; even its patron saint came from abroad.
St. Nicholas became the patron saint of Russia, where he was famous for his red cape, flowing white beard, and bishop's mitre.
This sculpture is in Glasgow's Church of saint Mungo, named for the city's patron saint.
A few days later, my daughter came to visit me at S. Stefano degli Innocenti (that's the name of the asylum; Santo Stefano is the patron saint of thieves and liars, also bakers).
Ten centuries later, in 1088, a monk built a monastery on the island dedicated to the saint.
Her bookshelf now held a tiny statue of Santa Rita, the saint of the impossible.
If this saint was still around today, his message would be even sweeter written in buttercream frosting on a heart-shape cake.
Nature to a saint is sacramental.
The concept of the American Santa Claus originated with St. Nicholas, who was born in Asia Minor in 280 A.D. he was known as a kind, benevolent man; indeed made a saint because of his generosity.
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