Lists of Patron Saints
- Patron saints of ailments, illness and dangers
- Patron saints of occupations and activities
- Patron saints of places
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“Behold then Septimus Dodge returning to Dodge-town victorious. Not crowned with laurel, it is true, but wreathed in lists of things he has seen and sucked dry. Seen and sucked dry, you know: Venus de Milo, the Rhine or the Coloseum: swallowed like so many clams, and left the shells.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)
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To all the lists of Clay!”
—Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)
“I speak for all mediocrities in the world. I am their champion. I am their patron saint.”
—Peter Shaffer (b. 1926)
“Its imaginary value will increase with the years, and if he [his grandson-in-law] lives to my age, or another half century, he may see it carried in the procession of our nation’s birthday, as the relics of the saints are in those of the church.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)