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  2. Saint Sebastian - Wikipedia

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    Saint Sebastian by El Greco (1578) in Cathedral of San Antolín, Palencia. Sebastian is one of the patron saints of the city of Qormi in Malta [47] Sebastian is the patron saint of Acireale, Caserta and Petilia Policastro in Italy, Melilli in Sicily, and San Sebastián as well as Palma de Mallorca, Lubrín and Huelva in Spain.

  3. List of patron saints by occupation and activity - Wikipedia

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    Servers the sick - Saint Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur [26] Shepherds - Bernadette of Lourdes, [5] Cuthbert, Cuthman, Dominic of Silos, Drogo of Sebourg, George, Germaine Cousin, Julian the Hospitaller, Raphael the Archangel, Regina, Solange; Shoemakers - Crispin, Gangulphus, Peter the Apostle, Theobald of Provins; Shorthand writers ...

  4. Saint Christopher - Wikipedia

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    One day he carried an unknown young boy across a river after which the boy revealed himself as Christ. Because of his help to travelers, he became the patron saint of travelers. In the iconography of the Western Church, the saint is often depicted as a giant with a staff carrying the infant Jesus across a river on his shoulders. Small images of ...

  5. Martin Scorsese brings St. Sebastian's story of steadfast ...

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    St. Sebastian, the patron saint of soldiers and athletes, is featured in the newest episode of Martin Scorsese's "The Saints" miniseries on Fox Nation.

  6. Athleta Christi - Wikipedia

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    Athleta Christi (Latin: "Champion of Christ") was a class of Early Christian soldier martyrs or military saints, of whom the most familiar example is probably Saint Sebastian. It also could be used to refer to Christians with exemplary martial prowess, especially when fighting against non-Christians or heretics.

  7. Patron saint - Wikipedia

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    A patron saint, patroness saint, patron hallow or heavenly protector is a saint who in Catholicism, Lutheranism, Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy or Oriental Orthodoxy is regarded as the heavenly advocate of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, family, or person.

  8. Patron saints of places - Wikipedia

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    Patron saint Notes Asia: Francis Xavier [1] John the Evangelist is the patron saint of Asia Minor, but not the entire continent. [2] [3] Africa: Moses the Black Our Lady of Africa: Cyprian is patron saint of Africa, the Roman province (Tunisia), not the entire continent. [4] The Americas: The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Guadalupe) [5] [6]

  9. Military saint - Wikipedia

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    Saint George: soldiers and all people protecting the nation, and patron saint of the city of Moscow. Also co-patron of cavalry and Tank Troops. Saints Alexander Peresvet and Rodion Oslyabya: Radonezhskiy holy monk-warriors. Saint Nicetas the Goth (Vesoron): Orthodox soldiers. Saints Boris and Gleb, holy Orthodox princes of Russia: soldiers.