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PATRON SAINTS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ST. VALENTINE IS THE PATRON SAINT OF THESE, WHICH "THE WORLD WILL ALWAYS WELCOME" | LOVERS |
| HE'S THE PATRON SAINT OF TRAVELERS AND MOTORISTS | ST. CHRISTOPHER |
| THIS BIBLICAL HUSBAND IS THE PATRON SAINT OF CARPENTERS | JOSEPH |
| ST. VITUS IS THE PATRON SAINT OF THESE PERFORMERS | DANCERS |
| THESE HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES HAVE THERE PATRON IN ST. AGATHA | NURSES |
| THE PATRON SAINT OF NURSES | ST. AGATHA |
| THIS PATRON SAINT OF MUSIC HAS OFTEN BEEN DEPICTED IN ART | ST. CECILIA |
| SANTA ROSA DE LIMA IS HONORED WITH FESTIVALS EACH AUGUST 30 IN THIS COUNTRY WHERE SHE'S PATRON SAINT | PERU |
| AN IMMIGRANT HERSELF, THIS ITALIAN-AMERICAN MOTHER IS THE PATRON SAINT OF IMMIGRANTS | MOTHER CABRINI |
| THIS NEW TESTAMENT MARTYR IS THE PATRON SAINT OF BRICKLAYERS | ST. STEPHEN |
| THE PATRON SAINT OF LOST CAUSES | ST. JUDE |
| HE'S NOT JUST THE PATRON SAINT OF LOVE & LOVERS, BUT ALSO BEE KEEPERS AND YOUNG PEOPLE | ST. VALENTINE |
| THIS PATRON SAINT OF FRANCE, ST. MARTIN OF ... THIS CITY WAS FAMOUS FOR HIS CHARITY & KINDNESS | TOURS |
| PATRON SAINT OF FRANCE | ST. DENIS |
| ST. DENIS IS THE PATRON SAINT OF THIS COUNTRY | FRANCE |
| CANONIZED IN 1933, THIS FRENCH NUN & VISIONARY IS THE PATRON SAINT OF LOURDES | BERNADETTE |
| THIS SAINT IS ALSO THE PATRON SAINT OF SHOE SHINERS AND NOT JUST ON CHRISTMAS | ST. NICHOLAS |
| THE RUNNING OF THE BULLS IS PART OF THIS JULY FIESTA HONORING A PRIEST BORN HERE IN PAMPLONA, THE PATRON SAINT OF THE CITY | SAN FERMIN |
| THIS PATRON SAINT OF MEDITERRANEAN SAILORS LENT HIS NAME TO A PHENOMENON SEEN DURING STORMS | ST. ELMO |
| APRIL 25 IS THE FEAST DAY OF THIS PATRON SAINT OF VENICE, AND VENETIANS CELEBRATE IT WITH A GONDOLA RACE | ST. MARK |
| ST. NORBERT AND ST. SIGMUND ARE PORTRAYED WITH THIS GOOD KING; ALL THREE ARE CZECH PATRON SAINTS | WENCESLAS |
| ST. VALENTINE IS THE PATRON SAINT NOT ONLY OF LOVERS BUT ALSO OF SUFFERERS OF THIS DEADLY MEDIEVAL DISEASE | PLAGUE |
| NAMED FOR THE PATRON SAINT OF SAILORS, THIS FORM OF LIGHTNING CAN BE SEEN AROUND SHIP MASTS | ST. ELMO'S FIRE |
| THE PATRON SAINT OF LOVERS IS HONORED ON THIS ANNUAL HOLIDAY | VALENTINE'S DAY |
| JOSEF SUK ARRANGED A MEDITATION ON AN OLD CAROL ABOUT THIS BOHEMIAN "KING", THE CZECH PATRON SAINT | WENCESLAS |
| IN 1016 OLAF II HARALDSSON EFFECTIVELY BECAME ITS KING AND LATER ITS PATRON SAINT | NORWAY |
| THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A PATRON SAINT OF HAWKS, BUT DAVID OF WALES IS THE PATRON SAINT OF THESE BIRDS | DOVES |
| THIS PATRON SAINT OF LOURDES' BODY HAS REMAINED UNCHANGED IN ITS GLASS DISPLAY CASE SINCE HER DEATH IN 1879 | BERNADETTE |
| PATRICIUS, THE SON OF CALPURNIUS, A ROMAN NOBLEMAN, TRAVELED TO AND BECAME THE PATRON SAINT OF THIS COUNTRY | IRELAND |
| SAINT DAVID, PATRON SAINT OF THIS U.K. COUNTRY, PASSED ON TO HIS HEAVENLY REWARD IN THE 7TH-C. | WALES |
| EARLY IN THE 2ND MILLENNIUM, SHIPS FROM THIS CITY BEGAN FLYING THE FLAG OF SAINT MARK, ITS PATRON SAINT | VENICE |
| SAINT AGNES, A PATRONESS OF THE CHILDREN OF MARY, IS DEPICTED IN ART HOLDING THIS LITTLE ANIMAL | LAMB |
| THIS ITALIAN-BORN PATRON SAINT OF IMMIGRANTS WAS THE FIRST U.S. CITIZEN TO BE CANONIZED | MOTHER FRANCIS XAVIER CABRINI |
| THE FIRST U.S. CITIZEN TO BE CANONIZED | MOTHER CABRINI |
| HE'S THE PATRON SAINT OF BOTH THE BOY SCOUTS AND ENGLAND | ST. GEORGE |
| A FOLLOWER OF ST. FRANCIS, THIS "POOR" SAINT IS THE PATRONESS OF TELEVISION | CLAIRE |
| ERASMUS, A PATRON SAINT OF SAILORS, IS ALSO KNOWN BY THIS NAME | ST. ELMO |
| FOUNDED IN 1411, SCOTLAND'S OLDEST UNIVERSITY WAS NAMED AFTER THIS APOSTLE, SCOTLAND'S PATRON SAINT | ST. ANDREW |
| HIS BROTHER BECAME A BISHOP OF ROME AND HE BECAME THE PATRON SAINT OF SCOTLAND | ST. ANDREW |
| PATRON SAINT OF HOSPITALS AND DESPERATE CAUSES | ST. JUDE |
| PATRON SAINT OF SOUTH AMERICA, SHE WAS THE FIRST CANONIZED SAINT OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE | ST. ROSE OF LIMA |
| ST. BRIGID FOUNDED THE FIRST CONVENT IN THIS COUNTRY, AT KILDARE, AND IS ONE OF ITS PATRON SAINTS | IRELAND |
| A PATRON SAINT OF RUSSIA, HE WAS PROBABLY SKINNY & NEVER WORE A RED SUIT | ST. NICHOLAS |
| THOUGH HE NEVER SLEW ANY DRAGONS THERE, HE'S ENGLAND'S PATRON SAINT | ST. GEORGE |
| THIS FIRST NAME OF A PATRON SAINT OF A COUNTRY COMES FROM A ROMAN WORD REFERRING TO A SOCIAL CLASS | ST. PATRICK |
| A 20TH-C. WRITER DERIVED THIS PEN NAME FROM THE PATRON SAINT OF ENGLAND AND A RIVER IN SUFFOLK | GEORGE ORWELL |
| IN NOVEMBER 2000, POPE JOHN PAUL II PROCLAIMED THIS 16TH-C. ENGLISHMAN AS THE PATRON SAINT OF POLITICIANS | ST. THOMAS MORE |
| IT'S BELIEVED THAT THIS PATRON SAINT FOUNDED MANY MONASTERIES, INCLUDING ONE AT MYNYW | ST. DAVID |
| LEGEND SAYS SAINT RULE BROUGHT THIS SAINT'S RELICS TO THE COAST OF FIFE IN 368 | ST. ANDREW |
| HE'S THE PATRON SAINT OF THE HOMETOWN OF SHAKESPEARE'S SHREW | ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA |
| PATRON SAINT OF LOST ITEMS AND THE POOR | ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA |
| PATRON SAINT OF WALES | ST. DAVID |
| IN 1999 E-MAILS FLEW AS MOVES WERE MADE TO NAME SAINT ISIDORE OF SEVILLE THE PATRON SAINT OF THIS GLOBAL SYSTEM | INTERNET |
| IN 1969 THE VATICAN REMOVED THIS PATRON SAINT OF ENGLAND FROM THE OFFICIAL CALENDAR OF SAINTS | ST. GEORGE |
| SPANISH SAILORS NAMED THIS ARGENTINE CITY IN HONOR OF ST. MARY, PATRON SAINT OF GOOD WINDS | BUENOS AIRES |
| THIS TRANSLATOR OF THE LATIN VULGATE BIBLE IS THE PATRON SAINT OF LIBRARIANS | ST. JEROME |
| COLUMBUS NAMED THE ISLAND NOW USUALLY CALLED ST. KITTS FOR THIS MAN, HIS PATRON SAINT | ST. CHRISTOPHER |
| THIS PLAYWRIGHT'S BIRTHDAY IS CELEBRATED ON APRIL 23, PARTLY BECAUSE THAT'S THE FEAST DAY OF ST. GEORGE, ENGLAND'S PATRON SAINT | SHAKESPEARE |
| A "GREAT" PASS AND A "LITTLE" PASS IN THE ALPS ARE NAMED FOR THIS SAINT | ST. BERNARD |
| HE'S THE PATRON SAINT OF POETS AND OF WALES | ST. DAVID |
| ST. MARK IS THE PATRON SAINT OF THIS ITALIAN CITY | VENICE |
| THIS COSTA RICAN CAPITAL IS NAMED FOR THE COUNTRY'S PATRON SAINT JOSEPH | SAN JOSE |
| PATRON SAINT OF BOHEMIA | WENCESLAS |
| PETER THE GREAT NAMED THIS CITY FOR HIS PATRON SAINT | ST. PETERSBURG |
| THIS ARCHANGEL IS THE PATRON SAINT OF MESSENGERS | GABRIEL |
| MOTHER OF THE VIRGIN MARY, SHE'S THE PATRON SAINT OF PREGNANT WOMEN | ST. ANNE |
| SAINT CUNEGARD IS THE PATRONESS OF THIS EUROPEAN GRAND DUCHY OF WHICH SHE WAS A PRINCESS | LUXEMBOURG |
| THIS SAINT WHO WAS BURNED AT THE STAKE IS THE PATRON SAINT OF FRANCE AND OF SOLDIERS | JOAN OF ARC |
| SINTERCLAUS, FROM WHICH SANTA CLAUS IS DERIVED, IS THE DUTCH NAME FOR THIS PATRON OF SAILORS AND CHILDREN | ST. NICHOLAS |
| THIS PATRON OF SKIERS IS BEST REMEMBERED FOR THE HOSPICES HE FOUNDED IN THE ALPS | ST. BERNARD |
| THIS BELOVED PHYSICIAN OF THE NEW TESTAMENT IS THE PATRON SAINT OF PAINTERS | LUKE |
| IN THE 1560S, RICHARD DAVIES, BISHOP OF ST. DAVID'S, HELPED TRANSLATE THE NEW TESTAMENT INTO THIS LANGUAGE | WELSH |
| POLAND'S PATRON SAINT IS ST. STANISLAUS OF THIS CITY, THE FORMER CAPITAL OF POLAND | KRAKOW |
| CONSECRATED IN 1094, THIS BASILICA WAS NAMED FOR THE PATRON SAINT OF VENICE | ST. MARK'S |
| IN ENGLAND, IT IS APPROPRIATE TO FLY THE UNION JACK ON APRIL 23, THIS SAINT'S DAY | ST. GEORGE |
| A PATRON SAINT OF COOKS, SHE WAS THE SISTER OF LAZARUS AND MARY OF BETHANY | MARTHA |
| HE'S THE PATRON SAINT OF THE ORDER OF THE GARTER, THE HIGHEST ORDER OF ENGLISH KNIGHTHOOD | ST. GEORGE |
| KING OLAF II IS THIS COUNTRY'S PATRON SAINT | NORWAY |
| SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL FLAG DISPLAYS THE CROSS OF THIS MAN | ST. ANDREW |
| THE NAME OF THIS PATRON SAINT OF WAYFARERS COMES FROM GREEK FOR "ONE WHO CARRIES CHRIST" | ST. CHRISTOPHER |
| HIS WINGED LION IS THE SYMBOL OF THE CITY OF VENICE | ST. MARK |
| THE FAMILY OF THIS PATRON SAINT OF STUDENTS ONCE KEPT HIM IN A CASTLE TO KEEP HIM FROM BECOMING A FRIAR | ST. THOMAS AQUINAS |
| CALLED THE APOSTLE OF ORGANIZED CHARITY, HE'S THE PATRON OF CHARITABLE SOCIETIES | ST. VINCENT DE PAUL |
| PATRON SAINT OF ANIMALS & NATURE | ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI |
| FOUNDER OF THE JESUITS | IGNATIUS LOYOLA |
| JESUIT MISSIONARY WHO INTRODUCED CHRISTIANITY TO JAPAN | FRANCIS XAVIER |
| "APOSTLE OF THE INDIES" | FRANCIS XAVIER |
| 5TH-C. "CONFESSIONS" AND "CITY OF GOD"; PHILOSOPHER AND BISHOP OF HIPPO | AUGUSTINE |
| MOTHER OF ST. AUGUSTINE | MONICA |
| 13TH-C. AUTHOR OF "SUMMA THEOLOGICA" | THOMAS AQUINAS |
| "ANGELIC DOCTOR" | THOMAS AQUINAS |
| CRUCIFIED ON AN X-SHAPED CROSS | ST. ANDREW |
| CANADIAN RIVER NAMED FOR A SAINT | ST. LAWRENCE |
| FRENCH SAINT OF CHARITY & KINDNESS | ST. MARTIN OF TOURS |
| FIRST BISHOP OF PARIS | ST. DENIS |
| PATRON SAINT OF POLAND | STANISLAUS |
| FIRST AMERICAN SAINT | MOTHER CABRINI (BORN IN ITALY) |
| FIRST AMERICAN-BORN SAINT | ELIZABETH ANN SETON |
| FIRST AMERICAN-BORN MALE SAINT | JOHN NEUMANN |
| FIRST POPE; CRUCIFIED UPSIDE DOWN | ST. PETER |
| BOOK OF REVELATION WRITER | ST. JOHN THE DIVINE |
| SAINT OF "CANTERBURY TALES" PILGRIMAGE | THOMAS A BECKET |
| EXECUTED BY HENRY II | THOMAS A BECKET |
| AUTHOR OF "UTOPIA"; EXECUTED BY HENRY VIII | THOMAS MORE |
| SUBJECT OF "A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS" | THOMAS MORE |
| EVANGELIZER OF SPAIN; AKA SANTIAGO | ST. JAMES |
| MOTHER OF CONSTANTINE; FOUND PIECE OF THE TRUE CROSS | HELENA |
| JULY 15TH; FORETELLING THE WEATHER | ST. SWITHUN |
| MINISTERED TO LEPERS IN HAWAII | FATHER DAMIEN |
| VEIL WITH FACE OF JESUS ON IT | VERONICA |
| INVENTOR OF SLAVIC ALPHABET SCRIPT | CYRIL |
| DECEMBER 13 IN SWEDEN | ST. LUCIA |
| ALL SAINTS' DAY | NOVEMBER 1 |
| ALL SOULS' DAY | NOVEMBER 2 |
| "SAINT OF THE GUTTERS" | MOTHER TERESA |
| THIS PERSON HAD THE DUTY TO PRESENT ARGUMENTS AGAINST SAINTHOOD | DEVIL'S ADVOCATE |
| THIS ARTIST WAS BORN ON THE FEAST DAY OF 2 APOSTLES | PETER PAUL RUBENS |
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