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At the time, last March, the then-46-year-old Omidyar was being heralded as a patron saint of the financially beleaguered newsbiz.
Journalists + eBay Billionaire = Chaos. The Troubles at Pierre Omidyar’s First Look Media | Lloyd Grove | November 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEven the patron saint of teenage girls, Judy Blume, is featured on the back cover with a blurb for the book.
He subsequently spread the faith to what became Russia, which embraces him as a patron saint.
Ukrainians in U.S. Warn: ‘Mr. Putin, Heroes Do Not Die’ | Michael Daly | April 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
A decaying statue of St. Lucia, patron saint of the blind, holds a platter with two eyes.
They filed out beneath the stained-glass windows depicting the patron saint of beekeepers and candle makers.
As 2014 Began, a Fateful Path to a Catholic Priest’s Murder | Michael Daly | January 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was believed in Ypres that the town had been saved by the intercession of the Virgin Mary, its patron saint.
Belgium | George W. T. (George William Thomson) OmondShe took part in the erection of the Cathedral of Ely amid the morasses of the “Fen” country, and was chosen as its patron saint.
Milton's England | Lucia Ames MeadSan Francisco Bay, the harbor the Franciscans named for their patron saint, is noted for its picturesque scenery.
Stories of California | Ella M. SextonPiran, the patron saint of tinners, would hardly have called down such a curse, though he might have done so if greatly provoked.
The Cornwall Coast | Arthur L. SalmonMeeting, therefore, on so auspicious a day as that of the patron saint, might in "merrie time" of old induce a little festivity.
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