patron saint

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Just as Pilates has a patron saint in Joseph Pilates, the field of somatics has the late Thomas Hanna, a philosopher and student of neurology who coined the term in 1976.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

He is also the patron saint of animals and the environment.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

Floraina Duany, 80, prayed on Tuesday to Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre, patron saint of Cuba, asking that Melissa not cause damage.

From Barron's • Oct. 29, 2025

Sometimes, it feels like he’s the unofficial patron saint of art suffering, fixated on the glory and anguish of putting yourself out there in the world.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025

There is my grandmother in the bed heaving and gasping with the labor pains, praying to St. Gerard Majella, patron saint of expectant mothers.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt