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patron saint

noun as in guardian saint

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I have been called the “king of weird” and the “patron saint of oddball cars.”

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.

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Saint Edgar of Alberta: patron saint of disciplined capital, guardian of dividends, protector of anyone smart enough to ignore cable news.

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People in a Welsh village were left baffled after St George's Crosses, the symbol of England's patron saint and the country's flag, appeared around the area.

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Or perhaps that was one of the many small outs contributing to the idea that Sheen may be the patron saint of men escaping consequences.

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