tutelary saint
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He is the tutelary saint of virtuosos, and Picasso's virtuosity is the one fact of modern art that everybody knows something about.
From Time Magazine Archive
Every house had its figure of the Virgin, the Saviour, or some tutelary saint, and on the door were billets of paper with prayers.
From The World of Waters A Peaceful Progress o'er the Unpathed Sea by Mrs. David Osborne
Santa Claus I believe to be a corruption of Saint Nicholas, the tutelary saint of sailors, and consequently a great favourite with the Dutch.
From Notes and Queries, Number 188, June 4, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
At one end of the room was a rude frame, supporting the image of a tutelary saint.
From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. by John L. Stephens
In 828 the body of the Evangelist, stolen from Alexandria, was brought to Venice and S. Theodore the tutelary saint deposed to make way for a more important patron.
From Cathedral Cities of Italy by William Wiehe Collins
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