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
At the behest of Clotilda, the waters of the fountain of Andelys were changed into wine for the relief of the weary labourer, and the tutelary saint is still worshipped by the faithful.
From Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 2 by Turner, Dawson
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 Collins, William Wiehe
He had never been to Assisi, where his tutelary saint was born.
From Without Prejudice by Zangwill, Israel
Before the first Sunday in Lent, the Nestorians fast three days, which they call the fast of Jonas; and the Armenians fast five days in honour of St Lorkis, their tutelary saint.
