All 10 Uses of
patron
in
Angela's Ashes
- There is my grandmother in the bed heaving and gasping with the labor pains, praying to St. Gerard Majella, patron saint of expectant mothers.†
Chpt 1
- My grandmother switches her prayers to St. Ann, patron saint of difficult labor.†
Chpt 1
- Nurse O'Halloran tells my grandmother, Pray to St. Jude, patron saint of desperate cases.†
Chpt 1 *
- St. Jude, patron of desperate cases, help me.†
Chpt 1 *
- Angela wanted to give him a middle name, Munchin, after the patron saint of Limerick but Malachy said over his dead body.†
Chpt 1
- He's my favorite saint, patron of desperate cases.†
Chpt 2
- They hit you if you don't know why God made the world, if you don't know the patron saint of Limerick, if you can't recite the Apostles' Creed, if you can't add nineteen to forty-seven, if you can't subtract nineteen from forty-seven, if you don't know the chief towns and products of the thirty-two counties of Ireland, if you can't find Bulgaria on the wall map of the world that's blotted with spit, snot, and blobs of ink thrown by angry pupils expelled forever.†
Chpt 2
- That's your patron, St. Francis of Assisi, and do you know what today is?†
Chpt 6
- He's sure St. Jude pulled me through the crisis because he's the patron saint of desperate cases and I was indeed a desperate case.†
Chpt 8
- I'm telling you, as sure as God made little apples, that if I get up from this table you'll be calling for your patron saint.†
Chpt 13
Definitions:
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(patron saint as in: a patron saint) in some Christian denominations: a saint who is thought to look after a group, activity, or place
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(patron as in: a patron of the arts) someone who contributes money to an organization
or:
a supporter of an organization or person