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# patron saint

This year
2023
St Patrick, patron saint of…Nigeria?
We’re not the only ones who have the famed snake driver as a patron saint.
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Mar 17th 2023, 12:05 AM
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Does St Patrick deserve his own flag? An enterprising Kerryman thought he did
The government wouldn’t support the idea.
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Jan 1st 2016, 7:30 PM
Meet the saint who is becoming patron of US underworld
The origins of the skeletal La Santa Muerte are unclear but she is being invoked by everyone from an actor who landed a role in Breaking Bad to drug runners to spouses seeking help with cheating partners.
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Mar 10th 2013, 6:00 PM