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- DictionaryPa·tron saint/ˈpātr(ə)n ˈsānt/
noun
- 1. the protecting or guiding saint of a person or place.
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- Patron saint
Saint regarded as the tutelary spirit or heavenly advocate of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, family, or person
A patron saint, patroness saint, patron hallow or heavenly protector is a saint who in Catholicism, Lutheranism, Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy is regarded as the heavenly advocate of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, family, or person. The term may be applied to individuals to whom similar roles are ascribed in other religions. Wikipedia
