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Patronage | Saints Patronage / Saints |
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Quantity surveyors | Quantity surveyors Thomas, Apostle |
Quebec | Quebec John Baptiste |
Queens College Cambridge | Queens College Cambridge Bernard of Clairvaux, Margaret (or Marina) of Antioch |
quartermasters | quartermasters Martin of Tours |
queens | queens Clotilde, Elizabeth of Portugal, Matilda |
More on Patron Saints
Recently, the popes have named patron saints but patrons can be chosen by other individuals or groups as well. Patron saints are often chosen today because an interest, talent, or event in their lives overlaps with the special area. Angels can also be named as patron saints. A patron saint can help us when we follow the example of that saint's life and when we ask for that saint's intercessory prayers to God.
For example, Francis of Assisi loved nature and so he is patron of ecologists. Francis de Sales was a writer and so he is patron of journalists and writers. Clare of Assisi was named patron of television because one Christmas when she was too ill to leave her bed she saw and heard Christmas Mass -- even though it was taking place miles away.