English-Danish translations for patron saint

• skytshelgen
  Birgitta er også en svensk skytshelgen. Birgitta is also a Swedish patron saint.
  Hvis vi glemmer det, har vi vores fælles skytshelgen, Skt. Georg, til at huske os på det. If we forget, our mutual patron saint, São Jorge, is there to remind us.
  Mange lande har valgt denne dato til at fejre deres skytshelgen. This is the day chosen by many countries of the European Union as the feast day of their patron saint.

Definition of patron saint

• A saint conceived as the patron of a particular place, group, or activity
• An exemplar: an individual who exemplifies some trait or group

Examples

• St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland; St. Isidore is the patron saint of software engineers; and St. Anthony is the patron saint of travelers and finding lost things
• Janet is the patron saint of procrastination. Im thinking of erecting her a shrine of doughnut boxes in the breakroom

Related words

• patron
• patronize
• patronymic
• patronym
• patronymick
• patroness
• patronising
• patronizing
• patronage
• patronizer