English-Dutch translations for patron saint

• beschermheilige
  Birgitta is ook een Zweedse beschermheilige. Birgitta is also a Swedish patron saint.
  Mochten we dit vergeten, dan worden we daaraan herinnerd door onze gezamenlijke beschermheilige, São Jorge. If we forget, our mutual patron saint, São Jorge, is there to remind us.
  Deze datum is door veel landen in de Europese Unie uitgekozen als de feestdag van hun beschermheilige. 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